CherokeeFreeman.com
Cherokee Records
Enrollment applications, affidavits, Mount Tabor connections, witnesses and conflicting evidence.
Record Systems
Each record system is kept distinct so visitors know exactly what kind of evidence they are viewing.
1896 Citizenship Applications
Applications, affidavits, testimony and supporting evidence.
Dawes Enrollment Records
Enrollment packets, census cards and related material.
Cherokee Freedmen Records
Freedmen citizenship and enrollment research.
Wallace & Kern-Clifton Rolls
Earlier Cherokee Freedmen record sets.
Earlier Cherokee Rolls
Pre-Dawes rolls and historical context.
Affidavits & Testimony
Witness statements with source, date and reliability notes.
Applications, affidavits and testimony have not yet been added to this archive.
Conflicting Evidence
Enrollment records frequently disagree with census records, with family memory, and with each other. Where records conflict, this archive publishes both readings with their evidence rather than choosing one silently.