Publisher's Synopsis
This 13-volume series, Eastern Cherokee by Blood, 1906 - 1910, documents the report and related records of Special Commissioner Guion Miller. In 1906 Mr. Miller was appointed by the U.S. Court of Claims to determine who was eligible for the more than $1 million in funds under the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 between the United States and the Eastern Cherokee. Mr. Miller submitted his report and roll on May 28, 1909, and submitted a supplementary report and roll on January 5, 1910.
In his report of May 28, 1909, Guion Miller stated that 45,847 separate applications had been filed, representing a total of about 90,000 individual claimants, of which 30,254 were enrolled as entitled to share in the fund--3,203 residing east and 27,051 residing west of the Mississippi River. On June 10, 1909, the court confirmed and approved the roll of Eastern Cherokees who were entitled to share in the distribution of the fund as submitted by the special commissioner of the Court of Claims with his report of May 28, 1909, except "so much as shall be expected [excepted] to on or before August 30, 1909." After the exceptions had been filed and investigated, Mr. Miller submitted a supplemental report and roll to the court on January 5, 1910, which provided that the final figure on the total number of persons entitled to share in the fund was 30,820, of which 3,436 persons resided east and 27,384 resided west of the Mississippi River.
In this volume, Volume II, Mr. Bowen abstracts 3,775 additional applications from the 45,847 total applications filed. As in Volume I, he as examined and documented all evidence of any genealogical value from the applications (part of Record Groups 75 and 123 of the Bureau of Indian Affairs), which in every case provides the application number, the applicant's name and city of residence, the number of other persons in the applicant's family, references to family members found in other applications, and the disposition of the application. In many instances, Mr. Bowen has supplemented the basic elements found in the abstracts with references to other family members by name, relationship(s), and dates of birth and dates of death. In this volume, there are approximately 12,000 descendants, bringing the total in Volume I and Volume II to about 20,000. To assist the researcher, each volume in this series contains a Name Index.
