Chickasaw By Blood Enrollment Cards 1898-1914 Volume I

This five-volume undertaking is based on the Chickasaw enrollment cards sometimes called census cards prepared by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (the Dawes Commission) between 1898 and 1914. The Commissions purpose was to rule on citizenship applications submitted by members of the Five Civilized Tribes covering some 250000 persons. The Commission ultimately enrolled 101000 people according to the following categories indicating its findings on the enrollment cards: Citizens by Blood Citizens by Marriage New Born Citizens by Blood Minor Citizens by Blood Freedmen (former black slaves of Indians) New Born Freedmen and Minor Freedmen. The genealogical contents of the cards has been transcribed from National Archives Microfilm Series M-1186: Roll 67 pp. 1-662; and Roll 68 pp. 663-1424. This transcription of the Chickasaw Enrollment cards provides the following information on each individual whose name appeared in a given application: county of residence post office (local address) name relationship to first person named in application age sex blood tribal enrollment (year town page) and similar identifying information for the parents of the first person named. In addition to the foregoing standard information which has been arranged in a tabular format researchers will discover valuable data in the Notes section at the conclusion of each cards contents. Besides the Dawes Roll No. the Notes contain other name listings references to different cards birth dates death dates listings on various payrolls with years mention of a spouse in the doubtful category or from another tribe and more. In all Volume I of Chickasaw by Blood names 3500 persons seeking citizenship status at this crucial time in Native American history.