Cherokee Commission Dockets. Volume V: 1880-1884 & 1887-1889

Description

This volume marks the fifth and final one in a series that describes the determinations of the Cherokee Nation Commission on Citizenship (a creation of the Tribal Council). (It should be noted that the Dawes Commission of 1893 subsequently scrutinized the Cherokee Commission dockets in making its final determinations on citizenship for members of the Five Civilized Tribes.) “Cherokee Commission Dockets. Volume V: 1880-1884 & 1887-1889” consist of abstracts of Dockets 1,841-2,281 of the Commission. Besides giving the names of the applicant and presiding commissioners and the date of the determination, in most instances the transcriptions identify the names of family members and their relationship to the person(s) filing the application. In all, researchers will find references to more than 4,000 Cherokee claimants in the concluding volume, bringing the total identified to date to more than 20,000.