Chickasaw by Blood. Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914. Volume IV

Description

This is the fourth volume in a series of Native American source records compiled by genealogist Jeff Bowen and 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 Commission’s purpose was to rule on citizenship applications submitted by members of the Five Civilized Tribes covering some 250,000 persons. The Commission ultimately enrolled 101,000 people according to the following categories: 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, indicating its findings on the enrollment cards. For this series, Mr. Bowen has transcribed the genealogical contents of the cards from National Archives Microfilm Series M-1186: Roll 67, pp. 1-662; and Roll 68, pp. 663-1424.