Starr Roll, 1894 (Cherokee Payment Rolls). Districts: Flint, Going Snake, and Illinois. Volume Two

Description

On March 3, 1893, Congress passed an act that authorized the sale of lands west of the Cherokee Nation known as the Cherokee Outlet, and later referred to as the 1894 Cherokee Strip Payment. E. E. Starr, then Cherokee treasurer, created the receipt roll for these payments. He arranged the roll by each of the eight Cherokee Districts, and thereunder by each partyÔÇÖs enrollment number. The contents of the receipt roll, transcribed here by Jeff Bowen, include the name of the head of household, names of other household members, name of person receiving the payment, and the name of a person who witnessed the transaction of record. Volume 2 of this series covers the districts of Flint, Going Snake, and Illinois within the Cherokee Outlet, and it refers to approximately 10,000 persons impacted by the Cherokee Strip Payment.