Selected Application Forms For Eastern Cherokee
Settlement Share
In 1906, the Eastern Cherokees won a lawsuit against the Federal Government over violations of treaties. Guion Miller was assigned the task of locating all persons who could prove descendancy from a signitor of the treaty of 1835 or 1846, or whose ancestors were on the Eastern Cherokee roll taken in 1851. Many Eastern Cherokee descendants' applications were rejected because their ancestors had refused to sign treaties or enroll with the government for fear of being forced from their homeland. Therefore when the lawsuit was settled, they could not prove that they deserved to share in the payment. The National Archives has made the index to these applications available online at NAIL
Once at the NAIL site, do a "Digital Copies Search" with keywords "Guion Miller Roll".
The index will give you the application number of each person who filed a form whether they were successful or not.
You can look at two of my ancestors' forms here.
The application of Martha P. Jones, who was my great grandmother. Her maiden name was Loggins:
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The application of Nancy Kinsey whose maiden name was Loggins. She was the daughter of Dicie East Loggins and was also Martha P. Jones' aunt:
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