Guion Miller Roll
Records: 115,567 · Complete: 100%
NARA M685. In 1906, Guion Miller was appointed by the U.S. Court of Claims to determine who was eligible for funds under the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 between the United States and the Eastern Cherokee. An estimated 90,000 individual applicants from throughout North America are included within this publication. Within these applications are names of siblings, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and great grandparents, further establishing family relationships vital to affirming tribal connections.
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Source Information
"Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/81/guion-miller-roll: accessed June 14, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Guion Miller Roll
- Total Records
- 115,567 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
Allen County Public Library
- Publication Number
- M685
- Record Group
- 75
- Published on Fold3
- 26 Mar 2009
- Last Updated
- 09 Apr 2014
- Description
- NARA M685. The Guion Miller Roll is perhaps the most important source for Cherokee genealogical research. Applications typically include Indian names, residences, dates and places of birth, marriage status, and names of spouses.