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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records


 * 1848-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1908-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina

Tribes Recognized by the State of North Carolina
Cohaire Intra-Tribal Council, Inc. Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe Lumbee Tribe Meherrin Nation Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Sappony Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe

Historical Tribes in North Carolina
The following list of indigenous people who have lived in North Carolina has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some are simply variant spellings for the same tribe.

Bear River, Cape Fear, Catawba (on the border of North and South Carolina), Cheraw, Cherokee, Chowanoc, Coree, Eno, Haliwa-Saponi (Halifax and Warren), Hatteras, Keyauwee, Machapunga, Meherrin, Moratok, Melungeons, Natchez, Neusiok, Occaneechi, Pamlico, Saponi, Sara, Shakori, Sissipahaw, Sugeree, Tuscarora, Tutelo, Waccamaw, Waccamaw-Siouan (Bladen and Columbus), Wateree, Waxhaw, Weapemeoc, Woccoa, Yadkin, Yeopim

Bands: Eastern Band of Cherokee, Snowbird Cherokee,Lowry Band,

Agency Records

 * Cherokee Agency, Cherokee, NC 28719

Reservations in North Carolina
The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America , and other sources. These reservations have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.


 * Cherokee Reservation
 * Eastern Cherokee Reservation: State; under jurisdiction of Cherokee Agency, Tribe: Cherokee
 * Coharie Intra-Tribal Council
 * Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
 * Lumbee Tribe
 * Meherrin Indian Reservation
 * Waccamauw Siouan Tribe
 * Qualla Reservation for Eastern Cherokees, in Swain and Jackson Counties, North Carolina
 * Cheowah reservation in Graham County, North Carolina

North Carolina Indian Schools
(OPTIONAL HEADING)  Indian Schools Currently Open: Historical Schools: The following list of Indian Schools in North Carolina has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Cherokee School

Missions in North Carolina
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Indian Health Agencies in North Carolina
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North Carolina Map of Indian Lands
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History
The most powerful indigenous nations in North Carolina were the Cherokee and the Tuscarora. After 1713 the Tuscarora migrated to New York. Between 1828 and 1839, many of the Cherokees in the state were forced to go to land that later became Oklahoma.

For an important gateway site with connections to key Native American Internet sites, see:


 * Howells, Cyndi. "Native American." In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [database on-line]. Puyallup, Washington: Cyndi Howells, 4 December 2007 [cited 5 December 2007]. Available at: cyndislist.com. This site has many links to American Indian web sites in 14 categories such as history, libraries, e-mailing lists, people, researchers, publications, records, and societies. The "Cherokee Research" section under the "Specific Tribal or Nation Resources" category has links to over 20 other web sites. Another excellent website is Native American Genealogy Complete Index at: AccessGenealogy.com

The stated mission of the CCIC: For over four centuries, the Original People, or Indians of Coastal North Carolina and their descendants have suffered through trials and tribulations of every sort, but through it all, have managed to survive — with a pride and a knowledge of who they are — and what they mean to the history of this great state — amazingly in tact. This website is filled with detailed records and the latest in research of the Native American tribes of North Carolina, a must see site for helping to understand the history of the various tribes in the area. Visit the Coastal Carolina Indian Center

If you have Cherokee ancestry from North Carolina, search the Cherokee rolls, censuses, and applications that contain such information as percentage of blood (1/2,1/4,1/8), birth date, marriage date, parents’ names, names of spouse and parents, children’s names, birth dates of children, residence, and birth place information. The person’s occupation may also be stated, and there may be affidavits of relatives and friends.

Lee, Enoch Lawrence. Indian Wars in North Carolina, 1663-1763. FS Library book 975.6 H2li,  Film 897236 item 3,  also digital version

Cherokee Families That Stayed in North Carolina The names of many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina are found in:


 * Blankenship, Bob. Cherokee Roots. 2 vols. Cherokee, North Carolina: B. Blankenship, 1992. Volume one has rolls of Cherokees east of the Mississippi for the years 1817, 1818–1835, 1848, 1851, 1852, 1869, 1883, 1908, 1909, and 1924. Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls prepared in the years 1851–1852 and 1898–1914. The name of the person and the roll number are given. A transcription of the 1851 list is also contained in:
 * Siler, David W. The Eastern Cherokees: A Census of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia in 1851. Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1972. Included in this book are the names of the husband, wife, and children (giving their relationships); ages; county and town of residence; and notes. The North Carolina counties of Cherokee, Macon, and Haywood are represented. The book is fully indexed.

The Cherokee rolls for 1851–1910 are found in:


 * Miller, Guion. Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, 1908–1910. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0685. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1967. The records on these films include applications and an index (1908–1910), exceptions with supplemental roll (1909–1910), miscellaneous testimony (1908–1909), Sizemore testimonies (1908), Pointdexter and Creek testimonies (1908), combined index of Eastern Cherokee rolls (1851), Chapman roll (1851), Drennen roll (1851), Eastern Cherokee names added to Siler roll (1854), index to old settler roll (1851), index to Hester roll (1851), miscellaneous notes (1851), and Hester roll (1884). Each census is indexed except the 1884 Hester roll. Many of these indexes and records are digitized at  https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/cherokee-tribe.htm
 * United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian Census Rolls, Cherokee, 1898–1939. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M595. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1965. These are records of the eastern band of Cherokees located in North Carolina. The films include census rolls for 1898–1899, 1904, 1906, 1909–1912, 1914, 1915–1939; birth records for 1924–1939; marriage records for 1936; and death records for 1926–1939. These census records are in alphabetical order except for the year 1898. The rolls list the person’s number, Indian and English name, age, percentage of blood, relationship to head of household, and, generally, their residence. Often the maiden name of the wife is stated. Persons who had one parent who was not a Cherokee by blood were not listed on these rolls, but they are generally listed in the Dawes Commission records for Oklahoma described below.

Cherokee Families That Moved to Oklahoma
Two important enrollment records were taken in the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Internet links to many of the following digitized records and indexes can be accessed at AccessGenealogy.com These list North Carolina Cherokees who moved to the Indian Territory:


 * Dawes Commission Rolls, 1898–1914. In 1893 the United States government established a commission to exchange the Cherokees’ (and four other tribes’) former lands in North Carolina and other Southern states for land allotments in the Indian Territory. The following book is an excellent index to settlers in the Indian Territory:
 * Blankenship, Bob. Dawes Roll "Plus" of Cherokee Nation "1898". 2nd ed. North Carolina: Cherokee Roots Publishing, 1994. Also online at Family Search Historical Records 1898-1914  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images. This book contains the names found in the 1898 Dawes Roll plus the Guion Miller Roll. Researchers can compare the two rolls and see such things as a 1906 surname change brought about by marriage, divorce, or adoption.

The book gives the Dawes roll number, family enrollment (census) number, Guion Miller roll number, Guion Miller application number, age, sex, percentage of Indian blood, surname used in 1906 for the Guion Miller roll, and city and state of residence. All 36,714 Cherokee Nation citizens of Cherokee blood are included. Those persons in the family who are not Cherokee by blood are not listed in this book; they are listed on the enrollment (census) applications. The enrollment cards and the applications are on films at the FamilySearch Library in:


 * United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Enrollment Cards For the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898–1914. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1186. Washington DC: National Archives. 1981. The commission asked applicants to fill out enrollment cards (sometimes referred to as a census card) that may include name; age; sex; degree of Indian blood; references to earlier tribal rolls; parents’ names and places of residence; relationship to head of family; and related enrollees such as husband, wife, children, and sometimes grandchildren and wards. An index is available.
 * United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Cherokee Indian Rolls Dealing with the Dawes Commission. National Archives Microfilm Publications, T0529. Washington DC; Salt Lake City, Utah: National Archives; Genealogical Society of Utah. 1961, 1973, 1981, 1983. (On 300 FS Library films beginning with These records are for the time period 1898 to 1914. To find an ancestor’s name in these records, use the Blankenship book Dawes Roll "Plus" of Cherokee Nation "1898" mentioned above.

If you do not have access to Blankenship’s book, first check volume 2 of:


 * undefinedUnited States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. The Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. Washington, DC: Govt. Print. Off., 2003. Look in the section, "Index to Cherokees by Blood," beginning on page 238. If the person was born during the special enrollment period beginning 26 April 1906 until 1914, see the "Index to Minor Cherokees by Blood" beginning on page 428. Find the person’s name and roll number.
 * Index to The Final Rolls of Citizens.... Digital version available at Family Search catalog entry. Find the roll number of the person. You will also find the person’s name, age, sex, percentage of Cherokee blood, and census card number.

Third, find the census card number in Cherokee Indian Rolls Dealing With the Dawes Commission described above. The census card gives such information as father’s name, mother’s name, wife’s maiden name, year of marriage, names of children and their ages, sometimes the affidavits by relatives or friends, and names of persons in the family who are not of Cherokee blood.

Fourth, using the roll number given in volume1 of The Final Rolls of Citizens. look at the application in the following films:


 * United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. 1898–1914. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1301. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1983. Available on line at FamilySearch Historical Records 1898-1914  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images, 1898-1914}} Cherokee Tribe begins on film 1439971. The applications may contain birth and marriage information, place of residence, age, and names of children and their birth information.

Guion Miller Rolls, 1906–1910. Between 1906 and 1910, the federal government created another set of records, commonly called the Guion Miller Report. This report lists the genealogy of people who were alive in 1906 and who claimed to be descendants of the eastern Cherokees. These persons were seeking compensation from the government for lands taken from the eastern Cherokees in the 1830s. Applicants had to state their lineage back to an eastern Cherokee living in the 1830s. Applicants who went west before 1835 were not entitled to a share in the settlement, and their names do not appear in the report.

The Guion Miller applications required each claimant to state fully his or her English and Indian names, residence, age, place of birth, name of husband or wife, name of tribe, names of children, and information about parents and grandparents including their English and Indian names, place of birth, residence in 1851, date of death, and a statement as to whether any of them had ever been enrolled before for annuities or other benefits and, if so, with what tribe. Each claimant was to furnish the names of all brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts, including their age and residence. The National Archives and the FamilySearch Library have the complete files of the claimants on microfilm:


 * United States. Court of Claims. Eastern Cherokee Applications, August 29, 1906–May 26, 1909. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1104. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1981. The general index is found on FS Library film  Another copy of the index is:
 * Blankenship, Bob. Guion Miller Roll "Plus" of Eastern Cherokee, East and West of Mississippi "1909". Cherokee, North Carolina: Cherokee Roots, 1994. Also online in FamilySearch Historical Records  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index This index contains 62,769 names and has two sections: those Cherokees who were accepted for payment of claims, and those not accepted. The book is arranged alphabetically. The first section gives name, Miller number, Miller application number, Dawes number, Dawes enrollment (census card) number, age in 1906, relationship to head of family, percentage of Indian blood, and city and state of residence. The second section contains last name, first name(s) and initial, Miller application number, and state of residence.

Guidebooks. More information about censuses and other records is contained in:


 * Hoskins, Shirley. Cherokee Blood Newsletter, 2 vols. Post Office Box 22261, Chattanooga, TN 37422. vol.1 has issues 1-6; vol. 2 has issues 13-19
 * Byers, Paula K., ed. Native American Genealogical Sourcebook. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1995.
 * Mooney, Thomas G. Exploring Your Cherokee Ancestry: A Basic Genealogical Research Guide. Tahlequah, Oklahoma: Cherokee National Historical Society, 1990.
 * Census films: FS Library Film 1898-1939 with supplemental births and deaths
 * Guion Miller and Dawes Commission records

Archives
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Libraries
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Museums
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Societies

 * Guilford Native American Association

Other Repositories
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For Further Reading
The Journal of American Indian Family Research List of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina amount paid to William H. Thomas as administrator of deceased Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. FS Library 970.1 J825j Vol. II No. 1 page 9-37.

This list gives Names of Indians, family members names, and amounts paid administrator (Indian) and amount paid to the Attorney.


 * "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
 * American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
 * Donaldson, Thomas. Extra Census Bulletin - Indians: Eastern Band of Cherokee of North Carolina. Washington: United States Census Printing Office, 1892. (Online text in Google Books | online text in multiple formats in Internet Archive)
 * Eastern Cherokee Application of George Washington Plummer, National Archives (contains a lengthy affidavit about not just Plummer's claim, but those of the "Sizemore claimants" in general, quoting from a number of the claimants).
 * Gilbert, William Harlen, Jr. Surviving Indian Groups in the Eastern United States. Pp. 407-438 of the Smithsonian Report for 1948. Available online.
 * Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
 * Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
 * Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
 * Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
 * Kidder, Frederic, "Historical Sketch of the Indians Who Inhabited the Eastern Part of North Carolina from 1524 to the Present Time," The Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1857. (Online text in multiple formats in Internet Archive | Google Books link without preview)
 * National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations Available online.
 * Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
 * Rand, James Hall. The North Carolina Indians (The James Sprunt Historical Publications, North Carolina Historical Society, Vol. 12, No. 2), Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina, 1913. (Online text in Google Books | online text in multiple formats in Internet Archive)
 * Rights, Douglas L. The American Indian in North Carolina, 1988. (Google Books link without preview)
 * Spindel, Donna. Introductory Guide to Indian Related Records (to 1876) in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, North Carolina: Division of Archives and History, 1977.
 * Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.