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Subject: [BUTLER-L] National Archives & Records Admin.- NARA Archival Information Locator
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:02:26 EST

I visited the National Archives and Records Administration:
http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html

and used their NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)

I made quite a few hits on my surnames ROACH, McClendon, Butler, Wilson,
Edwards, Simons alone - there are quite a few criminal cases (ARKANSAS court
circuit) and DAWES case files. I remember reading where someone was trying
to prove Cherokee ancestry - this might help. Below is a brief explanation of
the Dawes Commission.

Commonly called the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, the Dawes
Commission was appointed by President Grover Cleveland in 1893 to negotiate
with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole tribes. In return
for abolishing their tribal governments and recognizing state and federal
laws, tribe members were allotted a share of common property.

Heads of families, orphans, and children could receive 40 to 160 acres of land
by proving their tribal membership. This series contains the original
applications for tribal enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898, as well as
supporting documents such as birth and death affidavits, marriage licenses,
transcripts of testimony taken by the Commission, correspondence relating to
the status of the application, and decisions and orders of the Commission.

HOPE THIS HELPS - Karen Levin (nee Roach)

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