The DawesCommission / Native American

An act of Congress approved March 3,1893 authorized the establishment of
the Commission to negotiate agreements with the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes providing for the dissolution of the tribal governments and the allotment of land to each tribal member. Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts was appointed Chairman of this Commission on November 1,1893, after which it has commonly been referred to as the Dawes Commission.

The Commission enrolled individuals as 'citizens' of a tribe under the following categories: citizens by blood, citizens by marriage, new born citizens by blood (enrolled under an act of Congress approved March 3, 1905), minor citizens by blood (enrolled under an act of Congress approved April 26,1906), freedmen (former black slaves of Indians, later freed and admitted to tribal citizenship), new born freedmen, and minor freedmen. Delaware Indians adopted by the Cherokee tribe were enrolled as a separate group within the Cherokee.

There is a census card which recorded the information provided by individual applicants from the same family group or household. The cards provide notation of the Dawes Committee action taken, rejected, approved, doubtful. They also give, for each applicant, name, enrollment number, age, sex, degree of Indian Blood, relationship to head of family, parent's names, references to enrollment on earlier Rolls (used by the commission for verification of eligibility). There are often references to enrollment cards of relatives, and notations about births,
deaths, hanges in marital status, and actions taken by the Commission and the Secretary of the Interior. The card numbers DO NOT match the Roll numbers. There is an index to the final rolls which provides the Roll number for each person. The actual applications may contain information which is not on the Census card. You should examine both the Census Card and the Application.

Dawes Commission Index, 1896

This is an index to records of individuals in the Five Civilized Tribes that applied for citizenship under the Act of 1896.

Name: Age: Sex: Tribe:

Boyd Agnes 09 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Albert C. 01 M Minor Cherokees by Blood

Boyd Aleck 49 M Chickasaw Freedmen

Boyd Annie 01 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Carry 09 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Christopher C. 10 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Claude F. 02 M Chickasaw Freedmen

Boyd Creasie 42 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Daisy 44 F Minor Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Daniel 12 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Daniel 23 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Elberta 01 F Minor Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Eli 23 M Chickasaw Freedmen

Boyd Elmira 41 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Emanuel 46 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Emma 20 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Emma 05 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Emma 19 F Chickasaw Freedmen

Boyd Fannie 12 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Frances 14 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Frankie Theopolis 01 M New Born Creek Freedmen

Boyd George 21 M Creek Freedmen

Boyd Hattie 19 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Henry A. 01 M Cherokees by Blood

Boyd Horace 24 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Isaac 28 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Isham 25 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Isom 47 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Isom 37 M Chickasaw Freedmen

Boyd Jacob 11 M Choctaws by Blood

Boyd Jane 06 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Jane 43 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Jane F. 61 F Cherokees by Blood

Boyd Jimmie 17 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd John T. 27 M Choctaws by Blood

Boyd Joseph 09 M Creek Freedmen

Boyd Joseph M. 07 M Cherokees by Blood

Boyd Julie 15 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Lena 23 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Lena 21 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Leo 03 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Lila 06 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Lillie M. 02 F Choctaws by Blood

Boyd Lonzo 08 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Louis H. 21 M Choctaws by Blood

Boyd Lucile 03 F Minor Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Mary 20 F Chickasaw Freedmen

Boyd Mary 07 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Mattie 04 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd May E. 25 F Choctaws by Blood

Boyd Mckinley 06 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Melinda 02 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Mobile 59 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Mollie 52 F Chickasaws by Intermarriage

Boyd Mulsie 17 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Nancy 16 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Nancy 10 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Nancy 29 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Penny 12 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Peter 04 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Polly 47 F Cherokee Freedmen

Boyd Richard 12 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Robert 21 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Robert Lewis 60 M Chickasaws by Blood

Boyd Rosa 48 F Choctaws by Blood

Boyd Ruby A. 05 F Cherokees by Blood

Boyd Salina Gertrude 04 F New Born Creek Freedmen

Boyd Sallie C. 25 F Cherokees by Blood

Boyd Sam 37 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Seborn 16 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Silas 22 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Siny 14 F Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Sophie 17 F Creek Freedmen

Boyd Thomas 23 M Chickasaws by Blood

Boyd Tommie 10 M Choctaw Freedmen

Boyd Walter 12 M Choctaw Freedmen

NOTE: If your ancestor was not living in Indian Territory during 1898-1914 they will not be listed on the Dawes Final Rolls. Only those Indians who received land under the provisions of the Dawes Act are listed. Also listed are those Freedmen who received land allotments as provided for in the Dawes Act.

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.

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