Cherokee Granted Enrollment Cards
& Dawes Packets 1900 - 1907
Volume XI
Jeff Bowen

 This volume involves an extensive number of names through one of the most intriguing cases yet to be transcribed within this series. From the beginning the table is set making you curious as to what is going on. Is there fraud within our midst, is the attorney or client doing something under the table, or simply the courts not wanting these people to be given a fair chance at proclaiming who they are? Lots of questions. This case took time. The documentation is extensive along with the list of names that eventually follow. This case covers a history of many, but the questions begin with one man (Frances Marion Dawson) then springs into what feels like people eternal, a Cherokee population on its own merit, leading to many cases and numerous histories. An education of heritage and Native questions answered….
The theme throughout every Cherokee case came down to one final conclusion; a stamp, applied to every citizenship or enrollment card, “Granted.” It was mass hysteria. The Cherokee were being flooded with non-citizens for decades, it had to stop. They wanted their own government run by their own laws and courts. Many rightful citizens were being doubted as to being Cherokee themselves. In these pages you’ll find testimony with copies of actual doubtful cards and Cherokee by blood cards.

The cases in these volumes are very interesting to read as the individuals involved had to testify convincingly to the Commission proving their bloodlines. The adult children of one applicant can produce several more cases depending on the number of offspring the applicant had. Case in point: Francis Marion Dawson, D-324 from Volume XI has family members in Volume XV. In fact, this particular family has cases throughout the entire series. Some have been published and a lot are yet to come. Below is a list of all the cases related to Francis Marion Dawson.

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Other volumes in this series:
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Volume V
Volume VI
Volume VII
Volume VIII
Volume IX
Volume X

Volume XII
Volume XIII
Volume XIV
Volume XV

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A Few Names Found in Volume XI
Addington
Atkins
Barber
Brown
Dawson
Fishback
Graham
Johnson
Lacy
Lenox
Moore
Pruett
Richardson
Thompson
Tidwell
Warrick
Woolley

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We hope the above explains why this is such an important series of books pertaining to the Cherokee Indians.

ISBN: 978-1-64968-190-4
570 pages, paper