Cherokee by Blood: Volume 7, Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U. S. Court of Claims 1906-1910, Applications 16746-20100 Tapa blanda - 2009

Heritage Books, 2019. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. BOOKPLATE ON INSIDE COVER, OTHERWISE CLEAN INTERIOR IN SECURE BINDING. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Heritage Books, Inc.. New. In 1904, the Eastern Cherokees won large cash settlements from the United States because of violations of the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 Over a million dollars was appropriated by Congress to settle the claims The payments were to go to all living persons who had been members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaty, or to their descendants if they were deceased Over 46,000 people filed claims This series of volumes presents detailed abstracts of those applications including numerous verbatim transcriptions of affidavits by the applicants, their families and friends Since most of the applicants were descendants, rather than original tribe members, and had to prove their descent, the quantity of genealogical information in these volumes is staggering About nine-tenths of the applicants lived west of the Mississippi in the early 1900s when they made their applications, with the balance living predominantly in the southeast Although the applicants had to have… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Heritage Books, 2007-07-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!