Thanks to Gary Cobb for providing the Benge data and comments about the rolls.
"Just in case anybody is searching these names because they want to join the Cherokee nation, they just have to prove direct lineage to someone on the Dawes Roll to join the Western Cherokee. The Eastern Cherokee is a different story. Since the Eastern Band did not terminate and allot their lands, the rolls have remained fixed since 1924. If you weren't enrolled by 1924, or born into the tribe, then you can pretty much forget about joining the Eastern Cherokee. It would take an act of Tribal Council and enrollments by Tribal Council are very rare and of unusual circumstances."
Reservation Rolls 1817: A listing of those desiring a 640 acre tract of land in the east in lieu of removing to Arkansas.
Last Name | First Name | Reserv |
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Benge | John | Res |
Emigration Rolls: Those who filed to emigrate to Arkansas country, and after treaties in 1828, on to Oklahoma. These Cherokee were known as the Old Settlers after the New Echota Treaty group joined them in Oklahoma.
(I included this for obvious reasons)
Family Name |
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Bench |
Henderson Roll 1835: Census of over 16,000 Cherokee in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina to be removed to Oklahoma under the terms of the treaty of New Echota.
Last Name | First Name | Henderson [state?] |
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Benge | John | Ga |
Benge | Martin | Al |
Benge | Robert | Ga |
Old Settler Roll 1851: A listing of Cherokee still living in 1851 who were already residing in Oklahoma when the main body of Cherokee arrived in 1839 - as a result of the Treaty of New Echota in 1835.
Last Name | First Name | Family G |
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Benge | Ailsey | 112 |
Benge | Betsy | 87 |
Benge | Car lee lor hee | 72 |
Benge | Caroline | 53 |
Benge | Chee Yam Starr | 252 |
Benge | Colejay | 153 |
Benge | James | 87 |
Benge | James | 112 |
Benge | Lucy | 145 |
Benge | Nanna | 73 |
Benge | Sua Kee | 252 |
Benge | Susan | 87 |
Benge | Ter Na Cle Lor Ee | 73 |
Benge | Tuskee | 73 |
Benge | War Le Yar | 60 |
Benge | Yer Wi Oo You | 73 |
Drennen Roll 1852: The first census of the New Echota Treaty group from 1839 in Oklahoma.
Family Name | Page Num |
Benge | 29 |
Guion Miller Roll 1909: A census of Eastern Cherokee residing both east and west of the Mississippi river (not Oldsettlers), entitled to participate in the monetary award by the U.S. Court of Claims for violations of various treaties. On this roll there are over 27,000 listed as west of the Mississippi. In the east there were over 3,000 listed. [See combined table below.]
Dawes Roll 1898-1914: The final roll for allotting the land and terminating the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Upon the reorganization of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in the 1970's, this roll became the only means of certifying membership for the western band of Cherokee.
Last Name | Given Name | Dawes No. | Miller Roll |
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Beng | Thelma | 1407M | 4905 |
Benge | Addie | 4575M | 4886 |
Benge | Adna S. | 4786 | 4853 |
Benge | Amy | 4788 | 25420 |
Benge | Anna I. | 14160 | 29295 |
Benge | Arthur | 30532 | |
Benge | Calvin | 25702 | |
Benge | Caroline T. | 27337 | 4825 |
Benge | Carrie | 4700 | 4893 |
Benge | Charles S. | 4794 | 4826 |
Benge | Columbus | 3810 | 4865 |
Benge | Cora | 6045 | 4840 |
Benge | Cornelius C. | 11062 | 17662 |
Benge | David W. | 3744 | 4828 |
Benge | Dooley | 3747 | 4831 |
Benge | Dora | 6861 | 4875 |
Benge | Drewie H. | 3608M | 4870 |
Benge | Edna Lee | 2863M | 4834 |
Benge | Elinor | 6859 | 4832 |
Benge | Eliza | 6044 | 4839 |
Benge | Emma | 1407M | 4855 |
Benge | Emma | 28082 | 30189 |
Benge | Emmett | 3839 | 27660 |
Benge | Eva | 3896M | |
Benge | Fannie F. | 6038 | 4836 |
Benge | Floyd | 4802 | 4904 |
Benge | George | 1409M | 4827 |
Benge | George | 22875 | 4833 |
Benge | George F. | 6041 | 30237 |
Benge | George F. | 6041 | 4283 |
Benge | George W. | 6037 | 4835 |
Benge | Georgia A. | 6858 | 4841 |
Benge | Henry | 4131 | 4842 |
Benge | Henry | 4845 | |
Benge | Hooley | 3837 | 201 |
Benge | Houston | 6043 | 4838 |
Benge | Houston | 2566 | 4879 |
Benge | J. Albert | 6042 | 4837 |
Benge | Jack | 27338 | 4846 |
Benge | Jack R. | 4702 | 4895 |
Benge | James | 5416 | 4860 |
Benge | James F. | 9044 | 4847 |
Benge | James M. | 3746 | 4830 |
Benge | Jeff M. | 1362M | 4896 |
Benge | Jennie | 4501 | 4848 |
Benge | Jennie | 5414 | 26677 |
Benge | Jesse L. | 3997M | 4844 |
Benge | Jessie L. | 13999 | 4849 |
Benge | Jimmie | 30163 | 5690 |
Benge | John | 3481 | 4850 |
Benge | John | 5411 | |
Benge | John A. | 4790 | 4854 |
Benge | John D. | 30164 | 26391 |
Benge | John H. | 18133 | |
Benge | Joseph M. | 12394 | 4902 |
Benge | Lelia L. | 6860 | 4874 |
Benge | Lenora | 6862 | 4876 |
Benge | Leo | 4793 | 4857 |
Benge | Lizzie J. | 3745 | 4829 |
Benge | Louie | 23086 | 4883 |
Benge | Louie | 4801 | 4903 |
Benge | Lucy | 14576 | 4888 |
Benge | Lula | 3811 | 4866 |
Benge | Mack | 4132 | 4843 |
Benge | Maggie | 2572M | 4899 |
Benge | Maggie D. | 15092 | 4890 |
Benge | Margaret | 14159 | 4907 |
Benge | Martha A. | 6857 | 4873 |
Benge | Martin V. | 12394 | 4852 |
Benge | Martin V. | 4789 | 4858 |
Benge | Mary | 3809 | 4864 |
Benge | Mary G. | 4871 | |
Benge | May | 3838 | 202 |
Benge | Medley | 5415 | 4859 |
Benge | Minnie | 6040 | 4861 |
Benge | Mitchell | 394M | 204 |
Benge | Nancy | 22068 | 4862 |
Benge | Nancy | 4500 | 22015 |
Benge | Nelson | 28081 | 4863 |
Benge | Nora | 23088 | 4885 |
Benge | Obediah Jr. | 22876 | 4867 |
Benge | Obediah Sr. | 3549 | 4868 |
Benge | Oce P. | 6856 | 4872 |
Benge | Ollie | 23087 | 4884 |
Benge | Otto Ridge | 3551 | 4869 |
Benge | Pearl | 2565 | 13486 |
Benge | Pickens | 27339 | 4877 |
Benge | Pickens | 2564 | 4878 |
Benge | Rhoda | 3808 | 12007 |
Benge | Richard | 21059 | 4880 |
Benge | Richard | 4849 | 4898 |
Benge | Richard | 3812 | 12008 |
Benge | Riddle | 27336 | 4881 |
Benge | Ritchard | 393M | 205 |
Benge | Robert | 4842 | 4882 |
Benge | Robert | 1408M | 4906 |
Benge | Ross | 2573M | 4900 |
Benge | Ross L. | 14575 | 4887 |
Benge | Ruth | 4792 | 4856 |
Benge | Sallie | 4699 | 4892 |
Benge | Sally B. | 3482 | 4851 |
Benge | Samson | 3840 | 203 |
Benge | Samuel | 4701 | 4894 |
Benge | Samuel A. | 6039 | 4889 |
Benge | Samuel H. | 4499 | |
Benge | Samuel H. Jr. | 4698 | 4891 |
Benge | Sarah | 3813 | |
Benge | Theodore | 4848 | 4897 |
Benge | Thomas | 3801 | 4901 |
Benge | Tuglee | 3842 | 27104 |
Benge | Young | 30530 | |
Benge | Young Lawrence | 30531 |