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Linda-
You can't just pick a name on one of the rolls and hope to link it to your family- that isn't the way that genealogy is done, dear. You MUST take it from yourself, back through the U. S. census and land records, to see when they were living with the tribes, then go to the tribal records (see step-by-step instructions at http://www.tngenweb.org/cherokee/page_1.htm ).
As for the Dawes Roll-- unless you can establish that your ancestors lived (continuously) IN their Native American nation, IN Indian Territory, between 1880 and 1906- then none of those names mean anything.
"THE 1902/06 DAWES ROLL:
The "Final Roll of the Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole & Chickasaw), was also known as "the 1902 Dawes Roll". It required (1) verifiable blood of that tribe; and (2) citizenship in the tribe of their blood. In order to be a citizen of that Nation, they must have had verifiable continuous residence with the tribe within the limits of their Nation in Indian Territory and be shown on specific earlier rolls. The gist of this was that the applicants MUST have been living, as registered tribal citizens, within the tribal domain ("Cherokee Nation- Indian Territory"), at least between 1879 and 1906. They had to be shown as "By Blood" resident-citizens of their nation on the 1880 and 1896 rolls.
The original purpose of the 1902 Dawes Roll was to distribute the land to those Indians who came into these Nations when it was a wilderness, who cleared the land and built their houses, who broke up the virgin soil, planted and cultivated crops and shed their blood to defend it. It was NOT going to be given to those who had never before lived with the tribe!
Tribal membership today is based on an inherited right extended only to the direct descendants of those original Dawes enrollees. There is no exception to this law- an applicant must be able to furnish the Enrollment Office with "an unbroken chain of court and/or state certified documents, proving from themselves, back to the Dawes enrollee". Therefore, in order to be admitted to tribal citizenship today, you must be able to prove your descent from a direct ancestor who is listed on the 1902/06 Dawes Roll; (parent, grandparent, etc). This tribal law has been challenged in both the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Congress many times--- and has been re-affirmed by both entities."
Hope this helps...
Jerri (Rogers) Chasteen
(Cherokee)
Claremore, OK
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