Cherokee southeast after invasion

Cherokee Enrollments, Rosters, and Listings

  • 100

    80 AD Cherokee lived in Stone Fort in middle TN

    80 AD Cherokee lived in Stone Fort in middle TN
  • 100

    1500 BC Stone Pallisade Oldest Dwelling in Southeast is now covered by Franklin NC airport

    1500 BC Stone Pallisade Oldest Dwelling in Southeast is now covered by Franklin NC airport
  • Jan 1, 1520

    Settlement by Spanish led by Lucas Vasques de Ayllon 1520- 1526

  • Jan 1, 1520

    Fort Established 50 miles east of Asheville, NC by Spanish- enslaving Cherokees 1520-1522

    Fort Established 50 miles east of Asheville, NC by Spanish- enslaving Cherokees 1520-1522
  • Dec 1, 1520

    Narváez entered Appalachian Mountains but was repelled

    Narváez entered Appalachian Mountains but was repelled
  • Jan 1, 1540

    Spanish invaders in Cherokee land write descriptions of Cherokee skin colors from "negro" (black) to light skinned and "fair," Moyano and Pardo

    Spanish invaders in Cherokee land write descriptions of Cherokee skin colors from "negro" (black) to light skinned and "fair,"  Moyano and Pardo
  • Treaty with SC Colonists and Cherokee

  • 1690 SC Colony Politician James Moore visits Cherokee Towns

    1690 SC Colony Politician James Moore visits Cherokee Towns
  • Treaty which out of more than a million Cherokee only lists a few names

  • Treaty with South Carolina, 1721 Ceded land between the Santee, Saluda, and Edisto Rivers to the Province of South Carolina.

  • Nikwasi Mound Meeting Sir Alexander Cuming out of 2 Million Cherokee, only a few names were listed

    Nikwasi Mound Meeting Sir Alexander Cuming out of 2 Million Cherokee, only a few names were listed
  • Articles of Trade and Friendship, 1730 Established rules for trade between the Cherokee and the English colonies. Signed between seven Cherokee chiefs

  • Treaty with South Carolina, 1755

  • Treaty of Long-Island-on-the-Holston, 1761

  • Treaty of Charlestown, 1762

  • Henry Timberlake (1730 – September 30, 1765) published memoirs in 1765

    Henry Timberlake (1730 – September 30, 1765) published  memoirs in 1765
  • 1801-1901 Moravians recorded about 100 years of history between the Moravian missionaries and their Cherokee brethren. The records constitute the only known account of daily life in the Cherokee nation

    1801-1901 Moravians recorded about 100 years of history between the Moravian missionaries and their Cherokee brethren. The records constitute the only known account of daily life in the Cherokee nation
  • Treaty of Hard Labour, 1768

  • Treaty of Johnson Hall, 1768

  • Birth of Sequoyah ᏍᏏᏉᏯ Ssiquoya[how he signed his name] or ᏎᏉᏯ Se-quo-ya [as spelled today]

    Birth of Sequoyah ᏍᏏᏉᏯ Ssiquoya[how he signed his name] or ᏎᏉᏯ Se-quo-ya [as spelled today]
  • Treaty of Lochaber, 1770

  • Treaty with Virginia, 1772

  • 18th-century naturalist William Bartram’s southern journey from March, 1773 to January, 1777

     18th-century naturalist William Bartram’s southern journey from March, 1773 to January, 1777
  • Treaty of Augusta, 1773

  • Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, 1775

  • Treaty of Fort Henry, 1777

  • Treaty of DeWitts’ Corner, 1777

  • Treaty of Long Swamp Creek, 1783

  • Treaty of Coyatee, 1785

  • Treaty of Hopewell, 1785

  • Treaty of Dumplin Creek, 1785

  • Treaty of Holston, 1791

  • Treaty of Pensacola, 1792

  • Treaty of Philadelphia, 1794

  • Treaty of Tellico, 1798

  • Cherokee Indian Agency (TN) 1801-1835.

  • Treaty of Tellico, 1804

  • Treaty of Tellico, October 25, 1805

  • Treaty of Tellico, October 27, 1805

  • Treaty of Washington, 1806

  • Treaty of Fort Jackson, 1814

  • William Holland Thomas (February 5, 1805 – May 10, 1893) was adopted by Ᏺ Ꮎ Ꭻ Ꮝ Ꭼ and he later became Principal Chief

    William Holland Thomas (February 5, 1805 – May 10, 1893) was adopted by  Ᏺ Ꮎ Ꭻ Ꮝ Ꭼ and he later became Principal Chief
  • Treaties of Washington, March 22, 1816

  • Treaty of Chickasaw Council House, September 14, 1816

  • 1817 Reservation Rolls lists a few of the Cherokee no attempt at enrolling everyone mostly just listed those 1/4 or higher

    1817 Reservation Rolls lists a few of the Cherokee no attempt at enrolling everyone mostly just listed those 1/4 or higher
  • Brainerd Mission lists only a handful of names of the hundreds of thousands of Cherokee and mixed cherokee

    Brainerd Mission lists only a handful of names of the hundreds of thousands of Cherokee and mixed cherokee
  • Treaty of the Cherokee Agency, 1817

  • 1817-1835 Emigration Rolls

    1817-1835 Emigration Rolls
  • Treaty of Washington, 1819

  • Treaty of San Antonio de Bexar, with the Spanish Empire, 1822

  • Cherokee Phoenix (ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ, Tsalagi Tsulehisanvhi)

    Cherokee Phoenix (ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ, Tsalagi Tsulehisanvhi)
  • Treaty of Washington, 1828

  • Illegal Treaty of 1830

    Illegal Treaty of 1830
  • A Census of over 16,000 Cherokee residing in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina DID NOT attempt to include all and left out those less than 1/4 blood and intermarried with whites who were politicians, or prominent, or illiterate

    A Census of over 16,000 Cherokee residing in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina DID NOT attempt to include all and left out those less than 1/4 blood and intermarried with whites who were politicians, or prominent, or illiterate
  • Treaty of New Echota, 1835

  • 1836 J H Payne imprisoned by GA authorities for being in Cherokee Nation East

  • Treaty of Bowles Village with the Republic of Texas, 1836

  • 1838 some of the Cherokee go west on the Trail of Tears

    1838 some of the Cherokee go west on the Trail of Tears
  • John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) Payne spent time with the Cherokee Indians. He published his accounts

  • Treaty of Bird’s Fort with the Republic of Texas, 1843

  • Treaties with the Republic of Texas, 1844

  • Treaty of Washington, 1846

  • 1848 Mullay Roll

  • 1851 Siler Roll

  • 1851 Old Settler Roll compiled from memory and is not comprehensive

  • 1852 Chapman Roll

  • 1852 Drennen Roll

  • Confederate Civil War Thoma Legion of Cherokee has roster with many cherokee names

    Confederate Civil War Thoma Legion of Cherokee has roster with many cherokee names
  • Treaty of Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1865

  • Treaty of the Cherokee Nation, 1866

  • Treaty of Washington, 1868

  • 1869 Swetland Roll

  • Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879–1918) Cherokee children were enrolled and stripped of identity and language

    Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879–1918) Cherokee children were enrolled and stripped of identity and language
  • 1883 Hester Roll

  • Haskell United States Indian Industrial Training School opens Lawrence, Kansas, in 1884

  • 1898 Dawes Roll

  • 1908 Churchill Roll

  • 1909 Guion Miller West Roll

  • 1909 Guion Miller East Roll

  • Cherokee by Blood, Volumes 1-8 published Jerry Wright Jordan

    Cherokee by Blood, Volumes 1-8 published Jerry Wright Jordan
  • Non Permanent Norse Settlements in Northeast & coastlines

    Non Permanent Norse Settlements in Northeast & coastlines
  • prior to 900 AD Cherokees Settled Kituwah one of seven mother towns of southeast

    prior to 900 AD Cherokees Settled Kituwah one of seven mother towns of southeast