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Handwritten genealogical sketch of certain persons among the Cherokees, including John Ross, John Ridge, et al. Folder 25

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Handwritten Roll of Eastern Cherokees consisting of those claiming transportation and subsistence as being entitled thereto according to the Malloy Roll. Folder 26

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Letter from J. W. A. Sanford to his Excellency George R. Gilmer referring to an inquiry into the ancestry of certain chiefs, crimes of ancestors, and assertion that Georgia should not permit descendants to establish an independent government within its borders. Folder 17

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Letter from William. Blount to Colonel David Henley concerning clothing for Thomas Blount and Edward Wilkerson, two Cherokee youth who are to attend Blount College. Folder 7

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License by Elijah Hicks authorizing marriage of T. Lee, (non-native) to marry S. G., daughter of T. G. (three on one sheet) Cabinet B, Drawer 5 Folder 16

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License by Elijah Hicks authorizing marriage of a (non-native) and Robert Vann. (three on one sheet). Cabinet B, Drawer 5 Folder 16

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License from Elizah Hicks, Clerk of National Council authorizing marriage of Mila Hoyt, (non-native) to Lidia, daughter of George Lowry. (three on one sheet). Cabinet B, Drawer 5 Folder 16

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Eastern Band of Cherokees were those who, under the leadership of John Ross, did not subscribe to the treaty of New Echota (1835) and had to be removed by force to the Western lands. However, there had been emigration to the West as early as 1810 by groups who wished to leave Georgia and the term "Western Cherokees" was applied to this group as well as to later emigrants. The papers in the Gilcrease files labeled "Eastern...

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Copy of minutes of meetings of the Grand Annual Council of the Eastern Bank of the Cherokees Folder 21

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Notice written in the Cherokee syllabary Folder 22