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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Last Council of the Cherokee Nation, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.8: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.8]
Identifier: 4327.3365

Last Will and testament of Elizabeth Brown, August 19, 1851

 Item — Folder 175: [Barcode: 61.175]
Identifier: 4026.1708
Description

Richard Drew was executor of the estate. Estate included plantation, negro slaves, cattle, horses, and hogs that were left to her children. Folder 175

Dates: August 19, 1851

Last Will and Testament Signed by Chief John Ross, July 11, 1866

 Item — Folder 1308: [Barcode: 187.1308]
Identifier: 4026.1884-.5
Description

Last will and testament signed by Chief John Ross in Washington. (Moulton) with affidavits of witnesses added August 7, 1866 by Daniel H. Ross and Samuel Loyd and J. B. Jones for Colonel William A. Phillips. Separate sheet dated December 6, 1870 on which George W. Painter, Deputy Registrar, certifies it to be a true copy. Also includes Letters Testamentary issued to Annie B. Ross and William Potter Ross. Six sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on the recto of each. Folder 1308

Dates: July 11, 1866

Laying corner stone at Sequoyah, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.36: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.36]
Identifier: 4327.3287
Description Black and white photograph of four men who helped in laying of corner stone of Sequoyah's house. Three men identified: Joe Chita, Marble City; Cicero Steel, Marble City; Thomas Bearner, Willard. This photograph comes from the Grant Foreman Collection at the Gilcrease Museum. Folder 36 Inscription(s) Inscribed, "Joe Chita, Marble City, Cicero Steel, Marble City, Thomas Bearner, well and at laying of corner stone of Sequoyah's house, June 12,...
Dates: 1850 - 1900

Leaflet of R. A. Hosey, December 15, 1898

 Item — Folder 1348: [Barcode: 187.1348]
Identifier: 5126.921
Description

Leaflet of R. A. Hosey, manufacturer and dealer of monuments, Wagoner and Tahlequah. Folder 1348

Dates: December 15, 1898

Lease by W. W. Campbell to Kraft Cohn & Co. for a lot in Webbers Falls, October 2, 1883

 Item — Folder 511: [Barcode: 61.511]
Identifier: 4026.2093
Description

Lease was for 5 years and would cost $150.00 per year. Cohn & Co. agreed to build a home on the lot. Lease signed W. W. Campbell and Kraft Cohn & Co. Folder 511

Dates: October 2, 1883

Ledger page listing goods and prices, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder 597: [Barcode: 61.597]
Identifier: 4026.3263
Description

Folder 597

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

Ledger page listing items and prices, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder 597: [Barcode: 61.597]
Identifier: 4026.3262
Description

Total was $1,533.58. Folder 597

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century