Black - Indian History Information - Freedmen Family History Resources (by tribe) - Chickasaw

The Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes (National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy T529). Arranged according to Indians by blood, freedmen, minor and newborn (both Indian and freedman), the rolls list roll number, age, sex, blood quantum, position in tahe family, and census card number. Index and Final Rolls also appears as the firs roll of National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy M1186).

Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy M1186). The enrollment cards for those admitted to the tribal rolls provide much valuable information: name of each family member, age, family relationship, sex, tribal enrollment of parents, owners' names of former slaves, names of parents, parents' owners if they were slaves, other rolls on which their names appear, aliases or changes in names. There are also cards for rejected applicants that yield the same kinds of information.

Indexes to Applicants. (National Archives-Southwest Region). This is an index to applicants for enrollment under acts of Congress between 1900 and 1906.

Lists of Pending Applications. 1902-1905. (National Archives-Southwest Region) There is a separate list for freedmen, arranged by number of enrollment card; the list is indexed. Some entries include age and sex.

Applications to Change from Freedmen to Citizens by Blood. 1905-1907 (National Archives-Southwest Region). This file, arranged numerically by case number contains much information about family histories and relationships.

Choctaw-Chickasaw Memoranda Cases. 1900-1907. (National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy 1301) The cases are arranged numerically, but an index is included. The applications include such items as birth records, testimony transcripts, and correspondence. All cases were rejected for failure to file on time.

Records of the Dawes Commission (Oklahoma Historical Society, Film DC 1-80). Rolls 51-56 of Film DC are specifically about the Chickasaws, but freedman materials are scattered throughout rolls 1-41.

Hastain, E. Index to Choctaw-Chickasaw Deeds and Allotments. Muskogee: E. Hastain, 1908. Freedman allotments are listed by name, tribal affiliation, roll number, and location of allotment.

1890 Census of Pickens County (Oklahoma Historical Society, Film CKN1). This census lists the heads of family, ages, sex, race, and total members of the family.

1890 Census of Tishomingo County (Oklahoma Historical Society, Film CKN1). This census lists the same information as the one above.