how can i tell if my granfather joe frank white, from south carolina was a cherokee indian?
this genealogy stuf is a little tough
he must have been born around 1920. I found his name on the dawes final roll (whatever that really means).
What is birth year? There was a special 1900 census listing those who claimed being "Indian" as it was referred to back then.
"What the 1900 Indian Census Will Tell You
All members of the family
English and Indian name of each person listed on the Census.
The relationship each family member has with the head-of-house.
Month, year of birth and age.
Number of marriages.
How long they have been married.
How many children she has had and how many are still alive.
Birth places, parents birth places.
Tribe, parents' tribe
What degree of white blood
Whether either spouse has plural spouses.
Whether they lived in a fixed or movable dwelling.
Whether they rented or owned the property.
Occupation or ration Indian (dependent upon federal support).
How long have they been unemployed.
Whether they can read, write or speak English.
Additional information available on Census.
Microfilms are available through the nearest LDS Church Family History Center.
Well you have a problem, since he was born in 1922 then the Joseph White age 41, 3/4 Cherokee by Blood in the Dawes Final Rolls is not your grandfather. The Dawes final Rolls were closed by a act of congress in 1906. No more people were listed after that with one exception in 1914.
"More than 250,000 people applied for membership, and the Dawes Commission enrolled just over 100,000. An act of Congress on April 26, 1906, closed the rolls on March 5, 1907. An additional 312 persons were enrolled under an act approved August 1, 1914."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Rolls
And the 1900 census is not going to help you either. When and where did he pass away, do you have a copy of his death certificate? Do you have parents names? There are 6 persons named Joseph White born between 1919 and 1922 living and in SC in the 1930 census, some white, some black.
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