Cherokee by Blood : Volume 6, Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U. S. Court of Claims 1906-1910, Applications 13261-16745

In 1904, the Eastern Cherokees won a million dollar judgment against the U.S. because of its violations of the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845.

The payments were to go to all living persons who had been members of the Cherokee tribe at the time of the treati