Old Settlers Roll A listing of Cherokee still living in 1851 who were all ready residing in Oklahoma when the main body of the cherokee arrived in the winter of 1839, as a result of the Treaty of New Echota (1835). Approximately one third of the Cherokee people were Old Settlers and two thirds new arrivals. The 1851 payroll lists Old Settlers (Cherokees who moved to Indian Territory prior to December 1835) entitled to participate in a per capita payment. There were 3,273 persons enumerated on this roll which is arranged by Cherokee district and grouped by family. Some persons who did not reside in the Cherokee Nation are listed as "Non-residents." Three thousand, two hundred and seventy three Cherokees were enrolled and received two hundred, seventy dollars and ninety five cents. The "Old Settlers" filed a protest against the sum. The Supreme Court decided that the original "Old Settlers" or their heirs would receive an additional one hundred, fifty nine dollars and ten cents per share in the 1896 "Old Settler" payment.

Old Settlers Rolls Results
Total Records: 1 Family District Last First
117 Illinois Hood
(Note: Illinois was a District)
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Sterling Price Hood, in his Miller Application, states that his father, 'Dave' Hood, resided in Seqoyah District, near Sallida, in 1851.
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(The first census of the new arrivals of 1839. The New Echota Treaty group - "Trail of Tears")
1851 Drennen roll of the Cherokee Indians
Statement of Responsibility: by John Drennen
Authors: Drennen, John (Main Author)
Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Film
Language: English
Publication: Tulsa, Oklahoma : Indian Nation Press, [19--?] 132 p.
1851 Drennen Roll, Skin Bayou District, Cherokee Nation
Group 129
David Hood (226-10793)
William Hood
Catherine Hood (10793)
Martha Hood (226)
Caroline Hood (10793)
Sarah Hood
Henry Hood
Minerva Hood
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1880 Cherokee Census
The census of 1880 was authorized by an act of the Cherokee National Council Senate Bill No. 33 on December 1, 1879. This is a transcription of the index for Schedule One and includes all nine districts. This index can be found on microfilm through the LDS organization on microfilm #989204. National Archives also has a microfilm index for this census. It is found on Roll # 7RA07

Canadian District
712, Hood David, Native Cherokee, age 68, Sex Male
713 Hood Becca, Adopted White, age 38, Sex Female (b. abt. 1842)
714, Hood, Ellis, Native Cherokee, age 18, Sex Male
715, Hood, John, Native Cherokee, age 16, Sex Male
716, Hood, Sterling, Native Cherokee, age 13, Sex Male
717, Hood, Mary, Native Cherokee, age 10, Sex Male
718, Hood, James, Native Cherokee, age 8, Sex Male
719, Hood, Lydia, Native Cherokee, age 8, Sex Male
720, Hood, David Jr., Native Cherokee, age 6, Sex Male
(Note for Becca (Rebecca) Hood - Adopted White meaning she was White but adopted as Cherokee for this 'Cherokee Census'.
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