Census
of the Freedmen and their descendants of the Cherokee Nation taken by
the Commission appointed in the case of Moses Whitmire, Trustee of the
Freedmen of the Cherokee Nation versus the Cherokee Nation and the United
States in the Court of Claims at Washington, D.C; the said commission
being appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and Composed of William
Clifton, William P. Thompson and Robert H. Kern, this roll being made
from the testimony taken before said Commission in the Cherokee nation
between May 4th and August, 10, 1896, in accordance with the provisions
made and entered in the final decree of record in the above cause. Second,
Contesting Freedmen and their Descendants found by this Commission entitled
to be enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee Nation, and to share in the
distribution of funds found in said decree.
