I need to find out some of my ancestors and if they ever signed any of the Dawes Scrolls? Any ideas to start?

Question

I'm trying to research my Native American ancestory but have hit many road blocks. The Three last names I'm trying to trace back are. Langley, Quigley, and Crabtree. I'm also looking for any research that another Langley, Quigley, or Crabtree might of done. Currently trying to find the brothers and sisters of Robert J Langley and his wife, Anna Crabtree. And Oliver Quigley. Any and all help is appriciated,

Answer 1

This is the best site I know:

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/rolls.htm



In addition www.nara.gov and look for the search engine. They have pictures of actual enrollment cards.



There are a lot of Anna Crabtree's and Robert langley. If you have where they lived and any dates, we could get closer to finding them. Oliver Quigley also.



Anna Crabtree

Age: 23

Birth Date: abt 1887

Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1910

Marriage Location: Butler, Missouri

Marriage County: Butler

Spouse Name: Robert Langley

Spouse Age: 24

Spouse Birth Date: abt 1886



Anna Crabtree

Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1910

Marriage Location: Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

Marriage County: Butler

Spouse Name: Robert Langley



WWI

Oliver Quigley

City: Not Stated

County: Butler

State: Missouri

Birth Date: 12 Jan 1881

Race: White

Roll: 1683154

DraftBoard: 0

contact is Lucy Lee Quigley,Naylor Mo



Oliver Quigley

Home in 1900: New Haven, Gallatin, Illinois

Age: 19

Birth Date: Jan 1881

Birthplace: Illinois

Race: White

Ethnicity: American

Relationship to head-of-house: Son

Father's Name: Paul C

Father's Birthplace: Illinois

Mother's Name: Martha E

Mother's Birthplace: Illinois

Marital Status: Single

Residence : New Haven Vill., Gallatin, Illinois

Paul C Quigley 52

Martha E Quigley 47

William Quigley 20

Oliver Quigley 19

Charles Quigley 15

James R Quigley 12

Benjamin F Quigley 11

Ruben A Quigley 9

Fredric Quigley 7

Minnie Quigley 1

E?Ta Roark 18

Alonzo Sullion 23

Samuel Brown 18

Answer 2

Go to the following website and you can look them up in the National Archives:



http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/rolls-index.html

Answer 3

First of all, it is the Dawes ROLLS.



http://www.archives.gov

Robert J. Langley: info found

Enrollment for Cherokee Census Card R448



ARC Identifier 259511 / Local Identifier 75-53A-CHEROKEE(R448)

Textual Records from the Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Office of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. (1893 - 1914)

NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth), Fort Worth, TX

Item from Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1989



How to contact Ft. Worth to get a copy of his card



Copy 1 (for ROBERT J. LANGLEY'S CARD, #R448)

Copy Status: Preservation-Reproduction-Reference

Contact(s): NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth) (NRFFA), 501 West Felix Street, Building 1, Fort Worth, TX, 76115-3405. PHONE: [phone]; FAX: [phone]; EMAIL: [e-mail].



Oliver Quigley--"No results were returned for your search criteria."--for either Dawes or Guion-Miller





ANNA CRABTREE:

Enrollment for CREEK Census Card 868

ARC Identifier 263683 / Local Identifier 75-53A-CREEK(868)

Textual Records from the Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Office of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. (1893 - 1914)

NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth), Fort Worth, TX

(Contact info:

Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Office of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. (1893 - 1914)

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Textual Records

Contact(s): NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth) (NRFFA), 501 West Felix Street, Building 1, Fort Worth, TX, 76115-3405. PHONE: [phone]; FAX: [phone]; EMAIL: [e-mail].)





http://media.nara.gov/media/images/31/3/31-0243a.jpg

(Click on the magnifier to make it readable)

"Index to the Applications Submitted for the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion Miller Roll)":

On page 242, under the Q surnames, it shows only these 2 named Quigley:

LAURA C. QUIGLEY--Application Number 29385--living in INDIAN TERRITORY (abbreviated here as I.T.)

MINNIE L. QUIGLEY--Application Number 33924--living in INDIAN TERRITORY

(would they be related to Oliver?? I can't find him on either the Dawes or Guion Miller rolls)



To order copies of these applications, you must submit a completed NATF Form 83 which includes the individual's name and application number. A separate form must be completed for each file you wish copied. To obtain an NATF Forms 83 write the National Archives, NWCTB, Old Military and Civil Records (Form 83), Washington, D.C. 20408.

Location: Old Military and Civil Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCTB), National Archives Building, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408 PHONE: [phone], FAX: [phone], EMAIL: [e-mail]



http://www.ancestry.com--this lady MIGHT be the same Laura Quigley above:

1910 United States Federal Census--Indian Population

Name: Laura C Quigley (or Quigly)

Age in 1910: 38

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872

Birthplace: Oklahoma

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Father's Birth Place: Georgia

Mother's Birth Place: Georgia

Spouse's Name: James

Home in 1910: Township 1, Rogers, Oklahoma

Marital Status: Married

Race: Indian (Native American--Cherokee: 1/16; 15/16 white**)

Gender: Female

Household Members: Name Age

James Quigley-- 54 ( Race: White)

Laura C Quigley-- 38

Mary Dick --13 ( Race: Indian--Cherokee, 1/16; 15/16 white**; stepdaughter to James)

Leranos Dick --11 (Race: Indian--Cherokee, 1/16; 15/16 white** ; stepdaughter to James)

(Note--**this was shown on the original view)