The following is a list of the available Creek Nation census rolls. Many of the rolls were prepared in order to facilitate and record various payments to the Creek Nation and it's citizens from the Federal government by treaty. A complete list of Indian census and enrollment records on microfilm. A list of manuscript Creek Indian annuity rolls in the National Archives, Washington D.C.
By a treaty of March 24, 1832, the Creek Indians ceded to the United States all of their land east of the Mississippi River. Heads of families were entitled to tracts of land, which,
if possible, were to include their improvements. In 1833 Benjamin S. Parsons and Thomas J. Abbott prepared a census of Creek Indian heads of families, which gave their names and the number of males, females, and slaves in each family. The entries were arranged by town and numbered; these numbers were used for identification in later records.
A manuscript copy is reproduced on microfilm T275, roll 1.
Transcription here.
There was a Creek Nation census taken in 1843. The census appears to have been taken house to house and recorded the number of males and females in age groups. The original records are presumably in the National Archives in Washington, D. C. and have not been microfilmed. For more information see these letters.
A census roll of "citizens who emigrated to the country west of the Mississippi prior to 1833 who are eligible for funds under treaty of Aug. 7, 1856." For more info about these 1857 census rolls see this letter.
25 pages total, arranged by tribal town and family groups.
The roll was certified by the chiefs of the Creek Nation on Dec. 30, 1857.
A manuscript copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-23, roll 1, item
1. Transcription here.
A receipt roll for a per capita payment of $20.10 made under Article 6 of
Treaty of Aug. 7, 1856. This pay roll was certified by the chiefs of the Creek Nation on Aug. 10, 1857 and by Elias Rector
(Superintendent for Southern Superintendency) on Aug. 29, 1857.
A negative photostatic copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-23, roll 1, item
2.
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A receipt roll for a per capita payment of $20.10 made under Article 6 of the
Treaty of Aug. 7,
1856. This pay roll was certified by the chiefs of the Creek Nation on Aug. 10, 1857 and by Elias Rector
(Superintendent for Southern Superintendency) on Aug. 29, 1857.
A negative photostatic copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-23, roll 1, item
3.
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A receipt roll for per capita payments to persons listed in the 1857
"Old Settlers" roll. This pay roll was certified [by the chief
of the Creek Nation] Nov. 11-12, 1858. Each person received $85.40.
This pay roll is arranged by tribal town and then family groups, 32 pages
total. [This can be found on
Ancestry starting at frame 430. Subscription
is required]
A typed copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-23, roll 1, item
4.
A receipt roll for per capita payments authorized under the Article 6 of the
Treaty of Aug. 7, 1856 and by an act of Congress of March 3, 1859. This
pay roll was certified [by the chiefs of the Creek Nation] Aug. 8, 1859. Each person
received $16.65.
A typed copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-23, roll
1, item 5 and 7RA-23, roll 2, item 1.
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This Federal census recorded white persons and "free" Negroes living in the "Indian lands west of Arkansas" encompassing the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations. Persons who were deemed "Indian" were excluded presumably because they were not considered U. S. "citizens". Some of the persons listed as Black (B) or Mulatto (M) are actually mixed Indians. The names of the Indian slave owners were recorded in the accompanying slave schedules.
This census is reproduced on microfilm M653, roll 52 at the end of the roll. Transcription of the Creek Nation portion.
Arranged by tribal town and thereunder by family groups.
A receipt roll for a per capita payment of $17.34 made under Article 3 of a
Treaty of June 14, 1866. This pay roll was certified by the chiefs of the Creek Nation on March 13, 1867.
This census roll is repeated as item 4. Item 1 is a very poor filming of the roll. The copy, item 4 is a much better filming.
A
manuscript copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-44, roll 1.
A typed index to Creek Freedman
Indexed by LAST name and lists Dunn roll number and district (town).
See item 5.
A manuscript Creek Freedman roll.
Arranged by Dunn roll number and lists Dunn roll number, family members, and amount paid.
Only lists persons in North Fork, Arkansas, and Canadian towns.
"We the undersigned Freedman of the Creek Tribe of Indians do hereby acknowledge to have
received ...the sum of $17.00 each, being the amount to which we were entitled in a per capita payment mad to the Creeks March 14, 1867, in which payment we were refused any share for the reason that we are of African Descent...19th day of June 1869."
A manuscript Creek Citizens Payroll. This is the same exact roll as item 1 but is a much better filming.
Arranged by tribal town and family groups.
Each person received a per capita payment of $17.34 under Article 3 of a treaty of June 14, 1866. The roll was certified by the chiefs of the Creek Nation on March 13, 1867.
Towns listed below in the order on film.
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A typed index to Creek Freedman.
Indexed by FIRST name and lists Dunn roll number.
A typed Creek Freedman Payroll.
Arranged by districts (North Fork, Arkansas, and Canadian).
Lists Dunn roll number, family group number, family members. It is annotated with notes made by the Dawes Commission listing the Creek Freedman enrollment card "Field" number.
"We certify that we were present and witnessed the forgoing payment...19th day of June 1869."
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A census of Creek Indians taken in April 1882. Listed are names and ages.
A typed copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-43, item 1. Transcription Here
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The Arkansas (colored), Euchee, and Hillibee towns are not in census.
A census arranged by tribal town and family groups.
Each person received a per capita payment of $15.00 or $20.00.
A copy is
reproduced on microfilm 7RA-12, roll 1, item 1.
A census arranged by tribal town and family groups.
Each person received a per capita payment of $29.00.
A copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-46.
A census arranged by tribal town and family groups.
The page number is the same as used on the person's Dawes Enrollment card.
The number next to each person's name is their Dawes Enrollment application
number (the original applications are lost).
A typed copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-41, item 1.
A census arranged by tribal town and family groups.
The number next to each person's name is their Dawes enrollment card's
"field" number (not "card" number).
A typed copy is
reproduced on microfilm 7RA-41, item 2.
Transcription here
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A census taken May-June 1895.
Arranged by tribal town and family groups. There are columns for the age and sex of the person but they are left blank.
The number next to each person's name is their Dawes Enrollment card's
"field" number (not "card" number).
A negative copy of the manuscript is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-12, roll 1, item 2.
Towns: Alabama, Arbeka, Arbeka (Deep Fork), Arkansas (Col.), Artusse, Big Spring, Canadian (Col.), Concharty, Coweta, Cussehta, Euchee, Euchee (2nd), Eufaula (Canadian), Eufaula (Deep Fork), Fish Pond, Greenleaf, Hickory Ground, Hillabee Canadian, Hitchite, Hutchechuppa, Kialigee, Lochapoka, North Fork (Col.), Okchiye, Okfuskee (Deep Fork), Okfusky (Canadian), Osoche, Pukkon Tallehassee, Quassarty, Quassarty No. 2, Thlewarthle, Thlopthlocco, Tokpofke, Tuckabatchee, Tullahassoche, Tulmochussee, Tulsa Canadian, Tulwathlocco, Tuskegee, Weogufkee, Wewoka, Doubtful Roll.
A pay roll paid out in October 1895, each person received $14.40.
This pay roll was recorded on forms with the columns: "last number, present number, name, per capita, amount paid, signature & marks, signature of witness, and date of receipt".
The number to the right of the name is the person's Dawes Enrollment card's
"field" number.
The number in the "per capita" column is the number of the "Old Series" card made in 1898. For more information about the "Old Series" cards see the BIA Inventory (RG75) and scroll down to entry 124.
This pay roll is arranged by tribal town and family groups.
Towns Alabama to Kialigee are reproduced on microfilm 7RA-12, roll 1, item 3.
Towns Lochapoker to Wewoka are reproduced on microfilm 7RA-12, roll 2, item 1.
This pay roll is arranged by tribal town and family groups.
The number next to the name refers to the Dawes Creek enrollment card "Field" number.
A
copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-45.
Arranged by tribal town and family groups.
A negative typed copy is reproduced on microfilm 7RA-12, roll 2, item 6.
Towns: Arbeka (North Fork), Arbekochee, Arkansas (Col.), Artussee, Big Spring, Canadian (Col.), Concharty, Cussehta, Euchee, Eufaula (Canadian), Eufaula (Deep Fork), Fish Pond, Green Leaf, Tuskegee, Hickory Ground, Kialigee, Little River Tulsa, Nuyaka, Okchiye, Okfuskee (Deep Fork), Osoche, Pukkon Tallahasse, Quassarty No. 1, Quassarty No. 2, Tallahassochee, Thlopthlocco, Thlewathle, Thlopthlocco (undated), Tokpofka, Tuckabache, Tulladegee, Tuskegee, Weogufke, Wewoka.