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Below are selected names which may relate to some of the families we have been discussing. The whole roll is 14 pages
This is from 1817 Reservation Roll
A listing of those applying for a 640 acre tract in the East in lieu of removing to Arkansas. This was only good during their lifetime and then the property reverted back to the state.
Campbell Polly
Cochran John
Collin Parker
Collins Parker
Daniel Reuben
Davidson John
Davis Abraham
Davis Daniel
Davis Thomas
Duncan Charles G.
Duncan Darcob
Duncan Dorcas
Duncan Edmond
Duncan John
Fields David
Fields George
Fields George Sr.
Foreman Archibald
Foreman Bark
Foreman Presby
Foreman Thomas
Forman Archy
Forman Bark
Forman Thomas
Gardenhire James T.
Goard Nancy
Gourd Nancy
Johnson
Johnson Peter
Johnson Sally
Jones James
Jones Thomas
Jones William
Kennedy John
Linch Peter
Lowrey Sally
Lowry Elizabeth
Lowry George
Lowry James
Lowry Sally
Lowry Susannah
Lynch Peter
Maney John
Maney Martin
Maney William
Many John
Many John
Many Martin
Many William
McAnulty Giles
McDaniel Alexander
McDaniel James
McDaniel Moses
McDaniel Wm.
McDonald Moses
McDonald Mr.
McGloherlin David
McIntosh Betsey
McIntosh Charles
McIntosh James
McIntosh Jennie
McIntosh Johne
McLauglin David
McLemore Robert
McNair David
McNary John
Nelms Lewis
Nelms Looka
Phillips Joseph
Reed William
Reed Wm.
Richey Austin
Riley Looney
Riley Loony
Riley Luney
Riley Richard
Riley Samuel
Riley
Robinson Amos
Rogers B. Robert
Rogers John
Rogers John Jr.
Roman Nose
Ross Andrew
Ross Daniel
Ross Eliza
Ross John
Ross Lewis
Ross Templin W.
Rutherford John
Stephens Catharine
Stephens Sutton
Stephens Willis
Taylor Andrew
Taylor David
Taylor Fox
Taylor Jane
Taylor Richard
Thomas
Thompson Alexander
Thompson Charles
Thompson John
Timberlake Richard
Welch
Welch Edward
Welch Jackson
Welsh Delilah
Welsh Edward
Welsh John
Wilson George
Wilson John
Wilson Rachael
Wilson Thomas
Wilson Thomas W.
Wilson William
Linda asks>>> What reservation was this? Where was this land located?
I haven’t found that out yet. It was linked to cherokee gen site. This is on the heels of the Creek War but it may be one of the first efforts at cherokee relocation. I do not know geographic area involved….. I’m sure we can find out with time to research.
I was struck by the presence of the same surnames we are all searching.
peace
Ken
Came across this thread while searching for something else.
In case the answer has not yet been found, that is the 1817 Reservation Roll of Cherokees. From the Encyclopedia of NC:
In an attempt to save land that had been lost after the Creek War of 1813, the Cherokee signed two more treaties in 1817 and 1819. The 1817 treaty was the first Cherokee treaty that included a provision for their removal from North Carolina lands. The treaty proposed exchanging Cherokee lands in the Southeast for territory west of the Mississippi River. The government promised assistance in resettling those Cherokees who chose to remove, and approximately 1,500-2,000 did. The Treaty of 1817 also contained a proposal for an experiment in Cherokee citizenship. Cherokees who wished to remain on ceded land in the East could apply for a 640-acre reserve and legal rights as American citizens.
I have a collateral relationship to Looney Riley through my 2nd Great Aunt, Elizabeth Risner, who married Rufus Riley in the Choctaw Nation (OK) the grandson of Looney Riley. This Riley Family did eventually migrate to the Cherokee Nation (OK) but during the Civil War, the fighting on the border of OK, AR, MO was intense so some Cherokee Families appealed to the Choctaws (where the fighting was not as bad) to live among them until the War was over and it was granted they could live there. Rufus met and married Elizabeth Risner in the Choctaw Nation but after the War they returned to his Cherokee lands which is now near Nowata, OK. They are on the Cherokee Rolls of Oklahoma.
The Looney Riley Family is mine or the family my 2nd great aunt married into – all the Rileys on that Roll are or the same family. I know their allotment land West of the MS was near Nowata, OK. John Thompson may also be my Grandmother’s father – Leuticia Florence Thompson Williams.
My second thought on this is to search the Congressional Papers. Congress would have to have passed this Roll to cede lands and there might be a description of the location in the east.
Just reviewing my records and comparing them to the posts. It appears to me that my Rileys lived in/near Kingston, TN or old Roane Co., TN in 1817. Samuel Riley Jr’s father, Samuel Riley Sr. is buried in the Smalley Cemetery near Kingston, TN. Here’s a rundown of the Rileys . Some of the younger children appear on the 1817 Cherokee Roll:
Samuel Riley SR – White man from probably Maryland
Samuel Riley Jr b. 1745 MD? m. Cherokee Gu lu sti ya (Doublehead is likely her Cherokee name) Samuel Riley Jr. was an interpreter living near Kingsport, TN and worked for Meigs, the Cherokee Superintendant but the years are vague when this happened. Their Riley children are:
Nancy b. 1789
Richard b. 1784
Nancy
John b. 1790
Eleanor b. 1792
Sally b. 1794
Elizabeth b 179401857
Rachel
Louisa
Lucy b. 1798
Looney b. 1800-1885 (He would have been 17 or 18 at the time of the 1817 Cherokee Roll. He is the father of Rufus Riley b. 1831 who married Elizabeth Risner, my GGmo’s sister)
Samel Riley Jr. m/2 to Ni go di gu yu (The sister of his first wife) and had the following:
James, Catherine, Nancy, Madison, Martha and Nelson Riley.
Loony/Looney (1817 Roll) did receive allotment land in the Cherokee Nation of OK, today, near the present city of Nowata.
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