1835 Census of Cherokees East of the Mississippi ==================================================================== Submitted by Dawn Watson Notes: Each page of this census was divided into a left side and a right side. Because of space considerations, the right side of each page is at the bottom of this transcription. Line numbers were not used in the original census, but are used here to help the researcher find their ancestor on both sides of the page. Columns, left to right: 1) Heads of Families, Indians, Half-breeds, Quadroons, and Whites. 2) Residence, State, and County, and Watercourse. 3a) Males. Under 18 years. 3b) Males. Over 18 years. 4a) Females. Under 16 years. 4b) Females. Over 16 years. 5) Totale Cherokees. 6a) Slaves. Males. 6b) Slaves. Females. 7) Total Slaves. 8) Whites connected by marriage. 9) Farms. 10) Acres in cultivation. 11) Houses. 12) Bushels wheat raised. 13) Bushels corn raised. 14) Bushels wheat sold. 15) Bushels corn sold. 16) For how much. 17) Bushels corn bought. 18) For how much. 19) Mills. 20) Ferry boats. 21) Farmers over 18 years. 22) Mechanics over 18 years. 23) Readers in English. 24) Readers in Cherokee. 25) Half-breeds. 26) Quadroons. 27) Full blooded. 28) Mixed Catawbys. 29) Mixed Sparniards. 30) Mixed negroes. 31) Weavers. 32) Spinsters. 33) Reservees. 34) Descendants of Reservees. 35) Total. 36) Remarks. Census of Cherokees in the limits of Georgia in 1835, as taken by C. H. Nelson Esq. Page 44 [left-hand side] [Gilmer County at top of page] 1 2 3a 3b 4a 4b 5 6a 6b 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Jay Bird Union Co. Geo. 1 5 2 8 5 12 3 50 Coosy Cr. 2. Tenwaska 2 3 2 2 9 3 20 3 600 3. Talautiska 3 3 5 5 16 3 20 6 200 4 Satu 1 1 1 3 1 20 3 100 5. Sunnecow 2 1 1 1 5 1 6 2 100 6. Chutata 3 5 1 3 12 5 8 5 200 7. Fox Ivy log Cr. 1 1 1 1 4 1 20 5 100 8. Ezekiel 2 2 1 5 2 5 2 50 9. Mistake 2 2 1 5 2 12 4 100 10. Ulahka 3 1 1 2 7 1 6 2 25 11. Causinega 1 1 2 4 1 3 1 10 12. Bushy head 4 1 3 8 1 15 3 100 13. Trotterhigh 3 2 5 3 40 4 700 14. Chualuka 1 1 1 3 1 12 2 50 15. Grubworm 3 1 1 5 1 5 1 15 16. Hog shooter 2 3 1 6 2 4 2 15 17. Suchy 3 1 2 1 7 1 40 4 700 18. Tausca - two families 4 3 4 4 16 4 8 3 50 19. Hummin Bird 2 2 1 5 2 5 2 50 20. Usetanee - two families 4 3 4 4 15 3 15 5 150 21. Charles Douning - do. 3 4 2 5 14 3 10 4 80 22. Robbin Sower Joy 2 2 2 6 2 5 2 40 23. Bill - two families 3 1 2 5 11 1 18 2 40 24. Arch Scot - two families 4 5 6 4 19 5 27 5 200 Page 44 [right-hand side] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 5 1 8 1 1 Union County 2. 3 4 9 2 2 Has extensive water power, Iron 3. 4 16 16 3 10 ore and one sixth of the Lands 4. 1 3 3 1 1 susseptible of cultivation. 5. 1 5 5 2 2 6. 5 12 12 2 2 7. 1 4 4 1 8. 2 2 5 1 1 9. 2 5 5 1 1 10. 1 7 7 1 1 11. 1 2 3 1 1 12. 1 2 8 1 1 13. 3 5 5 3 3 14. 1 2 3 1 1 15. 1 2 5 16. 2 6 6 1 1 17. 4 6 7 1 1 18. 4 6 16 2 3 19. 2 2 5 1 1 20. 5 6 15 1 3 21. 3 3 14 2 2 22. 2 2 6 1 2 23. 1 2 1 10 2 5 24. 5 5 1 18 2 3 ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dawn Watson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000643 ====================================================================