The count: 23,599 Freedmen on the Dawes Rolls, 1907 (Indian Territory, 1907)
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Year: 1907 · Places: Florida, Oklahoma & the Five Tribes
SUMMARYThe count: 23,599 Freedmen on the Dawes Rolls, 1907 (Indian Territory, 1907) [Connections: Five Tribes, Florida & maroons, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDGAO Table 1 gives 1907 Freedmen counts: Cherokee 4,948; Chickasaw 4,778; Choctaw 6,080; Muscogee (Creek) 6,777; Seminole 1,016 (total 23,599). OHS gives 23,415 eligible for allotment. GAO estimates Freedmen descendants "could have ranged from 146,400 to 395,400 in 2022."
PATTERNtens of thousands of people put on a separate roll by one federal process, with hundreds of thousands of descendants today
LENS (WW9)one roll, 23,599 names, up to 395,400 living descendants filed outside the nations on paper
OPENthe two totals differ (23,599 vs 23,415); check which roll closing each uses
SOURCEGAO-26-107118, "Tribal Programs: Information on Freedmen Descendants of the Five Tribes," Dec. 15, 2025; Reese, "Freedmen," OHS.
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