Sally CHRISTIAN

1859 - Aft 1910  (52 years)

• Name	Sally CHRISTIAN
  Born	1859	McDowell Co., WV
  Gender	Female
  _UID	9033EDFA468E497EB89A365FC532B06235D0
  Died	Aft 1910
  Notes	NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DISCOUNTED Sallie Christian Charles applied to the Eastern Cherokee in 1908, claiming Cherokee ancestry from her grandfather, Moses Christian. Application #10464. In her application she spells his name "Mose." Her application was rejected. For more information about Cherokee genealogy, check out http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com. The following is from her article about Cherokee Wannabes. Since so much has been written about her great-grandfather, Thomas Bailey Christan, having Native American heritage, which has NOT been borne out by Y-DNA results or autosomal DNA results by any of his descendants. This site has excellent articles on how to prove Cherokee ancestry. http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com/2011/06/fortune-hunters-guion-miller-roll-and.html#comment-form The Guion Miller Roll is a list of Eastern Cherokee Indians who applied for compensation because of a 1906 lawsuit, and judgment in the tribe's favor in the United States Court of Claims on May 28, 1906, for them. This resulted in the appropriation of $1 million to the Tribe's eligible individuals and families. Newspapers were full of announcements that the Cherokees and/or Cherokee heirs would be receiving money anywhere from $5,000,000 to $11,000,000. Many times it was not made clear this was money for nearly the entire tribe but instead gave the impression that it was for specific families. To be approved for funds the individual must have: 1. Been alive as of May 28, 1906 2. Established that he/she was a member or descendants of a person that had been included in the forced removal to Indian Territory, known as the Ross Party. 3. Not been affiliated with a tribe other than the Cherokee 4. Been members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaties of 1835,1836, and 1845 between the United States and Eastern Cherokee. There were 45,857 applications filed for about 900,000 claimants. 30,254 of those claimants were entitled to share in the funds. This means nearly 2/3 of all claimants were NOT entitled and therefore rejected. A common assumption of those who descend from people who were rejected on the Miller Roll is that their ancestors were Cherokee, but they just couldn't prove it at that time. These families were usually always listed as white in vital records and were never listed in the Cherokee records or on any Cherokee rolls. They simply had no documentation or proof. People applied for the Miller Roll who had never heard they were Cherokee before the money or land topic came up. They were suddenly informed by someone that they were Cherokee or related to a specific family and should apply. There were families who had heard they were Indian or "kin" to them, so they applied even though they had never heard what tribe of Indians they might be "kin" to. There were people who were notified by "claim agents" and lawyers that they were entitled to lots of money so they applied. There were people who were told they would be receiving both land and money, so they applied. There were people who applied because they thought they were enrolling in the Eastern Cherokee tribe and then would be entitled to land and money. Many of the rejected claimants, for one reason or another, filed a claim believing they were going to come into money. One has to be careful of not basing claim to Cherokee ancestry based on a rejected claim from the Miller Roll. Though these applications often offer a lot of genealogical information, they don't necessarily offer any proof of Cherokee ancestry. CENSUS RECORDS 1880 United States Federal Census about Sarah Charles Name: Sarah Charles Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Big Creek, Mcdowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: William Charles Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Keeping House Household Members: William Charles 24 Sarah Charles 21 John M. Charles 3 George Charles 3 months 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Sarah Charles Age: 42 Birth Date: Jan 1858 Birthplace: West Virginia Home in 1900: Elkhorn, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Wilkins Charles [William] Marriage Year: 1873 Years Married: 27 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia Mother: number of living children: 7 Mother: How many children: 11 Household Members: William Charles 42 Sarah Charles 42 George Charles 20 Rose Charles 11 Adam Charles 9 Lucinda Charles 6 William Charles 3 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Sally Charles Age in 1910: 51 Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: West Virginia Home in 1910: Adkin, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: William Charles Father's Birthplace: West Virginia Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia Household Members: William Charles 52 Sally Charles 51 John Charles 33 George W Charles 30 Mary Charles 26 Rosa Charles 22 Adam Charles 19 Lucinda Charles 17 William Charles 13 Levicy Charles 10
  Person ID	I3713	Master File
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	John CHRISTIAN,   b. 1835, Tazewell Co., VA ,   d. Aft 15 Mar 1887, Tazewell Co. VA or McDowell Co. WV  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Clementine (Clemy) HARMAN,   b. ca 1834, Tazewell Co. VA ,   d. ca 1885, McDowell Co. WV  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1857	Tazewell Co. VA
  	Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: John Christian Birth Date: 1836 Birthplace: Tazewell County, Va Age: 21 Spouse's Name: Clemantine Harman Spouse's Birth Date: 1834 Spouse's Birthplace: Tazewell County, Va Spouse's Age: 23 Event Date: 07 Jan 1857 Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia Father's Name: Moses Christian Mother's Name: Mary Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Harmon Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Marital Status: Single Spouse's Marital Status: Single Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01695-4 System Origin: Virginia-EASy GS Film number: 34214 Reference ID: Page 6 line 4
  Family ID	F2267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William CHARLES
  Married	23 Mar 1876	McDowell Co. W. Va.
  	West Virginia Vital Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11390670&Type=Marriage Line 9
  Children	+ 1. John Mastin CHARLES,   b. ca 1877, McDowell Co. WV + 2. George Washington (Wash) CHARLES,   b. Mar 1880, McDowell Co. WV + 3. Rose CHARLES,   b. 27 Aug 1888, McDowell Co. WV ,   d. 13 May 1960, McDowell Co. WV  (Age 71 years) + 4. Adam CHARLES,   b. Oct 1890, McDowell Co. WV ,   d. 20 Jul 1950, McDowell Co. WV  (Age ~ 59 years)   5. William CHARLES,   b. Oct 1896, McDowell Co. WV + 6. Lucinda S. CHARLES,   b. 4 Sep 1893, McDowell Co., WV ,   d. 29 Jul 1959, McDowell Co., WV  (Age 65 years)   7. Levisa (Vicie) CHARLES,   b. ca 1900, McDowell Co. WV
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F2280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart