Hester Roll

The Hester Roll is a Cherokee census roll that was taken in 1883 by Joseph G. Hester. The census listed new citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whether by birth or by adoption.^[1]

Other Cherokee census rolls include:

• 1835 Census of Cherokees Living East of the Mississippi River (also known as the Henderson Roll)
• 1848 Mullay Roll
• 1851 Siler Roll
• 1852 Chapman Roll
• 1854 Act of Congress Roll
• 1867 Powell Roll
• 1869 Swetland Roll
• 1898–1914 Dawes Rolls
• 1924 Baker Roll
• 1949 United Keetoowah Band Base Roll

See also

• 1896 Applications for Enrollment, Five Tribes (Overturned)
• Cherokee descent
• Guion Miller Roll
• Native American tribal rolls