« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 22 May 18 21:16 BST (UK) »
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American peoples from their ancestral homelands between 1830-1850. My understanding was the Cherokee removal was in 1838.
Until c1924 Native Americans were not legally American citizens, so prior census to this should show her as Native American ( NA/Indians/ their tribe), so if your grandmother is written as white, then that suggests she was not NA and if she walked in 1838 (180 yrs is a long time ago for it to be your Grandmother) there was no option at that time but for her parent/s to register her with her tribe at birth, so even if on the 1930/1940 census she could potentially be classified white/American, however what is she classified as before on earlier census?
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