Cross posted from the Missouri Board:

Darrell:

There is an Eli Branic born about 1843 in North Carolina found in the Kansas State Census records.

This gentleman also has a muster card under Eli Branic #132 private Company C 2nd Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (2nd Regt Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)

"Formed by the addition of five companies of the 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers to the 1st (Bryan's) Battalion Cherokee Partisan Rangers" Card #51866918

His tracks are reasonablly easy to follow via census records

1850
Eli Brannock
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Skull Camp, Surry, North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Eli Brannock 6
Elias Brannock 8
Henry Brannock 24
Lee Brannock 1
Sabernia Brannock 22

1860
Name: Eli Brannick
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Rutledge, McDonald, Missouri
Post Office: Rutledge
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Brannick 40
Sibbey Brannick 39
Elias Brannick 17
Eli Brannick 15
Levi Brannick 12
Julia Brannick 9
Amanda Brannick 2

1875
Name: Eli Branick
Census Date: 1 Mar 1875
Residence County: Johnson
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Lexington
Birth Location: North Carolina
Family Number: 81
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Race: White
Line: 21
Roll: ks1875_9

1880
Name: Eli Branic
Home in 1880: Sherman, Leavenworth, Kansas
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Eliza
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Eli Branic 33
Eliza Branic 32
Charles Branic 10
Lavona Branic 8
Louretta Branic 7
Augusta G. Branic 2

1885
Name: Eli Branic
Census Date: 1 Mar 1885
Residence County: Atchison
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Lancaster
Birth Location: North Carolina
Family Number: 91
Marital Status: Married
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Race: White
Line: 6
Roll: KS1885_6

1895
Name: Eli Brance
Census Date: 1 Mar 1895
Residence County: Nemaha
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Marion
Birth Location: North Carolina
Family Number: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Race: White
Line: 11
Roll: v115_103

1905
Name: Eli Branic
Census Date: 1 Mar 1905
Residence County: Brown
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Irving
Birth Location: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Race: White
Line: 25
Roll: ks1905_14

See http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/history/CherConfed.htm by Lars Gjertveit for more info and I believe our own Ken Martin on the Indian Territory page http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/itcwmb/index.cgi?noframes;read=4620 was looking for Mister Branic as well.

A good summary of the 5 Indian Nations and how they came to fight for the confederacy is available at http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v029/v029p324.pdf

John R