Babbit’s estimate likely exaggerates the true number, but at least five Protestant denominations had missionaries among the Cherokee, with Baptists and Methodists being the most numerous. Nevertheless, their success was limited; by 1860 only 12 percent of the Cherokee identified themselves as members of any of these five denominations. (McLoughlin, Cherokees and Christianity, 19.)
McLoughlin, William G. The Cherokees and Christianity, 1794–1870: Essays on Acculturation and Cultural Persistence. Edited by Walter H. Conser Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1994.