_____________________
|
_____________________|_____________________
|
_Daniel ROSS ________|
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_John Angus ROSS __________|
| (1790 - 1866) m 1812 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _John MCDONALD ______|_____________________
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|
| (.... - 1808) m 1786|
| | _William SHOREY _____
| | | m 1740
| |_Annie SHOREY _______|_Ghi-Goo-Le _________
|
|
|--George Washington ROSS
| (1830 - 1870)
| _____________________
| |
| _Robert BROWN _______|_____________________
| | (1735 - ....)
| _James BROWN ________|
| | (1765 - ....) |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth "Quatie" BROWN _|
(1791 - 1839) m 1812 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[593]
Original data from Halley with supporting data from an article datedJune 26, 1999, entitled TRAIL OF TEARS SURVIVORS HONORED ANDREMEMBERED, previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra VanderpoolGormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No.28, 7 July 1999. See article at Chief John Ross.
Ball gives birth as abt 1831 and supplied birth place.
Gaddie gives no middle name.
[586]
All data from Halley.
_____________________
|
_____________________|_____________________
|
_Daniel ROSS ________|
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_John Angus ROSS __________|
| (1790 - 1866) m 1812 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _John MCDONALD ______|_____________________
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|
| (.... - 1808) m 1786|
| | _William SHOREY _____
| | | m 1740
| |_Annie SHOREY _______|_Ghi-Goo-Le _________
|
|
|--James McDonald ROSS
| (1814 - 1864)
| _____________________
| |
| _Robert BROWN _______|_____________________
| | (1735 - ....)
| _James BROWN ________|
| | (1765 - ....) |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth "Quatie" BROWN _|
(1791 - 1839) m 1812 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2507]
Original data from an article dated June 26, 1999, entitled TRAIL OFTEARS SURVIVORS HONORED AND REMEMBERED, previously published by JuliaM. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb'sGenealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 28, 7 July 1999. See article at ChiefJohn Ross.
Ball supplied his middle name and birth data.
__
|
_____________________|__
|
_____________________|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|__
|
_Daniel ROSS ________|
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786|
| | __
| | |
| | _____________________|__
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|__
|
|
|--Jane ROSS
| (1786 - 1844)
| __
| |
| _____________________|__
| |
| _John MCDONALD ______|
| | (1747 - ....) |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |_____________________|__
| |
|_Mary MCDONALD ______|
(.... - 1808) m 1786|
| __
| |
| _William SHOREY _____|__
| | m 1740
|_Annie SHOREY _______|
|
| __
| |
|_Ghi-Goo-Le _________|__
m 1740
[2922] All data from Gaddie.
_____________________
|
_____________________|_____________________
|
_Daniel ROSS ________|
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_John Angus ROSS __________|
| (1790 - 1866) m 1812 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _John MCDONALD ______|_____________________
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|
| (.... - 1808) m 1786|
| | _William SHOREY _____
| | | m 1740
| |_Annie SHOREY _______|_Ghi-Goo-Le _________
|
|
|--Jane ROSS
| (1818 - 1894)
| _____________________
| |
| _Robert BROWN _______|_____________________
| | (1735 - ....)
| _James BROWN ________|
| | (1765 - ....) |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth "Quatie" BROWN _|
(1791 - 1839) m 1812 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2504]
Original data from an article dated June 26, 1999, entitled TRAIL OFTEARS SURVIVORS HONORED AND REMEMBERED, previously published by JuliaM. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb'sGenealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 28, 7 July 1999. See article at ChiefJohn Ross.
Ball gives her birth as abt 1818.
_____________________________________
|
_Daniel ROSS ________________________|_____________________________________
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786
_Andrew ROSS __________|
| (1798 - ....) m 1819 |
| | _John MCDONALD ______________________
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______________________|_Annie SHOREY _______________________
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
_Joshua ROSS ________|
| (1833 - ....) |
| | _George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _
| | | (1740 - ....)
| | _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________
| | | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....)
| |_Susan LOWRY \ LOWREY _|
| (1802 - 1872) m 1819 |
| | _John BENGE _________________________+
| | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761
| |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________
| (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....)
|
|--Jennie ROSS
|
| _____________________________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
| _______________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
|_Muskogee VARGEE ____|
|
| _____________________________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
|_______________________|
|
| _____________________________________
| |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4713] All data from S. Lowry.
_____________________________________
|
_Daniel ROSS ________________________|_____________________________________
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786
_Andrew ROSS __________|
| (1798 - ....) m 1819 |
| | _John MCDONALD ______________________
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______________________|_Annie SHOREY _______________________
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
_Daniel H. ROSS _____|
| |
| | _George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _
| | | (1740 - ....)
| | _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________
| | | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....)
| |_Susan LOWRY \ LOWREY _|
| (1802 - 1872) m 1819 |
| | _John BENGE _________________________+
| | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761
| |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________
| (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....)
|
|--Jennie ROSS
| (.... - 1882)
| _____________________________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
| _______________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
|_Naomi CHISHOLM _____|
|
| _____________________________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
|_______________________|
|
| _____________________________________
| |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4706] All data from S. Lowry.
_____________________________________
|
_Daniel ROSS ________________________|_____________________________________
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786
_Andrew ROSS __________|
| (1798 - ....) m 1819 |
| | _John MCDONALD ______________________
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______________________|_Annie SHOREY _______________________
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
_Joshua ROSS ________|
| (1833 - ....) |
| | _George Charles, Sr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _
| | | (1740 - ....)
| | _George Charles, Jr. LOWRY \ LOWREY _|_Nancy or Nannie ____________________
| | | (1770 - 1852) (1748 - ....)
| |_Susan LOWRY \ LOWREY _|
| (1802 - 1872) m 1819 |
| | _John BENGE _________________________+
| | | (1735 - 1802) m 1761
| |_Lucy BENGE _________________________|_Wurteh WATTS _______________________
| (1772 - 1846) (1750 - ....)
|
|--John ROSS
|
| _____________________________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
| _______________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
|_Muskogee VARGEE ____|
|
| _____________________________________
| |
| _____________________________________|_____________________________________
| |
|_______________________|
|
| _____________________________________
| |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
[4714] All data from S. Lowry.
__
|
_____________________|__
|
_____________________|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|__
|
_Daniel ROSS ________|
| (1760 - 1830) m 1786|
| | __
| | |
| | _____________________|__
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|__
|
|
|--John Angus ROSS
| (1790 - 1866)
| __
| |
| _____________________|__
| |
| _John MCDONALD ______|
| | (1747 - ....) |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |_____________________|__
| |
|_Mary MCDONALD ______|
(.... - 1808) m 1786|
| __
| |
| _William SHOREY _____|__
| | m 1740
|_Annie SHOREY _______|
|
| __
| |
|_Ghi-Goo-Le _________|__
m 1740
[2500]
Original data from an article dated June 26, 1999, entitled TRAIL OFTEARS SURVIVORS HONORED AND REMEMBERED, previously published by JuliaM. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb'sGenealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 28, 7 July 1999.
TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma. For much of his life Chief John Ross served andled the Cherokee people. Nearly 133 years after his death he wasremembered by the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association on June 26,1999.
The association remembered and honored Ross and 10 other survivors ofthe forced removal of approximately 15,000 Cherokees to IndianTerritory in 1838-39. Bronze plaques were placed on their graveslocated in Ross Cemetery south of Tahlequah at Park Hill. The 2x4-inch plaques read: "In honor of one who endured the forced removal ofthe Cherokees in 1838-39." John Ross was chief of the Cherokee from1828-1866, during some of the most turbulent times of their history.He led the tribe through the removal, rebuilding in Indian Territory,and the American Civil War. He was the son of a Scotsman, Daniel Ross,and a quarter-blood Cherokee, Mary "Mollie" (McDonald) Ross.
In his younger years he fought in the Creek War of 1813-14 andattained the rank of adjutant under Andrew Jackson, who would later,as president of the United States, sign the act that led to theCherokee removal. Ross was elected chief in 1828 and would spend therest of his life as chief. He vigorously fought the U.S. government'sattempts to remove the Cherokee from their homelands. His first wife,Quatie, died during the removal near Little Rock, Arkansas. Chief Rossdied in Washington City (Washington D.C.) on August 1, 1866, justafter finalizing a treaty with the federal government that preserved aCherokee government that had sided with the Confederacy during theCivil War.
John Ross's children Jane Ross Nave (1821-1894), and George WashingtonRoss (1830-1870), also were remembered. Jane Ross Nave was married toReturn Jonathan Meigs in 1838. After his death she married Andrew RossNave who was killed during the Civil War in 1863 and buried in RossCemetery. She moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for the remainder ofthe Civil War. She managed to raise her seven children plus twoorphaned children of her brother James and his wife Sallie, both ofwhom died in 1864. George Washington Ross served the Cherokee Nationas secretary in 1865 and was clerk of the Tahlequah District CircuitCourt in 1866. He served in Co. I of the Third Indian Home Guardsduring the Civil War.
Andrew Ross Nave, the second husband of Jane Ross, was born in 1822.He was killed fighting in the Civil War at Park Hill on October 28,1863. Before the war, he was a merchant in Tahlequah in the 1850s andearly 1860s, and sometime partner of Chief John Ross.
Nannie Otterlifter Ross was the wife of George Washington Ross. Shewas born December 23, 1833 and was the daughter of Alexander and Elsie(Sleepingrabbit) Otterlifter, who came during the forced removal withher to Indian Territory. She died April 4, 1890.
Minerva Nave Keys who was born in 1829, and was the daughter of HenryNave and Susanna (Ross) Nave. She was a niece of Chief John Ross. Shemarried Riley Keys, a prominent Cherokee leader. They made their homeand raised a family in what is now the Keys community south ofTahlequah. She died in 1905 at the age of 76.
Lewis Ross was the brother, business partner, confidant, and closestfriend of Chief John Ross. He married Fannie Holt of Virginia. Heserved the Cherokee government in various capacities including supremecourt justice, and executive council (tribal council) member, andtreasurer. He was a planter and merchant before and after the removalat Park Hill, and was one of the wealthiest men in the CherokeeNation, owning numerous stores, mills, and ferries. He died onFebruary 5, 1870.
Also honored and remembered was John Golden Ross, his wife Elizabeth"Eliza" Ross, and their children, Eliza Jane Ross and Lewis AndersonRoss. Although he carried the same name, John Golden Ross was notrelated to Chief John Ross except by marriage. He was born in Scotlandon December 22, 1787, and married Chief Ross's older sister,Elizabeth, about 1819. He served at the Battle of Horseshoe Bendduring the Creek War of 1813-14. He lived in what is now BlountCounty, Alabama, prior to removal, and settled in Park Hill after theremoval. He served as an informal liaison for Chief Ross in hisabsence. He died on
June 2, 1858.
Elizabeth Ross was born March 25, 1879, and died February 7, 1876. Sheand her husband John cared for the Chief John Ross home for manyyears. She not only assisted in the care and raising of Chief Ross'schildren, but also raised her own six children and the four
orphaned Mulkey children of her sister, Maria. One of Elizabeth andJohn Golden Ross's children, William Potter Ross, served as chief ofthe Cherokee Nation for a year after Chief Ross's death in 1866 andagain from 1872-76.
Lewis Anderson Ross was born July 2, 1834, in the Cherokee NationEast. He married Nellie Potts in 1868. He served three terms assenator from the Tahlequah District from 1867-71 and 1873-75. He alsoserved as auditor for the Cherokee Nation in 1869 and 1884.
He died April 12, 1885.
After each person was remembered by their descendants and Trail ofTears Association members, "Amazing Grace" was sung in Cherokee forthose who endured and survived the removal.
The graves of almost 120 other survivors of the Trail of Tears havebeen located in the area, said Mary Tidwell, secretary/treasurer ofthe Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association. Markers
will be placed on those graves as funds become available, she said.Only the graves of those people who were forcibly removed within the13 detachments in 1838-39 will be marked, Tidwell said. Most of theCherokees who came to Indian Territory prior to the forced removal didso voluntarily.
Gaddie supplied middle name and birth information.
Ball supplied the following - "Gu'wisguwi' The Cherokee name of thechief John Ross, and for the district named in his honor, commonlyspelled Cooweescoowee. Properly an onomatope for a large
bird said to have been seen formerly at infrequent intervals in theold Cherokee country, accompanying the migratory wild geese, anddescribed as resembling a large snipe, with yellow legs and unwebbedfeet.
In boyhood John Ross was known as Tsan'usdi, "Little John."
Ball also gave the name of his birth place as Tahnoovayah (Rossville)Walker Co., GA.
[2512]
Original data from an article dated June 26, 1999, entitled TRAIL OFTEARS SURVIVORS HONORED AND REMEMBERED, previously published by JuliaM. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb'sGenealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 28, 7 July 1999. See article at ChiefJohn Ross.
Gaddie gives his birth as Dec 22 1778.