Ross, John, 1790-1866
Person
Biography
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828–1866.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Ross Collection, 1814-1897
Collection
Identifier: MS-1954-185
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, proclamations as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records, accounts, list of names and rations allocated during Removal from Tennessee to Indian Territory, official and other papers of the Council (Cherokee), petitions and protests to Congress, and papers relating to the East and West Cherokee controversy and the Civil War.Includes the Muster Roll of Capt. John Benge's Detachment of Emigrating Cherokees. Another documents records the expenditures of one...
Dates:
1814 - 1897