- Joined
- May 12, 2019
- Messages
- 3,690
- Reaction score
- 2,296
October 3, 1790 - John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, helped make Cherokee treaty with CSA, born in Turkeytown, Alabama (d. 1866)
John Ross | Encyclopedia of Alabama
John Ross (1790-1866) was the most important Cherokee political leader of the nineteenth century. He helped establish the Cherokee national government and served as the Cherokee Nation's principal chief for almost 40 years. He led the Cherokees' resistance against removal and their struggle to...
encyclopediaofalabama.org