THE LEGACY OF CHIEF JOHN ROSS |

John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on Oct. 3, 1790, in Cherokee territory now part of Alabama.

He grew up near Lookout Mountain on the Tennessee-Georgia border. Ross served as president of the Cherokee’s National Committee (their legislature) from 1819 to 1826, as delegate to the Cherokee constitutional convention in 1827, as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1839, and finally as principal chief of the United Cherokee Nation from 1839 until his death in 1866. In these roles, he successfully led the Cherokee people through some of their most difficult circumstances.

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