John Ross has many hundreds of descendants. As a plantation owner, diplomat and educated person he was the opposite of what many people of the time considered a Cherokee to be. The "nemesis" of John Sevier and his ilk. Like John Watts, Sequoyah and others he was only part Cherokee in blood but totally Cherokee in spirit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Mayfield Cuevas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Ross and Simpson families > Thanks for the John ROSS information. I had contact several years ago with > a young man who was a college student either in TX or OK (can't recall at > the moment), and told him that I would be on the outlook for anything that > came along on John Ross, as this boy was a descendant of John Ross, from > what he said. > > Now, if I can find his address, I will share what you have sent to this list. > > Jean Cuevas > > > > At 09:02 AM 2/5/00 -0600, you wrote: > >John Ross was the son of an Scot-Irish trader and a Cherokee woman. I will > >send you some links. He was chief of the Cherokee for several years and has > >been called many names, most of them not good. He has been accused of > >massacres and most every other crime you can imagine. He was the arch enemy > >of John Sevier, one of my ancestors. Remember, he lived in a time when > >Indians were routinely massacred and black slavery was the norm. Indians > >refused to be enslaved so what good were they? John Sevier was such a racist > >that he routinely killed Indians with a butcher knife so as not to waste > >bullets on them. That fact is well documented. He even gave the knife he > >used a name. He would raid the Cherokee villages and slaughter the people > >because they supported the British during the Revolutionary war, and I > >believe, simply because he did not have any respect for them as people and > >saw them as a nuisance to be eliminated. Try reading a book called "Old > >Frontiers" by John Brown to get a flavor for the mood of the times. It is a > >difficult book to find but you can now order a paperback copy from > >Amazon.com. It's the book that hooked me on the history of the East TN > >area. I couldn't put it down! > > > >Stand by for some links. Please send me your private email so we will not > >bother everyone else with the traffic. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "R J Baker" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 9:26 PM > >Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Ross and Simpson families > > > > > > > I am not sure which set of Ross' I am looking for at the moment. My Henry > > > Simpson recieved land from Allen Ross' estate. Allen was a son of William > > > Ross and Rebecca Carter Hardin Ross. William was the son of John Ross > >from > > > Ireland. Was Chief Ross from that set of Rosses? > > > > > > Somehow Henry was related to them. > > > > > > Barbara > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kitagista <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 9:31 PM > > > Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Ross and Simpson families > > > > > > > > > >John Ross "the halfbreed" and Chief of the Cherokee? I have a lot on him > > > >and there is much on the internet. If that is who you are looking for > >let > > > >me know and I will send some links. he is an extremely interesting > >person. > > > >Have you seen the historical marker outside the Alcoa Plant at the > > > Knoxville > > > >Airport in reference to John Ross? I admire the man. > > > > > > > >Garry > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Ross Baker" <[email protected]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:28 PM > > > >Subject: [TNWASHIN] Ross and Simpson families > > > > > > > > > > > >> Can anyone give me any information on the John Ross family and any > > > >connection with the Simpson family of Washington or Sullivan Co., TN? > > > >> > > > >> Thank you. > > > >> Barbara > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >