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 > > >> > > > > > > > >