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 > >> > > > > >