Ross, John, 1790-1866
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Name (Latin)
Ross, John, 1790-1866
Other forms of name
Cooweescoowee, 1790-1866
Coweescoowe, 1790-1866
Guwisguwi, 1790-1866
Koo-wi-s-gu-wi, 1790-1866
Kooweskowe, 1790-1866
Little John, 1790-1866
Mysterious Little White Bird, 1790-1866
Ross, John, Cherokee Chief, 1790-1866
Tsan-usdí, 1790-1866
Date of birth
1790-10-03
Date of death
1866-08-01
Associated country
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
United States
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Ross, John (03 October 1790-01 August 1866), Cherokee chief, was born at Turkey Town, Cherokee Nation (near present-day Center, Alabama ( (American national biography online, January 22, 2026) )
- DAB, 1935(Ross, John; Oct. 3, 1790-Aug. 1, 1866; Cherokee chief; b. near Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; s. David and Mary (McDonald) R.; his Indian name was Cooweescoowe or Kooweskowe; father was Scotch; mother was 1/4th Cherokee blood; became leader of Cherokee party opposed to westward removal; led his people to new home what is now Oklahoma; chosen chief of united Cherokee Nation, 1839; held this office until his death; m. Cherokee woman, Quatie (d. 1813); m. Mary Bryan Stapler of Wilmington, Del., a white woman, 1845)
- Handbook of Am. Indians, 1910(Ross, John; his boyhood name of Tsan-usdí, 'Little John', was exchanged when he reached man's estate for that of Guwisguwi or Cooweescoowee)
- LC data base, 1/14/84(hdg.: Ross, John, Cherokee Chief, 1790-1866)
- Lloyd, L.L. If the Chief Vann House could speak, c1980:p. iii (principal chief of the Cherokees, John Ross)
- NUCMC data from Oklahoma Hist. Soc. for His Letters, 1829-1865(John Ross, Chief of Eastern Cherokee)
- Wikipedia, January 22, 2026(John Ross (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ = Guwisguwi; October 3, 1790 - August 1, 1866) was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866; born in Turkeytown (in modern day Alabama), on the Coosa River; spent his childhood with his parents near Lookout Mountain)
- John Ross (Cherokee chief); John Ross (Cherokee name: Guwisguwi) (October 3, 1790-August 1, 1866) (meaning in Cherokee: "Mysterious Little White Bird"); John Ross, Koo-wi-s-gu-wi); he made yet another trip to Washington, where he died on August 1, 1866 ( (Wikipedia, October 16, 2021) )