21 OCT 2022 Add complete plot citation: Plot number corresponds to the map in the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner, Maxine H. Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 1976, Volume 9, pp. 19-22. (Library of Congress No. QE99-C5-T97) [A public University that received taxpayer dollars for the program/product; thus presumed to be in the public domain]
[They gave the legal description as Section 23, Range 22E, Township 16N; presumably this is the one in Park Hill, since the listing also shows Chief John Ross (Ju-wi-sju-wi) being buried at the same cemetery.]
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS) Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to access it under "Books."~ *Served in Co. I, 3rd Indian Home Guards, Civil War (US).
Son of Chief John Ross and Quatie Elizabeth Brown
George married (1) Que-ti-si "Betsy" (a full-blood Creek); they had a son Cucumber Ross b. abt 1852 at Tahlequah Dist., CN, IT (OK), d. abt 1920 at Braggs, Muskogee Co., OK, who married (1) Betsy abt 1878 and (2) Chi-kah-yu-i "Rhoda" Beaver, daughter of Polecat (a full-blood Cherokee) and Sallie (a full-blood Cherokee);
He married abt 1852 (2) Nancy Otterlifter b. 23 Dec 1833 CNE (TN) (buried at this cem.), daughter of Alexander Otterlifter & Elsie Sleepingrabbit; they had the following children: Elsie who died young; Jennie McIvey b. 1857 who married Francis "Frank" Kerr (they had no children); Silas Dinsmore b. 1859; Collins b. 1861; and Sarah Stapler Ross who married Samuel Houston Adair.
He had a child by (3) Betsy Youngpig b. abt 1834, daughter of Kah-ni-yar-wi (a full-blood Cherokee) and Go-ie (a full-blood Cherokee): William Ross b. Aug 1859 at Tahlequah Dist. CN, IT, who married abt 1878 (later divorced) (1) Lizzie Jumper, daughter of Jumper "Ti-lah-tah-te-gi" (a full-blood Cherokee) and Nancy Saber, and married (2) Polly Greece, daughter of Ned "Ah-de'lah" Greece and Ollie Christie.
He parented a child by (4) Nellie Shell: Mary Jones Ross b. 25 Oct 1869 who married James Franklin Petty, son of James Petty and Sarah UNKN.
23 MAR 2022 SAC to add link to his mother.~
[They gave the legal description as Section 23, Range 22E, Township 16N; presumably this is the one in Park Hill, since the listing also shows Chief John Ross (Ju-wi-sju-wi) being buried at the same cemetery.]
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS) Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to access it under "Books."~ *Served in Co. I, 3rd Indian Home Guards, Civil War (US).
Son of Chief John Ross and Quatie Elizabeth Brown
George married (1) Que-ti-si "Betsy" (a full-blood Creek); they had a son Cucumber Ross b. abt 1852 at Tahlequah Dist., CN, IT (OK), d. abt 1920 at Braggs, Muskogee Co., OK, who married (1) Betsy abt 1878 and (2) Chi-kah-yu-i "Rhoda" Beaver, daughter of Polecat (a full-blood Cherokee) and Sallie (a full-blood Cherokee);
He married abt 1852 (2) Nancy Otterlifter b. 23 Dec 1833 CNE (TN) (buried at this cem.), daughter of Alexander Otterlifter & Elsie Sleepingrabbit; they had the following children: Elsie who died young; Jennie McIvey b. 1857 who married Francis "Frank" Kerr (they had no children); Silas Dinsmore b. 1859; Collins b. 1861; and Sarah Stapler Ross who married Samuel Houston Adair.
He had a child by (3) Betsy Youngpig b. abt 1834, daughter of Kah-ni-yar-wi (a full-blood Cherokee) and Go-ie (a full-blood Cherokee): William Ross b. Aug 1859 at Tahlequah Dist. CN, IT, who married abt 1878 (later divorced) (1) Lizzie Jumper, daughter of Jumper "Ti-lah-tah-te-gi" (a full-blood Cherokee) and Nancy Saber, and married (2) Polly Greece, daughter of Ned "Ah-de'lah" Greece and Ollie Christie.
He parented a child by (4) Nellie Shell: Mary Jones Ross b. 25 Oct 1869 who married James Franklin Petty, son of James Petty and Sarah UNKN.
23 MAR 2022 SAC to add link to his mother.~
21 OCT 2022 Add complete plot citation: Plot number corresponds to the map in the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner, Maxine H. Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 1976, Volume 9, pp. 19-22. (Library of Congress No. QE99-C5-T97) [A public University that received taxpayer dollars for the program/product; thus presumed to be in the public domain]
[They gave the legal description as Section 23, Range 22E, Township 16N; presumably this is the one in Park Hill, since the listing also shows Chief John Ross (Ju-wi-sju-wi) being buried at the same cemetery.]
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS) Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to access it under "Books."~ *Served in Co. I, 3rd Indian Home Guards, Civil War (US).
Son of Chief John Ross and Quatie Elizabeth Brown
George married (1) Que-ti-si "Betsy" (a full-blood Creek); they had a son Cucumber Ross b. abt 1852 at Tahlequah Dist., CN, IT (OK), d. abt 1920 at Braggs, Muskogee Co., OK, who married (1) Betsy abt 1878 and (2) Chi-kah-yu-i "Rhoda" Beaver, daughter of Polecat (a full-blood Cherokee) and Sallie (a full-blood Cherokee);
He married abt 1852 (2) Nancy Otterlifter b. 23 Dec 1833 CNE (TN) (buried at this cem.), daughter of Alexander Otterlifter & Elsie Sleepingrabbit; they had the following children: Elsie who died young; Jennie McIvey b. 1857 who married Francis "Frank" Kerr (they had no children); Silas Dinsmore b. 1859; Collins b. 1861; and Sarah Stapler Ross who married Samuel Houston Adair.
He had a child by (3) Betsy Youngpig b. abt 1834, daughter of Kah-ni-yar-wi (a full-blood Cherokee) and Go-ie (a full-blood Cherokee): William Ross b. Aug 1859 at Tahlequah Dist. CN, IT, who married abt 1878 (later divorced) (1) Lizzie Jumper, daughter of Jumper "Ti-lah-tah-te-gi" (a full-blood Cherokee) and Nancy Saber, and married (2) Polly Greece, daughter of Ned "Ah-de'lah" Greece and Ollie Christie.
He parented a child by (4) Nellie Shell: Mary Jones Ross b. 25 Oct 1869 who married James Franklin Petty, son of James Petty and Sarah UNKN.
23 MAR 2022 SAC to add link to his mother.~
[They gave the legal description as Section 23, Range 22E, Township 16N; presumably this is the one in Park Hill, since the listing also shows Chief John Ross (Ju-wi-sju-wi) being buried at the same cemetery.]
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogy information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS) Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to access it under "Books."~ *Served in Co. I, 3rd Indian Home Guards, Civil War (US).
Son of Chief John Ross and Quatie Elizabeth Brown
George married (1) Que-ti-si "Betsy" (a full-blood Creek); they had a son Cucumber Ross b. abt 1852 at Tahlequah Dist., CN, IT (OK), d. abt 1920 at Braggs, Muskogee Co., OK, who married (1) Betsy abt 1878 and (2) Chi-kah-yu-i "Rhoda" Beaver, daughter of Polecat (a full-blood Cherokee) and Sallie (a full-blood Cherokee);
He married abt 1852 (2) Nancy Otterlifter b. 23 Dec 1833 CNE (TN) (buried at this cem.), daughter of Alexander Otterlifter & Elsie Sleepingrabbit; they had the following children: Elsie who died young; Jennie McIvey b. 1857 who married Francis "Frank" Kerr (they had no children); Silas Dinsmore b. 1859; Collins b. 1861; and Sarah Stapler Ross who married Samuel Houston Adair.
He had a child by (3) Betsy Youngpig b. abt 1834, daughter of Kah-ni-yar-wi (a full-blood Cherokee) and Go-ie (a full-blood Cherokee): William Ross b. Aug 1859 at Tahlequah Dist. CN, IT, who married abt 1878 (later divorced) (1) Lizzie Jumper, daughter of Jumper "Ti-lah-tah-te-gi" (a full-blood Cherokee) and Nancy Saber, and married (2) Polly Greece, daughter of Ned "Ah-de'lah" Greece and Ollie Christie.
He parented a child by (4) Nellie Shell: Mary Jones Ross b. 25 Oct 1869 who married James Franklin Petty, son of James Petty and Sarah UNKN.
23 MAR 2022 SAC to add link to his mother.~
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