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Rogers was the son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Due (née Emory) and a relative of previous Cherokee Nation West principal chiefs John Jolly. He was born in Burke County, Georgia, in 1779. He commanded a Cherokee unit during the Creek War under General Andrew Jackson, reaching the rank of captain. He married Elizabeth Coody.
Chad "Corntassel" Smith, former Principal Chief (1999–2011) Bill John Baker, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, at the Cherokee Leaders Conference in 2013 In preparation for Oklahoma statehood, the original Cherokee Nation's governmental authority was dismantled by the United States in 1906, except for limited authority to deal with land ...
John Rogers (Cherokee chief) (1779–1846), last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West John Sill Rogers (1796–1860), American politician John Rogers (New York politician) (1813–1879), US Congressman from New York
The obligation to seat a Cherokee Nation delegate remains as binding today as it did in 1835. Cherokee chief: Our ancestors were promised a delegate in the House. Treaties matter.
Pages in category "Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907)" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Diana was the daughter of Chief John "Hellfire" Rogers (1740–1833), a Scots-Irish trader, and Jennie Due (1764–1806), Jolly's sister. [58] John Rogers had served as a captain in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War and fought under Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, [59] alongside his sons and Houston. He was ...
In 1838 and 1839, the majority of the Cherokee were forced from native homelands in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the new “Indian Territory” Oklahoma. The route has become known as ...
Apr. 20—TAHLEQUAH — A resolution giving Cherokee Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and his team the go ahead to work with Rogers State University on a financial support agreement passed the Council ...