Person:John McDonald (124)

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John Ross Home, Rossville, Georgia. The House was built in 1797 by John McDonald, grandfather of John Ross, and was Ross's home until he left on the "Trail of Tears".

John McDonald
Birth: 1747 Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Death: 29 Aug 1824 (aged 76–77) Tennessee, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown, Specifically: May have been buried in Ross Landing/Hamilton, TN

Memorial #: 196284317
Bio: According to online research:John served in the Revolutionary War as an ensign in the British ranks and as commissary agent for the British troops.In this capacity he proved effective at leading and supplying Indians, qualities that he would cultivate in subsequent merchandising efforts.After the war he settled on the Chickamauga River, carrying on a private trade through Pensacola among the Cherokees with goods bought at Charleston in defiance of Indian trading laws established by the fledgling United States.Old Frontiers, John P Brown, pp 122-123;"By the Treaty of Paris, Feb 10, 1763, all of North America east of the Mississippi came into the posession of England..."Captain John Stuart was appointed His Majesty's Indian Agent for the Southern District..."His [Stuart's] new appointment required that he should leave his friends the Cherokees.He therefore sent as his deputies to that nation, Alexander Cameron and John McDonald."John McDonald located at Chickamauga.He married Anna, daughter of the interpreter William Shorey who had died while on the way to England. Their daughter, Mollie McDonald, became the mother of Chief John Ross.More About JOHN TI-TA-S-GI-S-GI MCDONALD:1817-19 Reservations: July 1817, # 14, in right of wife, 1 in familyBlood: Non-CherokeeEmigration: Abt. 1766, Charleston, SCResidence: 1817, Lookout MountainStarr's Notes: D096; b:1747 Inverness, Scotland, d:8/29/1824Christening • • 6 August 1745 Inverness-shire, ScotlandArrival 1766 Charleston, South Carolina
Family Members
Spouse
Anne Shorey 1750-1825
Children
Mary McDonald Ross 1770-1808
Maintained by: The Duke (46531997)
Originally Created by: Julie Crabtree (49072854)
Added: 22 Jan 2019
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196284317/john-mcdonald
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 July 2020), memorial page for John McDonald (1747–29 Aug 1824), Find a Grave Memorial no. 196284317, ; Maintained by The Duke (contributor 46531997) Burial Details Unknown, who reports a May have been buried in Ross Landing/Hamilton, TN.