Person:Susannah Ross (8)
Susannah Ross
b.10 Dec 1793 Georgia, United States
d.Aug 1867 Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States
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  • H.  Henry Nave1786 - 1857
  • W.  Susannah Ross1793 - 1867
m. 9 Sep 1809
  1. Minerva Nave1829 - 1905
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Facts and Events
Name Susannah Ross
Commonly Used Name Susan Ross
Gender Female
Birth[3] 10 Dec 1793 Georgia, United States
Marriage 9 Sep 1809 Roane, Tennessee, United Statesto Henry Nave
Census[2] 1860 Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Arkansas (now Oklahoma), United States
Census[1] 1867 Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Arkansas (now Oklahoma), United Statesenslaved
Death[3] Aug 1867 Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States
Burial[3] Boudinot Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States
Nationality[1] Cherokee ; Clan Bird Clan (Ghi-goo-ie)
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Notes

  • Cherokee Chief John Ross, aka "Mysterious Little White Bird Ross", principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1828 1866), was her paternal uncle
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 [database on-line].

    Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959
    Name: Susana Nave [Susannah Ross]
    Gender: Female
    Residence Date: 1867
    Residence Place: Tahlequah
    Native American Tribe: Cherokee
    Age: n/a

    [listed next to George Keys (age 40)]

    Original data:
    Selected Tribal Records. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas.

  2. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. (Washington, D.C.)
    Tahlequah district, Nation, Arkansas, USA.

    Name: Susan Nave Ind [Indian]
    Residence Date: 1860
    Residence Place: Tahlequah district, Nation, Arkansas, USA
    Number of Enslaved People: 9

    All Enslaved People:
    Gender Age
    Female 60 [<-- Susan Nave]
    Female 30
    Male 25
    Female 12
    Female 10
    Female 8
    Male 6
    Male 3
    Female 1

    Source Citation
    The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 180986475, in Find A Grave
    includes headstone photo, last accessed Aug 2025.

    Inscription:
    NAVE
    SUSANNAH (ROSS)
    DEC. 10, 1793
    AUG. 1867
    FOREVER LOVED

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    [Note: appears to be a newer stone]

  4.   Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians: And Their Legends and Folklore . (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Warden Co., 1921)
    1:582.

    [Henry Nave marriage to Susannah Ross.]

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