Ridge, John, 1803-1839

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Cherokee Treaty Party leader and proponent of Cherokee emigration to the West.

From the description of Letters, 1821-[ca. 1835]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39654507

John Ridge, the son of Major Ridge attended the mission schools at Spring-place Georgia, and Brainerd Mission in Tennessee. Because of his unusual intelligence he was sent to the Foreign Mission School at Cornwall, Connecticut in 1819. He was very handsome and distinguished in appearance but suffered from a scrofulous complaint which rendered him lame for a number of years. Ridge was killed because he signed the treaty of 1835 for the removal of the Cherokees to the West. He was dragged from his house near the Arkansas line on Saturday, June 22, 1839 and was stabbed repeatedly. He was about forty years of age.

From the description of The Cherokee War Path, 1836-1840. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 733971796
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referencedIn Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867. Letters to family, 1853-1855. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Meigs, Return John, 1782-1851. Return John Meigs journal, 1835 [microfilm manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Confidential and Unofficial Letters Received National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Ridge, John, 1803-1839. The Cherokee War Path, 1836-1840. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Ridge family. Ridge family papers, circa 1824-1968. Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library
referencedIn Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836. American Indian file, 1634-1913, (bulk 1780-1850). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Cherokee Nation. Miscellaneous business documents [1832-1882.] Northeastern State University, Tahlequah Campus, John Vaughan Library
referencedIn Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. John Howard Payne papers, 1794-1841, 1814-1841. Newberry Library
referencedIn Jones, Evan, 1789-1873. [Letters of Evan Jones to John Howard Payne, re: the Ridge-Ross conflict, 1839] : Cherokee Nation, Illinois Camp Ground. Northeastern State University, Tahlequah Campus, John Vaughan Library
creatorOf Ridge, John, 1803-1839. Letters, 1821-[ca. 1835]. Newberry Library
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associatedWith Captain Dutch (Captain Dutch), circa 1790-1848. person
associatedWith Daggett, Herman, 1766-1832. person
associatedWith Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Foreign Mission School (Cornwall, Conn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Gilmer, George Rockingham, 1790-1859 person
associatedWith Jones, Evan, 1789-1873. person
associatedWith Meigs, Return John, 1782-1851. person
correspondedWith Monroe, James, 1758-1831 person
associatedWith Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. person
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. person
associatedWith Ridge family. family
associatedWith Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867. person
associatedWith Smith, John, fl. 1827. person
associatedWith United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe) corporateBody
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