Resolutions of Pin League to John Ross document 1864.

Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Phillips, William A. (William Addison), 1824-1893

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William Addison Phillips was born in Scotland on January 14, 1824. He was well educated before the age of 15. He came to a farm in Randolph County, Illinois with his parents. At the age of majority he became associated with B.J.F. Hannah, editor of the Chester Herald. From 1852 to 1855 William was a newspaperman who also studied law and was admitted to the bar. He came to Kansas in 1855. He was appointed by Horace Greeley to be a member of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune. As such, he...

Ross, John, 1790-1866

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Cherokee Chief. From the description of Letter, biography, and publication, 1830-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367389224 Cherokee chief. During the 1813-1814 Creek War, Ross served as adjutant of Gideon Morgan's Cherokee regiment, which fought with Andrew Jackson's militia and regulars against the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend and elsewhere. In a long public career, Ross served on the Cherokee national council (1817-1829, president 1819-1829); as c...

Blunt, James Gillpatrick, 1826-1881

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Blunt was born in Trenton, Maine to John Blunt and Sally Gilpatrick Blunt. Blunt lived and worked on his family farm until he was 14. He may have spent some time at the Ellsworth Military Academy in Ellsworth, Maine. He became a sailor on a merchant vessel when he was 15, and attained the rank of captain at 20. In 1845 Blunt moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he enrolled in Starling Medical College. His maternal uncle, Dr. Rufus Gilpatrick, was one of the instructors. Graduating in February 1849,...

Cherokee nation

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...

Cherokee Loyal League.

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During the Civil War, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief John Ross initially declared neutrality; however, in August 1861, the Cherokee Nation General Assembly voted to support the Confederacy, eventually resulting in Ross' exile from the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Loyal League, also known as the Pin Indians, supported the Union prior to and during the Civil War. The Loyal League wrote to John Ross in 1864, requesting that he represent the Cherokee and Creek Nations to the Secretary of War and r...