‘Ghi-goo-ie’ Jane ‘Jennie’ Nave

Jennie was a Cherokee woman.

‘Ghi-goo-ie’ Jane “Jennie” Ross

• Birth: May 20, 1821 - Walker County Georgia, USA
• Death: May 23, 1894 - Tahlequah Cherokee County Oklahoma, USA
• Daughter of Chief John Ross and ‘Quatie’ Elizabeth Brown
• Wife of Return Jonathan Meigs 1812-1850. — married 1838 in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee. He was the son of Timothy Meigs {1782-1815} and Elizabeth Holt.
• Wife of Andrew Ross Nave — married 27 May 1852 in Indian Territory, United States. He was the son of Henry Nave, Sr. And Susannah Ross.

Biography

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Jane was born May 20, 1821 in the Cherokee Nation. She was the daughter of John Ross and Quatie Brown. [1] Jane married Return Meigs about 1838. The Ross family Removed to Indian Territory over the Trail of Tears; Jane's mother died en route. Jane and Return were the parents of five children, John, Henry, Elizabeth, Return, and Submit Meigs. [2] Return died in 1850 and Jane married Andrew Nave on May 27, 1852. [3] They were the parents of two children, Andrew and Henrietta Nave. [4] Jane died May 23, 1894 at Tahlequah, Indian Territory,a and is buried at the Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Oklahoma. [5]

Family

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Parents:

• John Ross (1790 - 1866)
• Elizabeth ‘Quatie’ Brown Ross (1791 - 1839)

Spouses:

• Andrew Ross Nave (1822 - 1863)
• Return Jonathan Meigs (1812 - 1850)*

Children:

• John Ross Meigs (1839 - 1899)*
• Henry Clay Meigs (1841 - 1924)*
• Elizabeth Grace Meigs Ross (1843 - 1883)*
• Return Robert Meigs (1846 - 1938)*
• Andrew Ross Nave (1853 - 1923)*
• Henrietta Jane Nave Hinton (1855 - 1921)*

Siblings:

• James McDonald Ross (1814 - 1864)*
• William Allen Ross (1817 - 1891)*
• Silas Dean Ross (1829 - 1872)*
• George Washington Ross (1830 - 1870)**
• Annie Brian Ross Dobson (1845 - 1876)**
• John Ross (1847 - 1905)**
• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Burial: Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee County Oklahoma, USA Plot: 163

Created by: Shanna (Flaherty) Pierce Record added: May 19, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 10994661

Notes

From Photograph Collection Connecting the Native American Family of Jane Ross Nave, Eldest Daughter of Chief John Ross, Cherokee Nation, and the Moravian Schneller Family of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In 1838, the Cherokee Indians were forcibly relocated from the Southeastern United States along a “Trail of Tears” to a newly created Indian Territory in what is today Eastern Oklahoma. With them on that trail went Jane Ross Nave (1821–1894), the daughter of Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross (1790–1866). Jane settled in Indian Territory and there raised her children from two marriages.

Three photographs in this collection portray Jane Ross Nave and two of her children. The tintype portrait of Jane was made during a sojourn in Pennsylvania. A contemporary inscription on the back of the photo mount, possibly written by Jane herself, reads “Jane R. Nave, Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, April 22nd 1867.” Another tintype photograph, bearing the same date, is that of her 12-year-old daughter Henrietta Nave (1855–1921). A third image, a circa 1865 carte de visite, identifies another of Jane’s daughters, Elizabeth Grace Meigs (Ross), from her first marriage to Return Jonathan Meigs IV (1812–1850). This photograph of this young woman, taken in a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania studio, is annotated “Lizzie Meigs, Ceroque [sic] Nation.”

What are the connections here with Cherokees and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania? A Moravian Family named Schneller and the girl, later woman, who kept all the photographs in this collection—Annie Mary Schneller (1864–1941). Numerous photographs in the collection are inscribed to Annie Schneller including one of young Henrietta Nave, possibly in her own hand. The annotation on the back of Henrietta’s portrait sheds light on Jane Ross Nave’s sojourn in Pennsylvania. It reads in part: “Left town Apr. 19th 1867. Started for the Nation Apr. 22nd 1867.” This latter date is the same as that on Jane’s tintype inscription.

Jane Ross Nave was the eldest child of Chief John Ross and his wife Quatie (Elizabeth) Brown Ross (1791–1839). Chief of Cherokee Nation, John Ross served in this capacity for 38 years, until his death. Quatie Ross died in Arkansas on the Trail of Tears as the Cherokee party traveled to Indian Territory.

After Jane’s first husband Return J. Meigs IV died, she married Andrew Ross Nave (1822–1863). Andrew was killed in Park Hill, Indian Territory during the Civil War. After this Jane moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bethlehem was a principal seat of the Moravian Church which had a long history of missionary activity among the Cherokees, dating back to before the Trail of Tears. The Moravians were associated with Park Hill, Indian Territory and also conducted a mission at New Westfield in “Kanzas,” Indian Territory. ...

Sources

• https://www.rareamericana.com/pages/books/3724547/photographers/pho...
• Jane Ross Meigs-Nave, Daughter of Chief John Ross. Married 1839 to Return Johnathan Meigs 1812-1850 son of Timothy Meigs {1782-1815} and Elizabeth Holt. Timothy Meigs was the son of Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs Sr. Married 2nd to Andrew Ross Nave, Son of Henry and Susannah Ross Nave.
• Page 62 of The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volume 1 By Zella Armstrong. “Children of Chief John Ross” 2 sons named John Ross given by Starr.
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 3 2017, 6:20:35 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ross-6968 cites

1. Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p. 308
2. Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Tahlequah District, p. 20, #225
3. Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. Vol. II, note H170.
4. National Archives and Records Administration. NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Application #8807, Andrew Nave.
5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2020), memorial page for Jane “Ghi-goo-ie” Ross Meigs-Nave (20 May 1821–23 May 1894), Find a Grave Memorial no. 10994661, citing Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Shanna (Flaherty) Pierce (contributor 41949861) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10994661