Judge Andrew 'Tlo-S-Ta-Ma' Ross

Hon. Andrew 'Tlo-S-Ta-Ma' Ross

• Birth: December 19, 1798 - Chickamaugee, near Lookout Mountaino, (Tennessee), Cherokee Nation East
• Death: - November 29, 1840 (41) Fairfield, Flint District, (Oklahoma), Cherokee Nation IT ("killed this day.")
• Place of Burial: Fairfield Mission Cemetery (now McLemore), Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, United States
• Son of Daniel Ross and Mary McDonald
• Brother of Jane "Jennie" Coodey; Elizabeth Ross; John Guwisguwi Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation; Lewis Ross; Susannah Ross; Annie Nave; Daniel Ross; Margaret Hicks; Maria Mulkey and Mary Brown
• Husband of Susan Lowrey

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Andrew Tlo-s-ta-ma Ross was the brother of Chief John Ross, Native American Cherokee Chief. In 1828, Chief Ross began the first and only elected Chief of Cherokee Nation, serving for 38 years until his death. Andrew was a judge on the Cherokee Supreme Court. As a member of the Ridge Party — the group who lobbied to cede all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi and voluntarily emigrate to the Western territory, Andrew was in direct opposition to his brother John’s anti-removal stance.

Andrew Ross was born on 19 December 1798 in Chickamaugee, near Lookout Mountain, Cherokee Nation East, now Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He died on 29 November 1840 in Fairfield, Flint District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma.

Note: He was the proposer and one of the signers of the treaty of 29 December 1835.
Burial: Fairfield Mission Cemetery, Stilwell, Adair, OK (now McLemore Cemetery).

Father: Daniel Ross b: 1760 in Sutherland, Scotland
Mother: Mary "Mollie" McDonald b: 01 November 1770 in probably Cherokee Nation East

Marriage 1 Susan Lowery b: 01 May 1798 in Battle Creek or Nickajack Cove on Tennessee River, Cherokee Nation East, now, Tennessee
Married: 24 June 1819

Wife: Susan Lowery (LUCY6 BENGE, WURTEH5 WATTS, SISTER OF4 DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3 EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born February 25, 1793, in Tennessee, and died December 30, 1872.

She married Andrew TLO-S-TA-MA Ross June 24, 1819, son of Daniel Ross and Mary McDonald. He was born December 19, 1798, and died November 10, 1844.

Notes for Susan Lowery: The Oolootsa 1-1-1-2-2-x family group is mislabled Oolootsa 1-1-1-2-1-x and immediately follows the true Oolootsa 1-1-1-2-1-x family group.

More About Susan Lowery: 1851 Drennan roll: Saline, 445 as Susan Ross, Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh)
Residence: 1817, Will's Valley, Alabama
Starr's Notes: D100; b:5/1799 d:12/30/1872

More About Andrew TLO-S-TA-MA Ross:

• 1817-19 Reservations: July 1817, # 21, 1 in family
• 1835 Census Roll: Jackson County, Alabama
• 1836 Valuations: Cherokee County, Alabama, #37 claimants; William Grimmett, William Lasley, widow Watts, Mrs. Brown & Major Ridge; also Andrew Ross & Joseph Crutchfield
• Blood: 1/8 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Tsi'skwa = Bird Clan (Gi-gu-i)
• Occupation: 1828, Judge of Cherokee Supreme Court
• Residence: 1817, Wills Valley, Alabama
• Signer: December 29, 1835, Treaty
• Starr's Notes: D100; b:12/19/1798 d:11/1844 m'd:6/24/1819 Susan Lowry

Family

Children of Susan Lowery and Andrew Ross are:

• i. OLIVER PERRY ROSS, b. 1820; d. April 06, 1900. 1919.
• ii. DANIEL H ROSS, b. October 28, 1822, CNE [AL]; d. 1862.
• iii. ANDREW J ROSS, b. Abt. 1824; d. Abt. 1863.
• iv. SAMUEL HOUSTON ROSS, b. Abt. 1826; d. August 1860.
• v. WILLIAM COODY ROSS, b. October 29, 1829; d. 1864.
• vi. JOSEPH MILLER ROSS, b. October 08, 1831, Will's Valley, AL; d. September 04, 1900.
• vii. JOSHUA EWING ROSS, SR, b. February 07, 1833, Will's Valley, AL; d. Aft. 1910.
• viii. RICHARD JOHNSON ROSS, MAJOR, b. Abt. 1836; d. 1864.
• ix. JENNIE POCAHONTAS ROSS, b. 1838; d. Aft. 1906; m. JOHN DOBBINS MURRELL; b. Abt. 1830. More About JENNIE POCAHONTAS ROSS: 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 236 with cousin Minerva Ross
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Bayou Goula, LA, ap# 11800, roll# 19776 as Jennie Murrell Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh) Photo: Images of America, The Cherokee Nation and Tahlequah by Deborah L Duval, pg 13
• x. DAVID ROSS, b. Abt. 1840; d. Abt. 1844.

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References

• The Andrew Ross Home
• James R. Hicks: Descendants of A-ma-do-ya Moytoy
• Find A Grave Memorial ID # 42070738