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| Sign At Historic Site In Fort Payne, Alabama |
Joshua Ross's biography from this source (The Scotch-Irish In America):
"Joshua Ross, Tahlequah Indian Territory, born February 7, 1833, in Wills Valley, old Cherokee Nation, now State of Alabama; his mother was daughter of Maj. George Lowry, son of a Scot and Irish her mother was Lucy Benge; her parents were white and Cherokee;
"The majority of the Cherokee forced to leave their homes in Alabama were held at Fort Payne (Wills Valley area) and departed in groups with the Benge Detachment from September 29 through October 3, 1838. They had no military escort or armed guards but were led by Cherokees John Benge, conductor and George Lowery, assistant conductor. They set off from this site headed west to Indian Territory - an 800 mile journey that became known as the Trail of Tears."
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| Fort Payne, Alabama |
Joshua Ross's father was Andrew Ross, brother to Lewis Ross and Chief John Ross; their father was Daniel Ross, a Scot from Sutherlandshire, Scotland, and Andrew Ross's mother was a Cherokee Indian named Mollie McDonald (McDonold), daughter of Anna Shorey, a Cherokee, and John McDonold, an Indian trader, who came to the Cherokees in 1770 from Inverness; his trading post was in Wills Valley; Daniel Ross had a farm near the foot of Lookout Mountain; Ross's Landing at Chattanooga was owned by Chief John Ross; Joshua Ross's parents moved to the Indian Territory in 1837...".
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