John Rogers (Cherokee chief)
John Rogers | |
|---|---|
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West | |
| In office December 1838 – July 12, 1839[a] | |
| Preceded by | John Jolly |
| Succeeded by | John Brown (disputed) John Looney (disputed) Position disestablished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1779 Washington D.C. |
| Relatives | William Charles Rogers (grandson) John Jolly (half-sister's brother/step-uncle)[b] |
John Rogers was the last elected
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West elected in December 1838 by the faction of Old Settlers[c] who rejected the Cherokee Nation
constitution of 1839.
Family and early life
Rogers was the son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Due (née Emory) and a relative of previous Cherokee Nation West principal chiefs John Jolly. He was born in Burke County, Georgia, in 1779. He commanded a Cherokee unit during the Creek War under General Andrew Jackson, reaching the rank of captain. He married Elizabeth Coody. William Charles Rogers was his grandson.[2]
Traveling and settling west
Rogers left with the Old Settlers and first settled in
Washington, D.C., and signed the Treaty of Washington of 6 May 1828
.
In December 1838 he was elected chief by the faction of Old Settlers who rejected the Washington, D.C., to advocate for Old Settler rights, where he died on June 12, 1846.[2]
Notes
- ^ The term end date listed is the date of the signing of the Act of Union between the Eastern and Western Cherokee.[1]
- Chronicles of Oklahoma, John Jolly was the brother of Jennie Due who was John Rogers half-sister through his mother (Jennie Due would later also be John Rogers step-mother, after his father married her).[2]
- Cherokee peoples, refers to Cherokee people who voluntarily relocated to Arkansas before the Trail of Tears.[3]
References
- ^ Chavez, Will (August 26, 2014). "1839 Cherokee Constitution born from Act of Union". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Meserve, John Bartlett (June 1939). "CHIEF THOMAS MITCHELL BUFFINGTON and CHIEF WILLIAM CHARLES ROGERS". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Landes, Tim (November 2, 2018). "Mullin: 'volunteer walk' comment referred to Old Settlers". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 22 May 2023.