Ross Cemetery
Ross Cemetery is where Principal Chief John Ross is buried along with his brother, Lewis Ross, as well as others from the family. The cemetery is thought to be haunted and many of the locals who are in the Summer Camp have stories of things heard and seen during nighttime visits.
Principal Chief John Ross's Grave
1790 - 1866
Worcester Cemetery
Worcester Cemetery is where both Samuel Worcester and Elias Boudinot are buried. Samuel Worcester was a missionary to the Cherokees and moved west with them. His grave did not photograph well.
Elias Boudinot is noted for being the first editor of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and for being one of the signers of the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. This Treaty is what led to the forced removal of the Cherokees west to Indian Territory. Boudinot was killed in 1839 along with Major Ridge and John Ridge, all three signers of the Treaty.
