| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1790/00/00 | Daniel Tanelli Ross | Home | Daniel and Molly Ross move from Turkey Town, near Gadsden, to Will's Town, now Fort Payne, with infant son, John Ross, and build two-story log cabin they built fronted the Great War and Trading Path which traversed Alabama from north to south. | |||
| 1795/00/00 | Chief John Ross | Home | The Ross make their home near Will's Town. | |||
| 1834/00/00 | Andrew Ross, son of Daniel and Molly Ross, makes his home at the greatly expanded Cherokee Plantation. | |||||
| 1838/00/00 | Andrew Ross, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Cherokee Nation and the brother of Chief John Ross, being 18 Cherokee, is required to make a valuation of all his property before he is evicted from the house during the removal of the Cherokee Nation. | Trail of Tears | ||||
| 1845/00/00 | William W and Letitia McFarlane are granted Cherokee Plantation by President James K Polk under land Patent No 6292. | |||||
| 1890/00/00 | Major C O Godfrey, future mayor of Fort Payne, buys the Haralson place and later deeds it to his daughter-in-law. H R Godfrey, C O Godfrey's son, and his wife will pipe water to the house from a spring on Lookout Mountain. | |||||
| 1914/05/08 | Charles Gideon Kershaw | Home | T E Steele sells Cherokee Plantation to Charles Gideon Kershaw. The Kershaws will use Cherokee as a summer home until 1936 when it became their permanent residence until the death of C G Kershaw in 1946. | |||
| 1931/00/00 | Charles Gideon Kershaw | Home | C G Kershaw begins leveling the floors, adding foundation supports, a bay window in the dining room, French doors in the living room opening onto a formal garden, a bathroom upstairs, a powder room, and new servants' quarters and garage. | |||
| 1969/00/00 | Pierre Noel sells Cherokee to Royce Kershaw, son of C G Kershaw. The Royce Kershaws will remodel the house and property but made no structural changes. |
| Particulars for Cherokee Plantation: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Cultural Affiliation | Cherokee |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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