John Brown (Cherokee)
American
John Brown was one of the most influential and wealthy members of the Cherokee Nation before its removal to the West in 1838. As was true of many Cherokee leaders of this time, Brown was the son of a full-blooded Cherokee woman and a Scotch trader who had lived among the Indians. Some historians believe Brown was a brother of Elizabeth Ross, the first wife of the famous Cherokee chief, John Ross. This has not been proven. Brown was closely associated with Ross as one of the political leaders of the Cherokee Nation, both in Tennessee and Georgia, and later in Oklahoma. - NRHP