Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee Nation (present-day Oklahoma)

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Ross Cemetery in Park Hill, in what is now Oklahoma, is a historic Cherokee burial ground best known as the final resting place of Principal Chief John Ross and members of his family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cherokee burial ground ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedHistoricFigure John Ross ⓘ
members of the Ross family ⓘ
associatedWith Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Trail of Tears–era Cherokee leadership ⓘ
burialPlaceOf John Ross ⓘ
members of the Ross family ⓘ
category Cemeteries in Oklahoma ⓘ
Cherokee Nation history ⓘ
Native American cemeteries in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Cherokee Nation ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Cherokee people ⓘ
hasGraveType family plots ⓘ
marked graves ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry United States ⓘ
locatedIn Cherokee County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Park Hill, Oklahoma ⓘ
former Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory ⓘ
namedAfter the Ross family ⓘ
near Tahlequah, Oklahoma ⓘ
notableFor being the burial place of Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
partOf historic Cherokee settlements around Park Hill ⓘ
region Northeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
religiousOrCulturalContext Cherokee funerary traditions ⓘ
usedBy Cherokee families ⓘ
usedFor burial ⓘ

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John Ross → burialPlace → Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee Nation (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ
subject linked to: Principal Chief John Ross