Ross Cemetery - Park Hill, OK
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N 35° 51.976 W 094° 56.926
15S E 324055 N 3970869
Named for Principal Chief of the Cherokee, John Ross, who is buried here.
Waymark Code: WMP93Z
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2015
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John Ross is a cemetery located to the east (behind) the John Ross Museum in Park Hill. It has approximately 500 burials and is still being used today. The cemetery is long and narrow and on a gentle rise. There is a gravel drive around the perimeter.
John Ross' gravesite is surrounded by an iron railing, and an older section of the cemetery has a low concrete wall and iron railing and gate. Many of the graves in the cemetery are family members of John Ross, and survivors of the infamous Trail of Tears. Later after the Civil War, other neighbors and related families were included. For a detailed history of the cemetery,
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The cemetery is now owned by Cherokee County, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.