John Ridge

1802 - 1839

• Name	John Ridge
  Born	1802	Rome, GA
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jun 1839	Honey Creek, Cherokee Nation
  Buried	Polson Cemetery, Jay, Delaware Co., OK
  Person ID	I1359	Seaver-Bilyeu-Lowell
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2010

  
  

  Family	Sarah Bird Northrop,   b. 7 Dec 1804, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ,   d. 31 Mar 1856, Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR
  Married	27 Jan 1824
  Notes	Married: "While at school in Cornwall he fell in love with Sarah Bird Northrup, and after two years convinced her parents to allow them to marry. However, the couple's New England community reacted angrily to the marriage of a Native American man and an American woman, and their unwillingness to accept his marriage forever altered Ridge's attitude toward American and Native American relations." --Wikipedia
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2010
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1802 - Rome, GA Buried - - Polson Cemetery, Jay, Delaware Co., OK  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Died: "In June 1839, Ridge, along with his father and Boudinot (who both had also signed the Treaty of New Echota), were assassinated in retribution for the subsequent forced removal of the Cherokee Nation and resultant deaths of over 4,000 men, women and children. John Ridge was stabbed 48 times, had his chest jumped up and down upon, and kicked repeatedly by the 25 members of Ross' faction in front of his wife and children." --Wikipedia "His son John Rollin Ridge wrote the pseudo-biography of Joaquin Murieta that inspired the Zorro legend." --Wikipedia