Dianna Rogers was an Old Settler Cherokee who emigrated from Tennessee to the Arkansas Territory in 1817.
19 Facts About Dianna Rogers
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Dianna Rogers tended their small farm and the slaves who assisted them.
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Dianna Rogers, was likely born in the 1790s, in the Cherokee Country to Jennie and John Rogers, known as Hell-Fire Jack.
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Dianna Rogers's father was born around 1749, and was of Scottish, or English heritage.
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Dianna Rogers served as a British captain in the American Revolution.
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Dianna Rogers worked as a trader in Indian country, for the Muscogee people and then lived among the Cherokee for thirty years before moving to Arkansas.
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Dianna Rogers operated a ferry on the Clinch River in Tennessee and had a large plantation where he grew corn and cotton with slave laborers.
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Dianna Rogers signed documents with an "X", as was customary among Cherokees rather than a sign of illiteracy.
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Some sources claim that Houston and Dianna Rogers fell in love during his time with Jolly, while other stories tell that Dianna Rogers lived with Jolly as a child and Houston helped her with her lessons.
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Dianna Rogers married David Gentry, a blacksmith, whose first wife was her mother's sister, Mary Due.
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Dianna Rogers's extended family lived in scattered settlements within a fifty-mile radius of Fort Smith.
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Dianna Rogers had been formally granted Cherokee citizenship by adoption of a resolution by the Cherokee Council on October 21,1829.
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Regardless of how their union came to be, the couple were recognized by the tribe and family as husband and wife, and Dianna Rogers drew up legal documents reflecting her name as Dianna Rogers Houston.
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Dianna Rogers supervised the farming operations and the slaves, helping run the trading post.
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Dianna Rogers's family had been known as gracious hosts who threw lavish celebrations.
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Dianna Rogers refused to join him, preferring to remain with her family.
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Dianna Rogers died on November 4,1838, from pneumonia, and her burial site remains unknown.
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Professor Stan Hoig stated there was no evidence that Dianna Rogers ever lived at Wilson's Rock or near Skin Bayou and he believed another Tiana Roger's story was confused with Dianna Rogers's.
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Dianna Rogers ran a subscription campaign to raise funds for re-burying "Talahina".