23 Facts About Samuel Worcester

Samuel Austin Worcester was an American missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer, and defender of the Cherokee sovereignty.

Samuel Worcester collaborated with Elias Boudinot in Georgia to establish the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper, which was printed in both English and the Cherokee syllabary.

Samuel Worcester was arrested in Georgia and convicted for disobeying the state's law restricting white missionaries from living in Cherokee territory without a state license.

Samuel Worcester moved to Indian Territory in 1836 in the period of Cherokee removal on the Trail of Tears.

Samuel Worcester resumed his ministry, and continued translating the Bible into Cherokee.

Samuel Worcester established the first printing press in that part of the United States, working with the Cherokee to publish their newspaper in Cherokee and English.

Samuel Worcester is a character in Unto These Hills, an outdoor drama that has been performed in Cherokee, NC since 1950.

Samuel Worcester's father was the seventh generation of pastors in his family, dating to ancestors who lived in England.

The young Samuel Worcester attended common schools and studied printing with his father.

Samuel Worcester became a Congregational minister and decided to become a missionary.

Samuel Worcester married Ann Orr of Bedford, New Hampshire, whom he had met at Andover.

Samuel Worcester worked with Elias Boudinot to establish the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, the first published by a Native American nation.

Dr Samuel Worcester had served as the American Missionary Board's official corresponding secretary.

Samuel Worcester's father died at Brainerd in 1821 and was buried there.

Samuel Worcester was strongly influenced by a young Cherokee named Oowatie.

Samuel Worcester believed the newspaper could be a tool for Cherokee literacy, and a means to draw the loose Cherokee community together; it would help promote a more unified Cherokee Nation.

Since the 86-character syllabary was new, Samuel Worcester made the metal type for each character.

Samuel Worcester realized that the larger battle had been lost, because the state and settlers refused to abide by the decision of the Supreme Court.

Samuel Worcester's work included setting up the first printing press in that part of the country, translating the Bible and several hymns into Cherokee, and running the mission.

Samuel Worcester remained in Park Hill, where he married again in 1842, to Erminia Nash.

Samuel Worcester worked tirelessly to help resolve the differences between the Georgia Cherokee and the "Old Settlers", some of whom had relocated there in the late 1820s.

Samuel Worcester House is the only surviving original house on the land of the former Cherokee community of New Echota.

The Samuel Worcester house was constructed in 1828 as a two-story building.