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{{SHORTDESC: Justice of the Peace for Izard County, Arkansas}}
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| father = William Ross Sr. of Rocky River
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* [[Eli Ross (1805-1885)|Eli Ross]]
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'''Charles T. Ross''' was a son of [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River|William Ross Sr.]] of Montgomery and Stewart County, Tennessee, and Elizabeth, documented there and later in Izard County, Arkansas, between 1812 and 1835. He is the subject of a working identification, currently under research, as the father of [[Eli Ross (1805-1885)|Eli Ross]].

== DNA evidence ==

=== Y-DNA ===
[[File:R-FT75634-yDNA-path.jpg|thumb|right|link=https://scaledinnovation.com/gg/snpTracker.html?snp=R-FT424248&walk&options=esr|Migration path of Y-DNA haplogroup R-FT424248]]
A documented direct male-line descendant of Eli Ross has been Y-DNA tested, returning haplogroup R-FT424248. This is a match to the largest group in the the {{Ross Surname Project}}, [[Y-DNA R Haplogroup - Family 01]].

Several participants have been found to carry this R-FT424248 haplogroup. They descend from [[James Ross of Monroe County (c1760-bef1821)|James Ross of Monroe County]]. Y-DNA is telling us that Eli and these James Ross descendants share a common ancestor who lived circa 1790 CE [1650-1890 CE].

It is not yet clear how Eli might be related to James of Monroe County, but several researchers have determined that Eli is most likely descended from [[William Ross Sr. (-c1811)|William Ross Sr.]] through Charles T. Ross.<ref name="ydna-email">Jana Killebrew, "Re: Ross Surname Project Y-DNA results," email to Kelly Moores and others, July 8, 2026.</ref>

Eli is often to connected in trees to [[Nathan Ross Sr. of Stewart County (1773-1834)|Nathan Ross Sr. of Stewart County]], mostly likely due to their geographical proximity. Nathan was the grandson of [[William Ross Sr. of Martin County (-1760)|William Ross Sr. of Martin County]]. We do not yet have Y-DNA results from this line for comparison.

{{R Family 01 branches text}}

Eli's results fall into the larger of the two Ross branches.

{{R Family 01 R1b-L21 text}}

=== Autosomal DNA ===


== Biography ==
<div class="leafletmap">{{#display_map: layers=Thunderforest.Pioneer|service=leaflet|
36.4870,-87.3595~Stewart County, Tennessee, road overseer appointment, 1812;
36.5290,-87.3595~Montgomery County, Tennessee, deed witness record, 1816;
36.1300,-91.9900~Izard County, Arkansas, 1833-1835
}}</div>

=== Early life ===
No birth record has been located for Charles T. Ross. His birth is estimated as before 1791, on the assumption that he was of adult age when appointed overseer of a Stewart County road in August 1812 (see below).<ref name="1812overseer" /> He is named as a son of [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River|William Ross Sr.]] and Elizabeth in a 10 January 1835 deed in which he conveyed his share of his late father's land (see below).<ref name="joshuadeed" /> No independent primary source (a census entry or similar) has yet been located for this article documenting Charles T. Ross's own birth or early life.

=== Stewart County, Tennessee, road overseer appointment, 1812 ===
At the Stewart County, Tennessee Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held at Dover on 3 August 1812, Charles Ross was appointed overseer of the road from the state line to the old hay stacks, with Stephen Howell, Charles Howell, [[Daniel Bain (1760-1838)|Daniel Bain]], William Whitefield, Matthew Free, James English, [[Joshua Ross (-aft1835)|Joshua Ross]], and John Ross ordered to work under him.<ref name="1812overseer">Stewart County, Tennessee Court Minutes, April 1808 – November 1812, p. 155 (3 August 1812); image, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Howell-2858-11).</ref>

=== Montgomery County, Tennessee, deed witness record, 1816 ===
At the Montgomery County Court session of 24 October 1816, a deed of conveyance from [[William Ross Jr. of Rocky River|William Ross Jr.]] to Daniel Henderson for 60 acres was proven on the oath of a witness, John Henderson, who also testified that the deed's other witness, Charles Ross, was by then living outside the state.<ref name="1816deed">Montgomery County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, Volume 6, p. 116 (24 October 1816); ''Transcriptions of the County Archives of Tennessee No. 63, Montgomery County (Clarksville), County Court Minutes Volume 7, 1816–1817'' (Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Works Progress Administration, 1940), p. 62.</ref>

=== Izard County, Arkansas, records, 1833–1835 ===
By 4 December 1833, Charles T. Ross was serving as a Justice of the Peace for Izard County, Arkansas, per a notice in that day's issue of ''The Arkansas Advocate''.<ref name="1833jp">''The Arkansas Advocate'' (Little Rock, Arkansas), 4 December 1833, p. 2.</ref>

On 10 January 1835, Charles T. Ross, of Izard County, Arkansas, by his attorney [[Joshua Ross (-aft1835)|Joshua Ross]], conveyed his share of the 140-acre Green Tree Grove tract of his late father, William Ross, deceased, to James Walker of Christian County, Kentucky — the same tract in which [[William Ross Jr. of Rocky River|William Ross Jr.]] had sold his own heir's share to the same buyer several years earlier.<ref name="joshuadeed">Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Book I, pp. 23–24 (10 January 1835).</ref>

=== Ancestors ===
{{Ancestors & descendants chart
|2=William Ross Sr. of Rocky River
|3=Elizabeth Unknown
|descendants=
*'''Charles T. Ross'''
**m.
*** [[Eli Ross (1805-1885)|Eli Ross]]
**** m. [[Elizabeth Strawbridge (1805-1877)]]
*** [[Elizabeth Ross]]
**** m. [[Unknown Hancock]]
}}
Charles T. Ross was a son of [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River|William Ross Sr.]] and Elizabeth.

=== Marriage and children ===
No spouse is documented for Charles T. Ross. His children, per a working identification currently under research:
* [[Eli Ross (1805-1885)|Eli Ross]]
* [[Elizabeth Ross]], m. Unknown Hancock — reported to have later moved through Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas.<ref name="ydna-email">Jana Killebrew, "Re: Ross Surname Project Y-DNA results," email to Kelly Moores and others, July 8, 2026.</ref>

=== Occupation ===
Charles T. Ross served as a Justice of the Peace for Izard County, Arkansas, by December 1833.<ref name="1833jp" />

=== Military ===


=== Death & burial ===
No death or burial record has been found for Charles T. Ross. He is last documented alive on 10 January 1835, in Izard County, Arkansas.<ref name="joshuadeed" />

=== Timeline ===
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== Research notes ==
Charles T. Ross's identification as the father of Eli Ross is a working theory developed by fellow researchers Jana Killebrew and Jim Long, based on land-record research and preliminary DNA analysis, and communicated by correspondence.<ref name="ydna-email" /> No primary source directly naming Eli Ross's father has been located for this article. See [[Eli Ross (1805-1885)#Research notes|Eli Ross]] for the fuller discussion, including the previously-suspected but now-doubted identification of Eli as a son of Nathan Ross of the "Rosses of Martin County" family.

=== Possible 1840 Lawrence County, Arkansas census entry ===
A Charles T. Ross appears on the 1840 U.S. Census for Black River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas, in a household of one male aged 5–10, one male aged 40–50, one female under 5, one female aged 10–15, one female aged 20–30, and no enslaved persons.<ref name="1840census">"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBX-XV4), entry for Charles T Ross, Lawrence, Arkansas.</ref> Lawrence County is adjacent to Izard County, and the household's male aged 40–50 is consistent with a man born before 1791, but no document directly ties this census entry to the Charles T. Ross of this article, and the identification is treated here as unconfirmed.

== Sources ==
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'''Bibliography'''
* {{Peerage of Scotland full|edition=1st}}

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