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Text replacement - "John Ross (1757-1835)" to "John Ross of Adair County (1757-1835)"

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{{SHORTDESC:Revolutionary War soldier of Adair County, Kentucky}}
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'''John Ross''' (1757–1835) was a son of [[John Ross the Immigrant]], traditionally counted among the six sons who emigrated from Scotland in 1774. Described in family narrative as "the adventurous older brother, somewhat of a rolling stone," he was reportedly the first of the brothers to enlist for Revolutionary War service, and is the only one of the group documented as having relocated beyond North Carolina, settling ultimately in Adair County, Kentucky.{{sfn|Brewer|2022|p=[6]}}

== DNA evidence ==

=== Y-DNA ===
No documented direct male-line descendant of this John Ross has taken a Y-DNA test as of this writing. See [[John Ross the Immigrant#Y-DNA|John Ross the Immigrant]] for the status of Y-DNA testing within this family cluster generally.

=== Autosomal DNA ===


== Biography ==
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37.3343,-79.5228~Marriage to Eleanor Boswell, 1787;
37.1029,-85.308~Death, 1835;
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=== Early life ===
John Ross was born in 1757, traditionally in Scotland. His own 1829 Revolutionary War pension statement gives his age as 71, consistent with a birth year of 1757–58, and matches the customs record of his father's six emigrating sons being aged 5 to 20 in 1774. (This John Ross should not be confused with his father, [[John Ross the Immigrant]], nor with [[John Riley Ross]] or [[Benjamin Ross (1736-1823)|Benjamin Ross's]] several descendants of the same name; see [[#Common discrepancies|Common discrepancies]] below.)

According to family narrative, John was the most adventurous of the Ross brothers, "somewhat of a rolling stone," and often led Elijah and their other brothers "into mischief that led to reprimands by their father."{{sfn|Brewer|2022|p=[6]}} On September 16, 1776, he enlisted in the 1st North Carolina Battalion, commanded by Colonel Thomas Clark of Wilmington — reportedly the first of John Ross the Immigrant's sons to do so, with several brothers said to have followed his lead.{{sfn|Brewer|2022|pp=[5-6]}}

=== Ancestors ===
{{Ancestors & descendants chart
|2=John Ross the Immigrant (c1727-)
|3=
|4=Angus Ross
|6=James McKenzie
|7=Isobel Unknown
|descendants=
*'''John Ross of Adair County (1757-1835)'''
** m. [[Eleanor Boswell]]
}}
John Ross is traditionally identified as a son of [[John Ross the Immigrant]]. See [[John Ross the Immigrant#Disputed origins|Disputed origins]] for the state of the evidence.

=== Marriage and children ===
John Ross married '''Eleanor Boswell''' on January 11, 1787 in Bedford County, Virginia. No children are documented in the sources reviewed for this article.

=== Occupation ===


=== Military ===
John Ross enlisted September 16, 1776 in the 1st North Carolina Battalion under Colonel Thomas Clark.{{sfn|Brewer|2022|p=[6]}} Of the Ross brothers discussed in this cluster of articles, his Revolutionary War service is the most thoroughly documented: he applied for and received a Revolutionary War pension (sworn statement dated April 1829), and he is a registered Sons of the American Revolution patriot, national SAR number 60229.{{sfn|Brewer|2022|p=[44]}}

=== Death & burial ===
John Ross died February 11, 1835 in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, and was buried at Chance, Adair County, Kentucky.

=== Timeline ===
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== Research notes ==

=== Disputed origins ===
See [[John Ross the Immigrant#Disputed origins|John Ross the Immigrant]] for the discussion of which six men are traditionally counted as sons of the Immigrant. Unlike his brothers Elijah, Benjamin, and Francis, John does not appear in the Beaufort County land-deed and court records that tie the others together as neighbors and co-defendants; his identification as a brother rests on family tradition and the fit of his pension-statement age with the 1774 customs record.

== Common discrepancies ==
* This John Ross (1757–1835) shares his given name with his father, [[John Ross the Immigrant]], and with several later descendants, including [[John Riley Ross]] and two of Benjamin Ross's own descendants also called John (Riley) Ross. Care should be taken not to conflate them.

== Sources ==
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'''Bibliography'''
* {{cite book |last=Brewer |first=Cathy |title=Granddaddy was a Patriot |title-link=Granddaddy was a Patriot |publisher=Self-published family history |year=2022}}

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