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Robert Rogers

Adair County
Location: three miles north of the junction of US-59 and OK-62
Coordinates: 36.035320, -94.583659
Material: Granite
Topics: American Indians; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Robert Rogers, father of Clem Vann Rogers and grandfather of Will Rogers, was born in Georgia on July 16, 1815. He moved with his parents to Indian Territory in 1829 and married his wife, Sally Vann, a few years later. He died on July 4, 1842.

Note: This marker notes that Robert Rogers signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 when, in fact, it was signed by a first cousin of the same name.

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