Joseph Vann
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About
Entrepreneur, steamboat operator, and prominent member of the Cherokee Tribe. He worked as a businessman and planter along the waterways of Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Before Fame
When he was eleven years old, he witnessed his father's murder.
Trivia
Born to a family of mixed Cherokee and European ancestry, he was a prominent slaveholder.
Family Life
He had spouses named Jennie Springston and Polly Blackburn.
Associated With
Andrew Jackson, by passing the Indian Removal Act of 1830, forced Vann out of his home.
