Elizabeth Warren is the great-great-great granddaughter of Jonathan Crawford, a member of the Tennessee Militia who rounded up Cherokees from their family homes in the Southeastern United States and herded them into government-built stockades in what was then called Ross's Landing (now Chattanooga), Tennessee–the point of origin for the horrific [[Trail of Tears]], which began in January, 1837.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2012/05/08/elizabeth-warren-ancestor-trail-of-tears/</ref> | Elizabeth Warren is the great-great-great granddaughter of Jonathan Crawford, a member of the Tennessee Militia who rounded up Cherokees from their family homes in the Southeastern United States and herded them into government-built stockades in what was then called Ross's Landing (now Chattanooga), Tennessee–the point of origin for the horrific [[Trail of Tears]], which began in January, 1837.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2012/05/08/elizabeth-warren-ancestor-trail-of-tears/</ref> |