Visitors touring the picturesque Brainerd Mission Cemetery will notice a handsome oblong monument bearing the name of Samuel Worcester, who died there on June 7, 1821. In 1845, however, his remains ...

Worcester's home is the only original building from New Echota, which was occupied until 1952. In 1827, he moved to the Cherokee capital with his wife Ann, where they established a mission, a school ...

Worcester was a missionary sent to the Cherokee people by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. His association with the Cherokee people began when he met and befriended a fellow ...