Local history: Nancy 'Nanyehi' Ward's gravesite is in Polk County | Chattanooga Times Free Press

About 170 people attended the dedication of a marker honoring Nancy "Nanyehi" Ward, known as "Beloved Woman of the Cherokee," at an event that took place in October at Ward's gravesite in Polk County near Benton, Tenn.

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