Town in northeastern Oklahoma which was named after the Cherokee of the same name (also known as George Guess), who developed an alphabet of the Cherokee language (or more properly, a syllabary).

Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)

Sequoyah (ᏍᏏᏆᏱ Ssiquaya in Cherokee) (c.1767 - July or August 1843), known as George Guess, Guest or Gist, was a Cherokee silversmith who invented the Cherokee syllabary, thus earning him a place on the list of inventors of writing systems.