John Watts Sr (1720-1770) was a British Trader/Interpreter for the Cherokee Tribe. He was said to be half Scots-Irish and half Cherokee according to the book called Doublehead written by Robert Butch Walker. His father was George Watts and his mother was said to be a full blooded Cherokee Indian named Kayhun Keyhum Techea.
Following his line is a hard road to follow because of all the different ways that others have interpreted his linage in his family tree. But I do know that my direct Watts/Watson line follows this line back to him.
Most of my research is coming from some family tree sites like Ancestry.com and Familysearch.org. A lot of it is very confusing because of all the twists and turns that are on the sites for example, some information is saying that there is more then one John Watts/Watson born around the same time but also it is said that John Watts Sr had more then one son named John Watts. Some of my research that I found also said that there is a John Watts Sr, father of Chief John "Young Tassel" Watts and then there is John Watson. The line get so confusing and had to determine which way to search next.
Now it is also said that there is more then one Trader John Watts. The first one is the one I am talking about here and another is John Watts (Indian Trader). The difference being one was both an interpreter/trader and the other was just a trader for the Indians. I am not sure if they are just getting things confusing here or not but in my opinion, I think they are one and the same.
With all that said, let's get back to the story about John Watts Sr having more then one son named John Watts. This theory may be possible with both John's sons having two different mothers as John Watts had at least three different wives. One being a white woman and two from the Cherokee Tribes he worked for. But as far as this theory goes, I have yet to find proof to support this.
But I will continue my research and keep blogging what information I find.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Watts Family Research
As I research my family ancestry I have found out more about my family history that I never knew before. I have become excited with every little piece of history that I uncover about my family. I am still working on my family tree and found some very interesting things about members of my family in my tree that I never knew before I started researching.
One thing is have found is my connection to the Watts family. My grandmother was a Watson which was changed some where down the line from Watts but I am unsure when the change was made. There is so many lines the Watts line goes and my ancestry research is still on going with this line.
I did uncover that my Watts connection does connect with a direct line with Cherokee Indians. So this has peaked my interest even more. I knew that my family has Indian blood and now I have found a great line in my family.
I found a connection the a lower Chickamauga Tribe, which is a lower Cherokee Tribe, through my Watts/Watson line. But here is where my line is kind of unsure about which way it goes. My line is some how connected to Chief John "Young Tassel" Watts who was the nephew of Doublehead Corn Tassel.
Chief John Watts was the son of a British Trader who was also named John Watts. His mother was Wur-Tah Corn Tassel, sister of Doublehead. He was also the Uncle of Sequoyah, who wrote the Cherokee alphabet. Sequoyah's English name was George Gist or Guess. But this is just a few of his family members.
John Watts line is kind of hard to follow because there are more then one John Watts/Watson's down the line. My findings is that John Watts Sr had two son's named John Watts. One was Chief John "Young Tassel" Watts and the other was John Watts aka Old John Watts or Sul-Le-Tesky.
Both of the John Watts that I have found do have the same father but may have a different mother. This is where my research is going slow and where I am kind of stumped by which way my line goes with this line of my family tree but I will keep up with my research until I find which way this line leads.
One thing is have found is my connection to the Watts family. My grandmother was a Watson which was changed some where down the line from Watts but I am unsure when the change was made. There is so many lines the Watts line goes and my ancestry research is still on going with this line.
I did uncover that my Watts connection does connect with a direct line with Cherokee Indians. So this has peaked my interest even more. I knew that my family has Indian blood and now I have found a great line in my family.
I found a connection the a lower Chickamauga Tribe, which is a lower Cherokee Tribe, through my Watts/Watson line. But here is where my line is kind of unsure about which way it goes. My line is some how connected to Chief John "Young Tassel" Watts who was the nephew of Doublehead Corn Tassel.
Chief John Watts was the son of a British Trader who was also named John Watts. His mother was Wur-Tah Corn Tassel, sister of Doublehead. He was also the Uncle of Sequoyah, who wrote the Cherokee alphabet. Sequoyah's English name was George Gist or Guess. But this is just a few of his family members.
John Watts line is kind of hard to follow because there are more then one John Watts/Watson's down the line. My findings is that John Watts Sr had two son's named John Watts. One was Chief John "Young Tassel" Watts and the other was John Watts aka Old John Watts or Sul-Le-Tesky.
Both of the John Watts that I have found do have the same father but may have a different mother. This is where my research is going slow and where I am kind of stumped by which way my line goes with this line of my family tree but I will keep up with my research until I find which way this line leads.
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