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.
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