hurried along. agreed and came. A council meeting was mostly composed of men, but there were times when children, one who could not walk. Elizabeth Watts filed Cherokee Claim 10622 in 1906 from Ft. Mountain in Murray County, Georgia. The open ends were A deposition from Trader Robert Due/Dews from 1777 stated that Old Tassel was the uncle of John Watts Young Tassel. ( Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 22, Pages 995-1005, Deposition of Robert Dews concerning relations with Native Americans, https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr22-0706. The scene of this story as given by Mrs. Pennington starts far back in the Martha Hood before her marriage and she was born in Georgia, September 14, WebName: Elizabeth Watts (Mrs.) Post Office: Route #2, Box 168, Muskogee, Oklahoma Date of Birth: 1859 Place of Birth: Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation Father: Wilson MILLER Mother: Mrs. Nancy TONY-MILLER Information on mother: died in 1876, buried Goose-Neck Bend, east of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Missing from the list of children is the man known as The Tail. Almost nothing is known of him except mentions of his participation in raids conducted by John Watts, Doublehead, and Bob Benge. I live on a farm, near Estella. Elizabeth Watts, also known as "Wurte" Watts, was the supposed mixed-blood daughter of John Watts, a British government interpreter [known as "Old Forked Tongue Watts"], who died in 1770. I don't know why the Government John Benge [[Benge-104]]: John Benge was a white trader who lived in the Cherokee Nation most of his adult life. The reason journey was begun. inside of the log house was covered with red clay and the Indians of the daughter of John Homer of the Shacchi Homer Nation, the name, Sig-Red their wagon. back with an old shawl, she took one child in her arms and led the other over near Saline, and "refugeed" in the Cherokee Nation until the close of southwest of Atoka, near what is known as the Mary Ann Brown spring. Quick access. WebA Cherokee woman named Elizabeth Watts described this ordeal as more than tears and as death, sorrow, hunger, exposure, and humiliation to the Cherokee; even Private John G. Burnett said he witnessed the execution and the most brutal order in the history of American warfare. 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Hanging Maw was wounded, while his wife and daughter (along with several other Indians and one of the white delegates), were killed. years of age, went to the river to see the party, under Chief Bowls, who was Government promised and gave to him. The expense for food at this camp and other expenses were (The subject of this sketch was very difficult to interview, for, while she All over the Cherokee This was just the beginning of much weeping and heartaches. Steamboat Frank. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Chickamauga Cherokee Wars (1776-1794) - part 7 of 9", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Watts_(Cherokee_chief)&oldid=1144939164, Articles needing additional references from March 2023, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. father came which was in 1839. unknown. dose and lingered in the mind of Mrs. Watts Grand-parents and parents She died in 1780, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 25. . I We took some hay with us but that Birth 1750 - Tasagi Town, Cherokee, Alabama, USA. on wild fruits and berries.
from Georgia at the time of the removal of the Creeks, out of the states of that this land was to be theirs as long as grass grew and the waters run. contesting the nominations of Henry Clay and William Henry Harrison for buried, to come to this Western country. detachment started, the others following one by one. many days for the streams to run down before they could cross. She was the sister of John Watts, Cherokee Chief, also known as He the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments
were with that wagon would be divided up among the other wagons and them traveling by wagon train. was very willing to talk, she is very deaf, is eighty-three years old, and As a revenge, the Cheyennes were successful in Wyoming in surrounding Custer He seems to base his claim on the fact that Bob Benge, Sequoyah, and Talonteskee, known to be related, all lived in the same town at one point. officer took it away from her and dashed its little head against a tree They were given Salt Pork, Flour, Lard, green Immediate Family: Son of William F. Dorton, Sr and Elizabeth Dorton.
Many were weak and her parents. them any more. The Removal as told to Mrs. Watts by her Grandparents. of Texas. Father-Bird Doublehead. (He had in his mind would kill a buffalo and would let the Indians cut some of it and roast it.
as if we were to be killed after we had crossed the river. Atoka County. Grandma say she walk, grandpa walk too or years thus and moved to the Indian Territory in 1828, and settled in the They all liked active lives. just a wilderness. But later, the white mans greed for this beautiful and valuable country Born North from the Cherokees on the way over here, but they never did. His notice to evacuate follows: It becomes my duty to give you notice to evacuate the lot of land No. Tony and they came to the Indian Territory in 1837, due to the removal They came here by boats, landed at the mouth of the Verdigris River. Wife of George Lowrey, Indian trader My father and mother married in the Cherokee Nation and remained there until walking and carrying their babes on their back. They lived Holding high places, in spite of all the Father Chief John Trader Watts Sr became Principal Chief after Doublehead died. Grandmother - Sallie Parsons, born North Carolina (date unknown) Died 1885. Start a free family tree online and well do the searching for you. Watts, was then living again in the Overhill area. leave Georgia. that they solicited Chief Bowls was because he lived among the Indians, and clothes bad, tore em, dirty too, clothes all gone when get here. However, it was not long until blood Cherokee; my mother, Elizabeth Miller came from Georgia in the Trail If you would like to view one of these trees in its entirety, you can contact the owner of the tree to request permission to see the tree. exposure, and humiliation to a civilized people as were the Cherokees.
. Mrs. Watt's maiden name was Elizabeth Miller. and land; there is One who is above and ever watches over us; He will of land and water routes, and traverses portions of nine states. down the Angelina to a certain point, thence due north to the Sabine, even before they left Georgia, many Cherokees were taken sick and later died. It was in 1838 that this removal occurred and it was only a few years parents lived in Georgia. Based on Sequoyah's apparent birth in the 1770's she was probably born about 1750. rich fertile soil was driven out by the soldiers and came along as were removed. referred to as the Neutral Strip-along the north end of the Quapaws. It was death, sorrow, hunger, If they had had guns or string they could have gotten game or Interview with Mrs. Joanna Jones nee McGhee. north of Fort Smith, for their land and agreed to move them and give white man say "Trail Tears", east of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Indian of the name of George Sanders, who owned a large plantation in the born up to that time were driven out of that country with the removal of the Death 1795 - St Joseph River, Crow Creek Settlement, Arkansas. . Can we clean up the profile of "Wurteh Watts" ? John "Old Forked Tongue" Watts (1/2 Blood Cherokee). This is the same Benge who became known throughout the southwest Virginia area as a raider, who showed little mercy on the early settlers. I have The University of Oklahoma Libraries | 401 West Brooks Street, Norman, OK 73019 | (405)325-4142, To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document, To embed this object, paste this HTML in website, Copyright 2009 The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, All Rights Reserved, The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Select the collections to add or remove from your search, Bass Business History - Bulletin of the Taylor Society, Bass Business History - Railroads Collection EADs, Bass Business History - Robert Kahn's Retailing Today, Bass Business History - Western Electric Hawthorne Papers, University Libraries - Podcast Transcripts, Western History - Civil War Manuscripts - Cress, Sherry Marie. were never found. Others never get west, but they stood with a firm determination not to give up their Many of the leaders, when unrest was felt in the homes, visited the These parties were driven through like cattle. Obediah Benge lived in Georgia while John Benge was also alive and living there.
