Ellen (Pettit) Watson (1858 - 1905)

Born Dec 1858 in Creek Indian Nation, McIntosh, OK

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Died 10 Jan 1905 at age 46 in Checotah, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Ellen enrolled as a Creek citizen but she was half Creek and half Cherokee as told by her granddaughter, my grandmother but the government wouldn't allow Indians to enroll in more than one nation. Her mother was full-blooded Creek and her father was full-blooded Cherokee. Note: Her father was raised by Watt Grayson according to an interview by Thomas S. Watson to the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, August 17, 1906.

Added: Buried at the Indian Territory Checotah Cemetery, Located at the end of Cemetery Road at S.W. 5th and West Gentry, Checotah, Oklahoma

Note: Thomas Watson in sworn testimony stated that 1. Ellen told him that her father was not Frank Pettit but rather he was a Grayson, raised by Watt Grayson. 2. Her mother was a Rogers, Nellie Rogers. Source: Cherokee - D, Dawes Packet 2589, Dawes Packet 2939, Dawes Packet 2940

Sources

1899 Dawes Rolls, Checotah Indian Territory, Tribal enrollment Creek Card 685, Field #687, Roll #2249