Robert L Watson (1880 - 1966)

Born 27 Jun 1880 in Checotah, McIntosh, Oklahoma

Ancestors

Husband of Myrtle B. (Barnes) Watson — married 17 Jun 1950 in Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Died 26 Jan 1966 at age 85 in Sand Springs City, Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Sources

1899 Dawes Rolls, Checotah Indian Territory, Tribal enrollment Creek Card 685, Field #687, Roll #2250. Should be 1/2 Blood.

Biography

Mother, Ellen, was a full-blooded Indian - 1/2 Creek and 1/2 Cherokee. See Pettit-757 Biography notes.

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