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Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts 1750–1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1750

Birth Location: Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America

Death Date: 1808

Death Location: Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America

Father: John Watts

Mother: Willenawah Carpenter

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Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts was born in 1750 in Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America, the child of John Old Forked Tongue Watts And Willenawah Oosta White Owl Great Eagle Carpenter. Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts passed away in 1808 in Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts was born in 1750 in Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America, the child of John Old Forked Tongue Watts And Willenawah Oosta White Owl Great Eagle Carpenter.
  • Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts passed away in 1808 in Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America.

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Chief Watts's Ancestors

Self
Chief Watts
1750–1808
Birth Place: Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America
Parents
John "Old Forked Tongue" Watts
1726–1771
Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, USA
Willenawah (Oosta White Owl Great Eagle) Carpenter
1722–1768
Cherokee, Swain, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Grandparents
1695–1754
Stafford, Prince William, Virginia, USA
Ann ("Wind Clan") McPherson
1698–1754
Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, USA
Okoonaka (Tom Carpenter White Owl Raven) Moytoy
1680–1797
Chota (Cherokee for City of Refuge), Cherokee Nation East, N, Tennessee, USA
Nancy (Li Wildrose Broom MOYTOY Full Blood Paint) Clan
1683–1741
Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Edward Watts
1660–1710
Anne Martin
1660–1741
Daniel McPherson
1664–1755
Ruth Shires
1682–1747
Chief Cherokee
1640–1730
Quatsey KY
1650–1692
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Watts
1620–1690
Anne Sherman
1630–1665
John Martin
1634–1720
Joanna Esten
1645–1733
Chief Tassel
1650–1738
Clan Corntassel
1652–
John Shires
1643–1682
Anna Meister
1650–1708

Chief Watts's Timeline

2 Records

1750
1750
Birth of Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts in Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America
Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America
1808
1808
Age 58
Death of Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts in Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America
Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Chief John “Young Tassel” Watts 1808

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: Wills Valley, DeKalb, Alabama, British Colonial America

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