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Re: Cherokee: John Watts, Malachi Watts, Ann (Watts) Dabbs
Research Services at the National ArchivesNov 30, 2017 8:39 AM (in response to Taylor Thompson)
1 person found this helpfulHi Taylor,
Thanks for sharing your question on History Hub!
Most of the rolls concerning the Cherokee were produced from the 1830s through the early 1900s, so you will need the names of ancestors who were alive and members of the tribe at that time. Most people start by checking the enrollments from the period 1900 to 1910, known as the Dawes Rolls for the Oklahoma Cherokee and the Guion Miller Rolls for the Eastern Cherokee. Online name indexes are available for both of these sources, and you can get access to the full rolls through Ancestry.com and Fold3.com. These are paid genealogical websites, but they can be accessed for free at any National Archives research facility. (You may also be able to access these sites through a local library.)
The National Archives’ page on Researching an Individual or Family also has many resources for tracing Native American ancestors that you may find useful.
Hope this helps!
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Re: Cherokee: John Watts, Malachi Watts, Ann (Watts) Dabbs
Dalene Daniels Dec 28, 2017 8:29 AM (in response to Research Services at the National Archives)1 person found this helpfulHello Taylor,
Anne Watts Dabbs is my 5th great-grandmother. Website mbwgenealogy.blogspot.com gives quite a bit of information on the Watts. Hope this helps!
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Re: Cherokee: John Watts, Malachi Watts, Ann (Watts) Dabbs
Dalene Daniels Dec 28, 2017 8:29 AM (in response to Dalene Daniels)1 person found this helpfulAlso, look under
U.S., Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes (overturned), 1896
Malachi Watts is listed as #532.
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Re: Cherokee: John Watts, Malachi Watts, Ann (Watts) Dabbs
Taylor Thompson Jan 9, 2018 2:29 PM (in response to Dalene Daniels)Hi Dalene,
Thank you so much for your reply and information. I believe that Malachi Watts on that roll is actually the nephew of the older Malachi Watts as the Malachi I am related to would have been born around 1751. As you are also related to Ann Watts Dabbs, have you also been able to connect her to Malachi/Unacata Watts as his daughter? I have found some texts that mention an Ann Watts Dabbs as his daughter but I have no documentation that actually links them together. Thank you so much for your assistance!
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Re: Cherokee: John Watts, Malachi Watts, Ann (Watts) Dabbs
Dalene Daniels Jan 11, 2018 6:19 AM (in response to Taylor Thompson)This is an article that deloreferguson posted on Ancestry which does attach Anne Dabbs to Malachi Watts as his daughter.
Hopefully this will help!
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