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Title	Jesse J. Watkins, 1893-1905
Subject	Families Republic of Texas Cherokee War Reminiscing
Description	History furnished by [Jesse J. Watkins] on the presentation of Chief Bo[w]le's Sword, October 1893 Reminiscences of the Runaway Scrape and early Texas history. ca. 1905
Identifier	A51, Box 1, Folder 4
Collection	Watkins Family Papers
Collection Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/controlcard&id=260
Biographical Note	Jesse Watkins (1776 - 1839) brought his family from Tennessee to Red River County, Texas in 1833, and in moved three miles north of Nacogdoches in 1835. Serving as a Justice of the Peace of Nacogdoches from 1837 to 1838, he was also commissioned by the government of the Republic of Texas to negotiate treaties with the Indians in East Texas, which he did until his death at the hands of the Cherokees led by Chief Bowles. Jesse's son, Richard Overton Watkins (1816-?) was the first Presbyterian minister licensed to preach in Texas,and rode a circuit encompassing most of East Texas, based first in Nacogdoches and later in Kemp, Texas. During the unsettled times of the early Republic, Richard served as a Texas Ranger. Another of Jesse's sons, Jesse J. Watkins (1828-ca. 1905) settled in Douglass and is represented here with reminiscences of the Runaway Scrape, the Cherokee War, and other early Texas events. Jesse J. Watkins served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1883-1884. The author and source of the "Historical Notes on the Early History of Texas- The Watkins Family- The Texas Centennial Rose" have not yet been identified. (Weatherly, Jesse, Mrs., "Watkins, Jesse Jernigan" "Watkins, Richard Overton""Watkins, Jesse Jernigan Jr." Nacogdoches County Families Curtis Media Corp., 1985)
Scope and Content Note	Diary and autobiography of Richard O. Watkins, accounts of the Runaway Scrape and the Cherokee War, Republic of Texas legal documents, letters and family history. Chiefly photocopies and typescript.
Associated Dates	1830-1839 1840-1849 1890-1899 1900-1909
Type	Manuscript
Language	English
Repository	East Texas Research Center
Repository Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

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Title	Jesse J. Watkins, 1893-1905 - Page 1
Description	History furnished by [Jesse J. Watkins] on the presentation of Chief Bo[w]le's Sword, Oct. 1893 (handwritten original and typescript)
Repository	East Texas Research Center
Repository Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.