Thanks for Watts family update Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <alverson@valuelinx.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] April 26, 1890 Van Buren Press > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas- Crawford County > > April 26, 1890 > > Fort Smith Call: Charlie Starr, ex-High Sheriff of the Cherokee Nation, was > in the city Tuesday and informed a Call reporter that he had learned from > Chief Mayes that the Watts family had been defeated in their suit for > citizenship in the Cherokee Nation. The Watts family have been claimants for > citizenship in the nation for a long time, during which they have lived in > the Territory and raised cattle and farmed. Their case has been before all > the courts, and was finally carried to Washington, and also to the Secretary > of the Interior, and, if true that the case has been decided against them, > they will suffer heavy losses. > > Fran Alverson Warren > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >