"WATTS" From: "Leta Harrell" <letah@hotmail.com> "Cherokee Old Timers" written by James Manford Carselowey. Where did he find this information? On page 91 Early Settlers in Northwest Arkansas he mention a Jacob Watts I would like to find out more information on this Jacob Watts. In 1845 Jacob Watts was in Washington Co.,AR and lived there until ca 1862. Found Jacob Watts listed on the 1865 Greenwood County, Kansas state census. I had a cousin tell me he died in Kansas ca. 1868. ~~~ Leta- Back in the days of the depression, the US started what was known as "The WPA Projects" ("Works Progress Administration"). Each state was given "XXX" number of $$ (according to population), and a choice as to what programs their state would use it for. Oklahoma had several, but one was-- "The Indian and Pioneer Interview of Oklahoma". These interviews are contained in 110 volumes of at least 700 pages per volume. The state hired 75 people to go out and interview the elderly population of the state. While it was done rather late (1930's), these interviewers were talking to people between 70 and 105 years old-- and THESE people were talking about their early lives, their neighbors, events, and even their own grandparents! James Manford Carselowey was a historian, but he was also one of those 75 interviewers! He made notes and later published five books: "Indian Territory Notes"; "Cherokee Notes"; "Cherokee Old Timers"; "Cherokee Pioneers" and "My Journal", and I have found that the source of most of his information came from these WPA Interviews. The entire collection is available at the Oklahoma Historical Society (POOR index!), but the microfilm may be viewed at several other repositories across the U.S. I understand that in the near future, the Historical Society is planning to make this entire collection available on CD-Rom, and will be "searchable" by surnames and locations. It will be a great resource for researching in Oklahoma! Regards Jerri Chasteen