Below is a list of the Grahams that I have thus far in my family tracked down. They were in Indian Territory , Oklahoma. My Great Grandmother was Gracie Lena Graham. I hope this may help in your search. Debbie Oxford Long GRAHAM, Dialpha GRAHAM, Ella GRAHAM, Frank C Graham GRAHAM, Funis GRAHAM, Gracie Lena b: 14 Feb 1900 d: 1967 in Tulare Ca GRAHAM, Henrietta GRAHAM, John F GRAHAM, John Franklin GRAHAM, John Wesley b: in Kenter, Kentucky visit: Oxford's Of The World: http://www.genweb.net/Oxford/index.htm Oxford Site e-mail: [email protected] Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Today is a Gift ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: [OKROOTS] WATTS and GRAHAM Families > Hi everyone, > > I'm looking for parents, more information on, etc. for Will WATTS and Martha > GRAHAM. They may have been from Oklahoma, (Don't know which county) or even > from Texas. They married before 1902, and were the parents of Ernest, Walter > Lonzo (my grandfather), Joseph, and Anna Lee WATTS. Going by my grandfather's > obituary, Martha may have had a relative named Wesley GRAHAM. He was one of > my grandfather's pall bearers. (some of the other pall bearer surnames are > COGBURN, AIRHART or AIRBART, PATRICK and ADAMS.) > > According to family legend, Will was Cherokee, and may have comitted murder. > I haven't been able to prove either, and have broadened my search to include > the possiblity of Melungon heritage. (I bear many of the physical > characteristics.) I'm told that Will died in Texas, but again, I don't have a > specific location. My father has said that he remembers visiting Will on a > reservation, but I never got a chance to ask him the specifics... At some > point Will and Martha's children relocated to Putnam County, TN without their > parents and married into/associated with the families of the area. My > grandfather married Allie Mai HARP, and I know he and Anna Lee frequently > visited the LANE family. In fact my uncle Alonzo Leon WATTS married a > granddaughter of that particular family, Joyce LANE. They also may have been > aquainted with a CARDWELL family. Any infomation or help on this family would > be very much appreciated. > > Analee Watts, IBSSG > Delano, CA, USA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Listowner of: > INTERRACIAL-GENEALOGY-L and HARP-THOMAS-MARION-L at RootsWeb > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lineaje/INTERRACIAL-L.html) > SLEEP-L and DEPRESSION-L at RootsWeb communities > GenealogyLookups at ONEList > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ==== OKROOTS Mailing List ==== > Genealogy Listservers, Newsgroup & Special Homepages > http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html > >