sister of Old Tassel and Doublehead

Seen as daughter of Woman of Ani'-wa'di

Chief John "Young Tassel" Watts was the son of a sister of Old Tassel, quite likely his father was John Watts who served as interpreter at the Cherokee treaty with the British at Augusta Georgia in 1763.

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Old Frontiers, John P Brown, pg 353;

John Watts ...a white trader who served Captain Demere as interpreter during the building of Ft Loudoun. His wife was the sister of chief's Old Tassel, Doublehead, and Pumpkin Boy.

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"Two of Wurteh's (Sequoyah's mom) kinsmen are mentioned by Payne as being uncles of John Watts (Jr) they were; Kaiyah-tahee who was killed under a flag of truce and may be recognized as Chief Old Tassel; and Tal-tsuska the famous Doublehead."

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-130

Disputed Origins

Some online trees call her Gi Yo Sti Ko Yo He, but there is no documentation to support this.
A previous version of this profile included supposed parents, Wilenawa Moytoy and Wurteh Moytoy. Wilenawa was a contemporary of this woman, and could not be her father. He had no known wife or children.

Biographical notes

This profile represents one of the sisters of Doublehead and Old Tassel. She was probably born about 1735. Her name is not documented anywhere and her parents are unknown.

Children

She was the mother of at least three children:

1. John,
2. Wurteh, and
3. Unacata/Whitemankiller.

A 1777 deposition from Trader Robert Due/Dews stated that Old Tassel was the uncle of the Cherokee John Watts, who was known as “Young Tassel.” [1] In addition, Bob Benge and his brother “The Tail” are described as the nephews of John Watts, supporting the conclusion that their mother was the daughter of John Watts the elder and sister of John Watts the younger. [2]

The white trader John Watts also had a white family.

NOT Her Children

The following have been inaccurately associated as her children: [3]

1. NANNIE WATTS, born about 1748 and married George Lowery and they had seven children. Nannie was the daughter of a different Cherokee, not a daughter of the sister of Doublehead.
2. GARRETT ZACHARIAH WATTS, born January 8, 1756 and died February 6, 1838. Married Annie (Annis) Selp and had thirteen children.
3. Thomas Watts (Big Tom), born about 1764 in Virginia and died in 1832 in Benton, Alabama. He had four children.
4. Barsheba Watts
5. Benjamin a Watts
6. Philip Watts
7. Nancy Watts
8. Thomas Watts
9. Obediah Watson (abt.1770-) -- he was son of a James Watson, a white family

Sources

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-130 Cites
   1. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 22, Pages 995-1005, Deposition of Robert Dews concerning relations with Native Americans, January 22, 1777. Image at https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr22-0706
   2. American State Papers, James Carey to Governor Blount, March 19, 1793. pp. 437-438, image at http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampagecollId=llsp&fileName=007/llsp00...
   3. _Unless cited otherwise, these claims come from Last Chickamauga Cherokee Chief by Rickey Butch Walker pp. 30-31