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Box 1

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

Jesse J. Watkins, 1893-1905

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1893-1905

Box 1

 Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1836-1973

Jesse Watkins, Republic of Texas legal documents, 1836-1837

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1836-1837

Jesse J. Watkins

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1836-1973

Richard Overton Watkins, c.1855-1860, 1877

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: c.1855-1860, 1877

Jesse J. Watkins, 1924-1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1924-1954

Watkins Family History, 1932-1936

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1932-1936

Letter from J. E. Watkins at Henderson to George L. Crocket at Nacogdoches (typescript; original in the Crocket Collection) , 10/17/1932

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 10/17/1932

"Historical Notes on the Early History of Texas - The Watkins Family- The Texas Centennial Rose" (2 typescripts), c.1936

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: c.1936

"Penciled Manuscript Written 25 Years Ago by Jesse J. Watkins Reveals Some Interesting Early History of Texas," by Henry C. Fuller (newspaper clipping from Houston Chronicle and typescript) , 1/27/1924

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1/27/1924

Statement by Charlie Watkins on Jesse J. Watkins' history of Chief Bowle's sword (typescript), 4/29/1954

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 4/29/1954

History on the presentation of Chief Bowle's sword, by Jesse J. Watkins (handwritten original and typescript) , 10/1893

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 10/1893

Reminiscences of the Runaway Scrape and early Texas history (handwritten and typescript, missing first page), c.1905

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: c.1905

Diary (typescript, made from original loaned by Judge Royal Watkins, Dallas, 1927) , c.1855-1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: c.1855-1860

Autobiography (certified typescript from Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, 4/20/1932), 1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1877

"Proceed to the Praire, the Jesse Watkins story," compiled events in the life of Watkins against the backdrop of events in Texas, chiefly in 1837. Written by Lynn McCormick (1930-1983), c.1973

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: c.1973

Acknowledgment for rifles delivered by Jesse Watkins, signed by Albert Emanuel

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1836-1837

Signature verified later by Adolphus Sterne, A. Veitch and William Hart at Nacogdoches (photocopy and typescript) , 3/10/1836

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 3/10/1836

Order signed by Thomas J. Rusk and Kelsey H. Douglass at Nacogdoches to Jesse Watkins to negotiate treaty with the Kichai, Tawakoni, Caddo, and Ioni tribes (photocopy and 2 typescripts, one with Crocket's typed note attached) , 9/14/1837

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 9/14/1837

Expense account of Jesse Watkins, certified by Thomas J. Rusk and Kelsey H. Douglass, at Houston (photocopy and typescript), 11/1/1837

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 11/1/1837