Watkins family papers, 1836-ca. 1973.

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Watkins family papers, 1836-ca. 1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70956428

Legal documents of Jesse Watkins, justice of the peace of Nacogdoches, Tex.; diary and autobiography of Richard Overton Watkins, Presbyterian minister and Texas Ranger; reminiscences of Jesse J. Watkins about the Runaway Scrape, the Cherokee War, and other early Texas events; and genealogical material on the Watkins family.

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Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center

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Watkins, Jesse, approximately 1776-1837

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Watkins, Richard Overton, 1816-

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