War Chief, Tecumseh Straight Tail and his wife, Nancy Blackfox are my 3rd Great Grandparents and are the parents of my 2nd Great Grandfather, John “Bear” Watts (Blackfox). John is the father of my Great Grandfather, Jacob Zachariah Watts (Blackfox), who is the father of my Grandfather, Richard Watts and Richard watts is the father of my father, Richard Bearpaw II. My father, Richard Watts Bearpaw II is the son of Richard watts and Ethel Bearpaw (original family surname derived from Bear’s Paw) and it is through Ethel’s father, my Paternal Grandfather, Daniel Bearpaw’s side that I am the proud 2nd Great Grandson of Bri. Gen. Stand Watie Bearpaw (Cherokee Mounted Riflemen of the Southern Confederacy).
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