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| This past week I was able to spend some time in the Family
History Center in Salt Lake City. It is a wonderland for Genealogists. As
always I was able to walk away with lots of new information. I will be
sharing some of this in future newsletters. Thank so much to those who
contributed to this newsletters. There is lost of meat here! Contents: 1. Members Lines 2. Queries 3. Joseph Watts 4. Watts in Ohio 5. John Clarence Watts of Kentucky 6. William Family Cemetery- South Carolina 7. Will of James Watts of Laurens Co. S. C. MEMBERS LINES From: chunter75@hotmail.com (Carolina Hunter) Here is my family tree. I do not have the dates and places at this time: (1) George Washington Watts born 1823 in VA. Died 1902 in unknown area, I think was in IL. Married Indiana Mary Annie Sanders (2) George Washington Watts James Arthur Garfield Watts Gertie M. Watts William Thomas Jefferson Watts born 1875 in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL. Died 1954 in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL. Married Minnie Martha Ellen Peterson (3) Tommy Andrew Watts Ellen May Watts Lelia Edith Watts born in 1902. Died in July of 1964. A Unknown name/sex of a child who died at 2 (2) Benjamin Harrison Watts Married Margaret Linnie Nichols (or spelled Nicholas) (3) Wilkerson Benjamin Watts Margaret Watts Francis Marie Watts Jacob Watts Hattie Irene Watts Glen Eugene Watts Richard Dean Watts Pauline Nora Watts Clara Mae Ester Watts Unknown sex/name of child Unknown sex/name of child Harrison Harold Watts Married Ruby Magee Watts (4) James Harrison Watts born 1942 in IL. He was later put up for adoption between 1943 - 1944. Sincerely, Carolina Hunter chunter75@hotmail.com From: meridian@olympus.net (Melissa Hoke-Kearns) My Watts line as I know it... Burke County,N.C. Joseph Watts (b abt 1790) m Jane? 1- John (b abt 1815) m Elizabeth Betsy Bumgarner (b abt 1819) *Nancy *Joseph *Omy(?Amy)C. $*David Bryson (b Nov 1850) m Martha Jane Smith (b June 1850) $Celia(Celie) m William Hilliard Burnette $Arminda m Charles H Burnette $Thomas Riley Watts m Eula Smith $Phebe Parthana m James Henry Burnette(my ggrandparents) $Sarah(Mary) $(John) Burton $Spica E (Spicey) $Alden B $Effie L $Martha Eve $David Herndon $Charles Bascomb *John *Hosea Hart *Sarah 2-David m Susan Henderson Abbott 3-Hosea There have always been references made about my ancestors American Indian heritage but haven't a clue if Cherokee or other. Any info about this Watt's line will be very appreciated. I am very interested in past issues. Thanks Melissa Hoke-Kearns From: srhodes@midwestlink.net (Sharon Rhodes) my name is sharon watts rhodes and i live in sallisaw, ok. Lorettahen@aol.com said she had lots of stuff her aunt had given her , plus what she found out from the watts online newsletter (not real sure what that is) and thought you might give me some info. my grandfather was clinton cleveland watts, son of james britton watts, son of daniel dodson watts, son of eli watts, son of john watts, married to mahala (mahallie) long. he was said to have been cherokee and a brother to garret z and jim watts. can you shed any light on this for me? thanks sharon ******************************************** QUERIES From: Reborn2h2o@aol.com I would like to thnk everyone for the welth of information on the Watts line I am new to the Watts newsletters and have really enjoyed reading them. I am trying to find a lead on my maternal grandfather Earl Watts he ws born in Kentucky (don't know what county) from his death certificate he died in 1930 in WVa at the of of 49 but on my mothers birth certificate he was listed as 61 he died the same year my mom was born and it is for her that I am doing this research she would derly love to know more about her dad but I can't seem to find him I have picture of him and would love to get his story. all I know is he ws born in Kentucky around 1870 and had a brother that they called Doc Watts who my aunt says looked like a native american but my grandfather and I assume his brother were african american. Doc Watts died in Knawah county Wva when I don't know and am still looking hoping to get information from him, If these names are familir to you please contact me at Reborn2h20@aol thank you and GOD BLESS!!!! From: doggett@dnet.net I can't find the Watts family buried at Greenville Prsb..I can't seem to find any Watts buried there althought James was one of the first Deacons..There is James, Thomas, Andrew that came into SC in 1760s as poor Irisn Immigrants and ended up just miles away in ABBeville, SC...There is John and James that come into Newberry and Laurens (much fancier) but they are not the same family...Can you ask Dale where she got her information.. I am descended from James Watt in Abbeville, SC who had John who died young who had Margaret.. I believe my James was the firs t Deacon of Greenville Pres outside of Donalds but it isn't cut in stone..One of these people married Mary Norwood... Thomas a brother may have married Agnes Norwood... I would love some help with this...The fancier Watts settled on SaludaRiver... in Laurens.. I am only questioning how they know these people are buried at Greenville Pres.. I have been there and none are listed... Anne This information comes from copies sent to Dale from microfilm 1307583 in Salt Lake City Family History Library. More from those page are below. Lori ******************************************** JOSEPH WATTS From: watt6270_ou@sooners.net My ggggrandfather Joseph Watts lived in the Northeast corner of Morgan township in Butler County between 1824 and Jan. 19, 1869 when he died. His neighbor was "John Ross"! John Ross had a small cemetery in the SW corner of his property where it bordered my ggggrandfather's farm that is where my ggggrandfather and several members of his family are buried. The following is a list of family members who may be buried there: Joseph Watts, born ? died Jan.19, 1869<BR> 1st wife-Lydia Parker Watts, born ? died <?1855?<BR> 2nd wife-Sarah S. Watts, born ? died ?<BR> Children: John Watts Joseph S. Watts Elijah Watts Mauriah Watts Isaac Watts In 1854,Samuel Watts, my gggrandfather, moved wife and kids from Butler County, Ohio to a 160 acre farm near Fairbury, Nebraska that the government would give to any settler who would build a house and homestead. My gggrandfather had came to Fairbury in the summer of 1853 with my twelve year old ggrandfather William Parker Watts. Together they built a sod house, as the government required, to validate their land claim. My ggrandfather was left there alone on the praire to spend the winter and hold on to the families farm. My ggrandfather married Malinda Percy Jolly from Indianapolis, Indiana. My grandfather, Henry Jolly Watts, was the youngest of eleven children. William Parker Watts moved the family to Oklahoma, first Edmond, then McCloud, and finally a farm seven miles north of Okemah, Ok. Henry Jolly Watts married Verlie Louise Stone and had three children. My father, William Alfred Watts, was the oldest child born July 16, 1916. Dad married my mother, Ina May Phillips, 19 February 1944 and I am the second of three sons. My older brother is William Henry Watts, my younger brother was James Earl Watts, now deceased. I am married (27years) to Alma Venita Watts, we have a son, Larry Alfred Watts Jr.and a grandson, Iain Thomas Watts, 6 1/2 months old. Yours Truly, Larry A. Watts Sr. ******************************************** WATTS IN OHIO I received this from a cousin who was in Ohio as well as other states this summer. She's still offline, her name is Freda Hays. (Thank her for sharing! Lori) Chuck Gibson How did William Watts meet Rachel and where? This question really perplexed me until I found the Jurors List, Grand & Petit Muskingum Co., OH 1816-1899: 1818 William Beatty Madison Twp Petit Juror 1819 Charles Watts Falls Twp Petit Juror 1821 Wm Beatty Newton Twp Grand Juror 1824 Charles Watts Washington Twp Grand Juror 1826 Isaac Beatty Washington Twp Petit Juror 1827 Wm Watts . Newton Twp Grand Juror 1828 Solomon Watts Newton Twp Grand Juror 1828 Charles Watts Newton Twp Grand Juror, The following were appointed to be on call for the entire yen: 1836 Solomon Watts Newton Twp 1842 Wm H. Beatty Madison Twp 1844 Abraham Beatty Washington Twp 1851 Wm H. Beatty Washington Twp 1856 Wm H. Beatty Washington Twp 1858 George Watts Cass Twp 1894 James Watts Adams Twp As you can see Charles Watts arrived in Muskingum Co prior to 1819. Falls Twp is on the west side of the river, across from Washington TWP. First William Beatty was in Madison Twp. He has to be related to Isaac, but right now I have not checked to see if Opal or Ray have this William identified. (With Isaac naming his second son William Henry Beatty, I am not for sure he didn't have a brother named William, Opal and Ray seem to have the father of Isaac nailed down by that deed to be George.) by 1821 William Beatty has moved to Newton Township in the southwest part of the county-quite a distance from the Madison/Washington Twp lines, If Rachel was from the William Beatty family she would be in Newton Twp prior to 1822. Between 1819 and 1824 Charles Watts moves to Washington Twp on the east side of the river in the same area where Isaac Beatty is listed in l826. So this puts William Watts and Rachel in the right place at the right time. For some reason William Watts and Charles Watts move to Newton Twp. Again since they did not own land, it is impossible to know if they lived quite close to the town of Zanesville or farther down to the southwestern comer of the county. There is a receipt in the Charles Watts Probate Case where he owed his yearly rent on the school lands. He had so much personal property, he must have rented the same place there for the 10 + years he was there in Newton Twp. He had too much equipment to be moving it from one farm to another every year or so. I did not get to see the Tax Records for years other than 1806 and 1825. They were supposedly up in the storage area on the third floor of the courthouse. It was not a floor opened to the public. I could never catch the person that supposedly was there to help those doing genealogy. I believe Solomon is a brother to Charles Watts, I believe he also had brothers John, William who married Hannah, Richard who married Cassey, Rev. James, and also Harriett who married James Brooks. William Beatty died in Newton Twp. His Probate case was 1054. Richard Watts and John Beatty were administrators. William Beatty Jr. asked for $5 for boarding and keeping dec'd youngest child. John Beatty on I Apr 1830 asked for 99.75 for boarding & washing 46 weeks at $1. Later he asked for $50. for boarding and washing from I Apr to 13 Aug and waiting on him in his last sickness. Purchasers were Richard Watts, John G. McFarland, Katharine Beatty, Cary Beatty and James Beatty. John Beatty, Probate Case 978 did not have any children or property listed. Just a bill for the Dresden Coffin Co Nov 1830 and a Drs. bill. His wife was Lavey Baty. Robert Beatty, Probate Case 4 8 1 9 showed John Beatty appointed administrator 4 Oct 1828. He was late of Newton Twp. Purchasers were Wm Beatty Jr, and Wm Beatty Sr, James Beatty, and John Beatty. A list of payments were made to: Richard Watts $8.25 Wm Beatty Jr $8.25 Solomon Wennen $7.00 John G. McFarland $8.25 Joshua Beatty $8.25 James Beatty $8.25 John Willson Jr $4.75 & 62 1/2 cents Abraham Beatty died in the west. There was a freight bill for $14.95 to ship him back to Ohio. There was a person in Lane Station, Ogle Co., Illinois that requested $6. on 19 Dec 1854 to cover costs for attending him during his last sickness. This could use some research, However, I do not believe that our William Watts kept in touch with the Beattys after he left Ohio. William Henry Beatty also had land in Boone Co., Iowa when he died in 186 1. The only persons named Stacy in Muskingum Co, OH were Joseph Stacy and wife Anna Marie Stacy. They were foreign born. No connection to our Anna Stacey Beatty. In fact since Anna signed that deed in Hampshire Co., WV as Staecy Beatty, it makes me believe that Stacey is her middle name which is most likely the maiden name of her mother, rather than her maiden name. I checked Zanesville Courier OH from Nov 1, 1862 to Oct 22, 1863. There was nothing on Isaac Beatty. I check Zanesville Courier OH from Oct 23 1863 to Nov 4 1864, There was nothing on Anna Stacey Beatty. I checked City Times, Zanesville, OH Jan 3 1863 to Nov 7 1863. Nothing on Isaac Beatty. I checked Ohio Republic-an Jan I 1, 1823 to Jun 7 1845 nothing on Charles Watts. There are a lot more newspapers listed that are available at Columbus, OH but the Musk, county library didn't have them. There might be some Methodist records for the 1862 to 1864 time frame, but I don't know where to write to find them. In some old notes I found that Isaac Beatty was listed in Will Book D 1843 to 1854 on Page 302. Well I looked and looked. There was no Will Book D in the microfiche they had available for the public to use. I could not find out where the original books were. No one seemed to know, There was a Mary Watts who died 13 Sep 18,44 at age 86 years. She was the wife of Thomas. She is buried in the Fairview Meth. Church cem. # 2 in Adams Twp east of Adamsville. This Mary was born 1758. What do you think of the possibility of Thomas being the father of Charles and his brothers? or at least the older brother of Charles and the other possible brothers. Just a name to be watching for in Maryland. There was a death record written in a book for Mary Beatty, the sister of William Watts, the widow of William Henry Beatty. She died 28 Jan 1886, she was a widow, her age was 82yr 28 da, she died in Madison Twp, she was born in Baltimore MD, she was a housekeeper, she died of dropsey and age, she is buried in Madison Twp. There was a death record written in a book for George Watts. This is believed to be George S. Watts (most records list him as George L. Watts); he died 5 Aug 1874 at age 62 yr I m in Muskingum Twp of Muskingum Co.,. His parents were not fisted. He died of debility. He was married. This is the one that was married to Rebecca Beatty, Rachel's sister. There were two Watts in the Civil War. George W. Watts b 1841 d 23 Aug 1925. He is bur at St. Paul Lutheran Cem., Perry Township, Sonora, OH. He was in Co E 97th Reg, OH Vol Infantry. Next of kin Mrs. Susan Watts, Sonora OH, He was a Private. He was captured at Franklin; held over 4 months; wounded in explosion of the "Sultana"; discharged 10 May 1865. Arthur H. Watts b 1834 d Jun 1928. Buried Woodlawn, Zanesville, OH. The roster indicates his dob is 184 1. He was in Co M I at Reg OH Vol Calvwy. He was 2nd Lt in the Army enlisted Aug 30 1861 discharged Dec 20, 1862. I can't think of anything that would be on these records that would help in our research of our William Watts. BEATTY Beatty Cemetery record lists burials in the cemetery. there were a lot of broken stones and a lot of stones that had been repaired. The Genealogical Soc. had cleaned the cemetery and it was in good shape. You can have this copy of Isaac's and Anna's stones. There was nothing on Rachel, According to the current cemetery record there was an earlier list by Glenn Longaberger in 1973 and Rachel was not on that list either. She may be there without a stone or with a broken and crumbled stone. I am beginning to think they had started west when she died and she died during the winter of l840-1841. The 1882 history of Muskingum Co., OH talks about the Wesley Chapel ME. Church and it being organized about 1808. In the front of the church book it has the date for Isaac and Anna Stacey Beatty being Received for Probation as March 1812, and being Received into full membership as 1812. This book has to do with Muskingum Co and I believe that Isaac and Anna were there by 1812. However, it appears the writing was done on the same day and by the same person and it appears to be done about 1847, and it appears the entries after 1847 were done also by the same person but not on the same day. I get this feeling that Isaac Beatty kept this church record, It appears that from 1812 to 1823 they migrated from house to house to have their meetings. In 1823 they built the first meeting building, but it was over on the Perry township line. By the way Isaac never bought or sold any land in Muskingum County according to the deed books. Since we have no record of land location we won't be able to know exactly where Isaac was living prior to 1832 except for the Juror fist saying he was in Washington Twp in 1826, In 1832 he settled on his son's land in Madison County which is bounded on the South side by Washington Twp. I found a William Beaty owned 100 acres in R I T 8 See 3 Lot 22, in Muskingum Co OH who paid .65 tax in l806. I have no idea where this is, This is in a Duplicate Tax List copied from a copy copied at OH St. Hist. Sec. Lib. Columbus OH Dist. # 4 by Miss Irma B. Gobel, State Chairman OH DAR. On the 1825 Tax List was William Beatty R15 T17 See 23 Lot NW Twp Newton Twp. ******************************************** JOHN CLARENCE WATTS http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000212 WATTS, John Clarence, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., July 9, 1902; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927; was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced the practice of law in Nicholasville, Ky.; also operated a farm; police judge of Nicholasville, Ky., 1929-1933; county attorney of Jessamine County, Ky., 1933-1945; member of the State house of representatives in 1947 and 1948, serving as floor leader; commissioner of motor transportation for State of Kentucky 1948-1951; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election, April 14, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas R. Underwood; reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from April 14, 1951, until his death in Lexington, Ky., September 24, 1971; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky Contributed by Barbara Bose barbwire@midusa.net ******************************************** WILLIAMS FAMILY CEMETERY - South Carolina microfilm 1307583 in Salt Lake City Family History Library This cemetery is located on the old John Davenport place between Blefast and Cross Hill, S. C., about 3 or 4 hundred yards from Little River bridge, on the left of road and about 3 hundred yards from the road. The place, now, in 1959, owed by a Mr. Maddocks. James Watts, Jr. Aug, 26, 1795 - July 27, 1833 Nancy C. Watts, wife of James Watts, Jr. Dec. 16, 1799 - May 10, 1845 John W. Watts, son of James and Nancy C. Watts Dec. 26, 1832 - May 12, 1835 Emily C. Watts Feb. 9, 1826 - June 26, age 4 mo. 16 days Susan Constance, wife of J. Wash Watts Sept. 17, 1822 - Dec. 26, 1895 Recorded in the Bible records of Nancy Emily Watts, daughter of Colonel James Washington Watts and wife of John Calhoun Davis: Col. J. Washington Watts, age 67, died June 27, 1906 Contributed by Dale Molina - Dale9to4@aol.com ******************************************** WILL OF JAMES WATTS OF LAURENS CO. SOUTH CAROLINA microfilm 1307583 in Salt Lake City Family History Library To son Elihue C. Watts - tract of land know as Woods Land. To Priscilla Griffin to land know as Wheeler's land son James Watts children Narcissa goodman's children Son John Watts Betsey Chapan to act for $75.00 Apt. Ex. Sons - Elihue C; William D.; John Watts Signed James Watts Witnesses: W. B. Merriwether Hazle Smith Eliza B. Smith Book A., pa. 27, proved Jun 7, 1843, W. D. Watts, Ord. Contributed by Dale Molina - Dale9to4@aol.com ******************************************** Watts' On-Line: Compiled from e-mail and other sources Distributed by Lori Watts Linnell lwlinnell@aol.com
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