Watts' On-Line

The Watts On-line
Issue No. 59
February 6, 1999

WATTS' ON-LINE
Issue #59 February 6, 1999

I hope this issue has a little bit for everyone. My material is a bit thin, look at what you have and send it this way to share. Let's add lots of family members to our tree this year!

Contents:

1. Members Lines
2. Queries
3. Thomas Hill Watts, Govenor of Alabama
4. Winston Watts
5. Descendants of Garrett Watts and Sarah Dalton
6. Orange Co. Virginia Land deeds 1730-1772
7. Research Tip

MEMBERS LINES

From: jenorris@netdoor.com (John E. Norris)

Have saw where you have a Watts newsletter. Would be very
interested in what you might have on John A. Watts.
My link--- John A. Watts
dau. Barbara Watts m. Jesse Wiggins
dau. Zilphia Wiggins m. Abram Lott
dau. Louisa Lott m. Charles Norris
son Isaiah Norris m. Susan N. Anderson
son Taylor Norris b. March 11,1892 d. July 17,1961
m. Ione Vivian Rigdon b. Feb.3,1910 -Living
me---John E. Norris jenorris@netdoor.com

QUERIES

1. From: PMcgee7267@aol.com

Hi Lorry! I think I know something about this query as there are some coincidences with my line. It has been stated by some that Chief Attakullakulla is the son of Moytoy. This Cherokee connection would put Daniel Dodson Watts as a decendant of John Watts the trader. Chief John Watts went to Alabama after the wars, about 1800. He died in Willstown, DeKalb Co., between 1803 and 1809. I am interested in all informaton on Moytoy, Attakullkulla, John Watts and decendants. I hope to have a comprehensive paper on this family that I can share in the near future.

Paula McGee, PMgee7267@aol.com.

2. From: JKenn604@aol.com

I am interested in the James Watts family of Greenbriar Country WV., My grandmother was Eliza Virginia Watts, daughter of Wesley Clark Watts. Any information would be apprecited. Marilyn
JKenn604@aol.com

3. From: MARLR43@aol.com

Looking for anyone who had Watts family in PA. Most of them as far as I know came from Mifflin County and maybe Juniata. If anyone can help me it would be appreciated. Thanks Mary

Some of the Names I am searching for.
Samuel Watts /Tillie Dressler.
His son was James Watts my GGgrandfather who married Annie Benner.
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THOMAS HILL WATTS

From: sossoman@swbell.net (Jack Sossoman)
Some information on Thomas Hill Watts, Govenor of Alabama during the Civil War passed on to me by Phyllis Stovall.

Jack,
Here is some information on Thomas Watts the father of Thomas Hill. Thomas Watts b Prince William Co. VA 1747 d GA married Hannah Rust Boggess . When Thomas died Hannah married Gov. Raburn of GA. Hannah died Jan 1836 in Dallas Co. AL. In her will she named these heirs who now living.
Thomas, Vinson, John H., Josiah , Jeremiah, who administered the will , and the heirs of Charles Watts.
Others are James Harris and his wife Margaret; John ; Rumsey; William Earnest and his wife Keziah; Elizabeth ; Celia and Frances Watts.
Please feel free to publish all of the information in the Watts Newsletter.
God Bless,
Phyllis

Contributed by Jack Sossoman - sossoman@swbell.net
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WINSTON WATTS

I am submitting this family group sheet of Winston Watts, as you can see
there are several blanks that need to be filled in, would love to hear
from anyone researching this family.

Regards,
Edie Suttle, - jsattle9@fuse.net,

13 JAN 1999 Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Winston Watts
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Born: 31 OCT 1813 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: SEP 1868 in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
ath From: Occupation: 1
Father: John "Johnnie" Watts
Mother: Mildred "Millie" Watts
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Wife: Mary Kerrick
Married: in:
Ceremony: Divorced/Annulled/Separated: Year:
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Born: 1821 in: Kentucky
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
ath From: Occupation:
Father:
Mother:
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F Child 1 Amelia Watts
Born: 1837 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From: Occupation:
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M Child 2 John A. Watts
Born: 17 SEP 1838 in: Kentucky
Baptized: in:
Died: 08 APR 1888 in:
Buried: in: Watts Graveyard, Clark County, Kentucky
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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F Child 3 Lucinda Watts
Born: 1841 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
Spouse: Edward C. Grinstead
Married: 17 MAR 1868 in:
Ceremony: Divorced/Annulled/Separated: Year:
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F Child 4 Mary Ellen Watts
Born: 1844 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
Spouse: Valentine Schuchart
Married: 06 JUN 1866 in:
Ceremony: Divorced/Annulled/Separated: Year:
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F Child 5 Ruth Watts
Born: 1847 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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F Child 6 Melissa Watts
Born: 1849 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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F Child 7 Sarah Watts
Born: 1851 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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F Child 8 Dersilla Watts
Born: 1854 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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M Child 9 Samuel Karrick Watts
Born: 01 OCT 1857 in: Kentucky
Baptized: in:
Died: 01 AUG 1903 in:
Buried: in: Watts Graveyard, Clark County, Kentucky
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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F Child 10 Margarette Watts
Born: 28 SEP 1859 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From:
Occupation: 1
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F Child 11 Julia Watts
Born: 1862 in: Kentucky
Baptized: in:
Died: in:
Buried: in:
Other: in:
Death From: Occupation:
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1 1860 Census of Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky

Submitted by: Edie Suttle, - jsattle9@fuse.net,
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DESCENDENTS OF GARRETT WATTS & SARAH DALTON

Lori,
Here is everything I have on Garrett & Sarah (Dalton) Watts descendent, 5
generations. I have found LDS reference numbers for Garrett Reference:
2SNF-FS and Sarah Reference: BXCM-HL. I have not checked these out.
Finally, the family notes I have say that Garrett & Sarah had 12 children
and that the last 6 died as infants.

I am interested in information on Sarah Dalton and her ancestors as well as the descendents of any of their children.

Final notes Garrett Watts moved to NC, don't know where, before Johnson Watts was born. It also appears most or all of them moved to Lincoln Co., MO before 1840. Madison Watts was never married.

Howard Watts

Descendents of Garrett Watts & Sarah Dalton

1 Garrett WATTS
b. about 1791, Jamestown, Albemarle, VA
& Sarah DALTON
b. circa 1807
m. about 1826
1 Madison WATTS
b. about 1826
2 Elizabeth WATTS (2)
b. about 1827
& Mathew SAPP
b. 4/19/1822, Lincoln Co., MO
d. 5/25/1867, Pike Co., MO
m. 10/19/1842, Lincoln, Co. MO
1 Sarah Ann SAPP
b. 1843
2 James Hardin SAPP
b. 1846
3 Mary Margaret SAPP
b. 1849
4 Daniel Boone SAPP
b. 1849
5 John Madison SAPP
b. 1854
6 William Henry SAPP
b. 1857
7 Wesley Garrett SAPP
b. 1860
3 Johnson WATTS
b. 8/28/1828, NC
d. 1/19/1907, Lincoln Co., MO
& Mary Jane DAVIS
b. 10/23/1826
d. 11/30/1885
m. 31 APR 1854
1 Columbia Alice WATTS
b. 4/8/1856
& Columbus C. COX
m. BET 14 DEC 1876 AND 1881
1 Harriet Ann COX
b. 4/23/1883
& Curry VAUGHAN
m. about 1910
1 Mackie VAUGHN
b. 1/11/1912
2 Charley VAUGHN
b. 2/11/1913
& Martha ROBINSON
b. about 1915
m. about 1933
3 Woodrow VAUGHN
b. 9/16/1914
& Edel SUDDARTH
m. about 1934
4 Iris VAUGHN
b. 3/14/1927
2 Jefferson Davis COX
b. 3/24/1893
& Ana BRISCOE
1 Beatrice COX
b. 10/4/1916
& Warden SMITH
m. about 1936
2 John Davis COX
b. 5/8/1918
3 Woodrow COX
b. 1/15/1920
4 Marjorie COX
b. 8/8/1922
3 Mary Jane COX
b. 4/25/1896
2 Mahala Ann WATTS
b. 12/25/1858
& Curtis BEEDLE
m. about 1892
1 Mary BEEDLE
b. 1/8/1893
& Francis MARVIN
m. about 1912
1 Harry Francis MARVIN
b. about 1914
& Irene McCULLUM
m. about 1934
2 Vivian Elain MARVIN
b. about 1916
& Lester LENKE
m. about 1937
3 Tolman Kay MARVIN
b. about 1919
& Peggy HANSON
m. about 1940
4 Dale Eugene MARVIN
b. about 1921
& Loraine LARSON
m. about 1941
2 John BEEDLE
b. 10/16/1894
3 Clara BEEDLE
b. 8/10/1896
3 John Wesley WATTS
b. 7/28/1860
4 Jacob Porter WATTS
b. 9/9/1862
5 Robert Lee WATTS
b. 7/9/1864, Hurrican twp, MO
d. about 1962, Elsberry, MO
& Lula Isabell MARTIN
b. 11/24/1871, MO
d. 1/12/1958, Elsberry, MO
m. 2/24/1889, Lincoln, Co. MO
1 Howard Lee WATTS
b. 8/21/1890, Elsberry, MO
d. 12/1983, Fulton, MO
& Amelia ARNOUVILLE
b. 4/11/1894, Hamburg, Avoyelles Parish, LA
d. 1/12/1989, Fulton, MO
m. 6/15/1912, Hamburg, Avoyelles Parish, LA
1a Robert Marvin WATTS*
b. 4/13/1913, Hamburg, Avoyelles Parish, LA
& Marjory KLINE
m. 10/20/1940
div. about 1964
1b Robert Marvin WATTS*
b. 4/13/1913, Hamburg, Avoyelles Parish, LA
& Mary HINDS
m. 7/4/1965, MO
div. about 1967
1c Robert Marvin WATTS*
b. 4/13/1913, Hamburg, Avoyelles Parish, LA
& Grace JOHNSON
m. 5/11/1968
2a Arnie WATTS*
b. 5/29/1917, La Junta, Otero Co, CO
& Beatrice Eleanor CALL
b. 5/27/1920, Rocky Ford, Otero Co, CO
d. 3/24/1967, Fulton, MO
m. 3/30/1940, Raton, NM
2b Arnie WATTS*
b. 5/29/1917, La Junta, Otero Co, CO
& Helen FORSTER
b. 3/24/1921
m. 8/10/1968
3a Lawrence Lee WATTS*
b. 3/24/1922, Las Animas, Bent Co, CO
& Norma Jeane ROSENKOETTER
m. 12/16/1946
div. about 1950
3b Lawrence Lee WATTS*
b. 3/24/1922, Las Animas, Bent Co, CO
& Julia Ellen COLE
b. about 1932, LA
m. 6/13/1953
2 Louis Martin WATTS
b. 7/24/1892, Elsberry, MO
& Grace CUNNINGHAM
m. 6/14/1913, Elsberry, MO
1 Ellen Lenell WATTS
b. 11/30/1914, Lincoln, Co. MO
& James WATERS Jr.
m. 6/14/1939
2 Louis Easton WATTS
b. 6/6/1918
d. 5/27/1937
3a Nellie Eva WATTS*
b. 9/29/1894, Elsberry, MO
& Herbert H. RICHARDS
b. about 1895, Elsberry, MO
d. about 1930, Elsberry, MO
m. about 1915, Elsberry, MO
1 Russel Louis RICHARDS
b. 9/5/1916, Elsberry, MO
d. 9/5/1916, Elsberry, MO
2 Milford Lee RICHARDS
b. 9/15/1918, Elsberry, MO
& Alma Lee DAMERON
m. 9/22/1945, Elsberry, MO
3b Nellie Eva WATTS*
b. 9/29/1894, Elsberry, MO
& Tom SULLENGER
m. 2/26/1933, Elsberry, MO
4 Annie Mary Elsie WATTS
b. 9/17/1897, Elsberry, MO
d. 5/16/1937, Las Animas, Bent Co, CO
6 Martha Jane WATTS
b. 1/8/1867, Lincoln Co, MO
& Lorenzo Dow SPYRES
b. about 1865
m. 12/7/1892
1 Dalmatha SPYRES
b. 8/7/1894, Nebraska
& Elmer Charles ROWLAND
m. 1/2/1912
1 Mildred Fern ROWLAND
b. 9/11/1913
2 Ernest Doyle ROWLAND
b. 3/2/1917
3 Carl Alfred ROWLAND
b. 12/17/1921
4 Lucile Iva ROWLAND
b. 7/13/1925
2 Susie Extine SPYRES
b. 6/2/1896, Nebraska
& Carol MAYFIELD
m. about 1816
1 Clarence Jackie MAYFIELD
b. about 1917
2 Nadine Winifred MAYFIELD
b. about 1919
3 Lora D. SPIRES
b. 8/1/1901
& Cisero Walter COLEY
b. about 1900
m. about 1921
1 Cisero COLEY Jr.
b. about 1923
7 Mary Susan WATTS
b. 1/1/1869, Elsberry, MO
& Unknown STERNLINGER
m. 2/13/1889
1 Lillie May STERNLINGER
b. 2/13/1890
2 Vera D. STERNLINGER
b. 5/14/1892
4 Mary WATTS (2)
b. about 1830
& James WILSON
m. about 1850
5 Martha WATTS
b. about 1831
& Unknown BROWNING
m. about 1850
6 Unknown WATTS
b. 1832

contributed by: hrwatts@mindspring.com (Howard R. Watts)

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1730-1772 ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS - WATTS
These abstracts were transcribed by Ann Miller and are found in the Watts Family Folder at the Orange County Historical Society.

OCDB 1, pa. 419, 420 - Edward Watts of St. Mark's Parish, O.C. to Richard Mauldin of St Margaret's Parish, Caroline Co., 900 acres, the whole of a patient granted to Watts, 28 Sep 1728, adj. Robert Slaughter, John Lee, Thomas Watts. Recorded 24 Feb 173?

OCDB 3, pa. 16-18, - Abraham Bledsoe of O.C. to Thomas Watts of same, 184 acres on Black Walnut Run, O.C. adj. Major Smith, Capt. Harden, Isaac Bledsoe. Recorded 29 Sep 1738

OCDB 4, pa 449 - William Hackney, Gentleman, of Prince William Co., to William Watts, Sr. and William Watts Jr. of St. Marks Parish, O.C. 400 acres in O.C. on Summerduck Run in the Great Fork of the Rappahanock (this is present day Culpeper Co.) Recorded 29 May 1741

OCDB 9, pa. 123 - Lease from the executors of Alexander Spotswood, Dec. to Thomas Watts, 150 acres in St. Mark's Parish on the north side of the Rapidan River (in present day Culpeper Co.) on Cowslip Run, lease to last the lives of Thomas Watts and his daughter Jemina Watts. Dated 23 May 1744, recorded 25 May 1744

OCDB 10, pa. 333 - William Russell, Sheriff of O.C. to Edward Watts of O.C. land sold at auction to satisfy a debt, 180 acres in Orange Co., no other description. Dated 2? Aug 1746, recorded same.

OCDB 10, pa. 433 - Lease from the executors of Alexander Spotswood, dec. to Joel Watts, 150 acres (on Rapidan River) lease for the lives of Joel and William Watts (no relation stated). Dated and recorded 27 June 1747

OCDB 10, pa. 520 - Thomas Watts of Orange Co. to Benjamin Cave of same, 184 acres (see OCDB 3, pa. 16, 18) Signed by Thomas and Ester Watts. Dated and recorded 23 July 1748.

OCDB 11, pa. 131 - John and Sarah Minor of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co., St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Co. to David Watts of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co. 600 acres in St. Thomas' Parish, O.C. adj. Col. William Todd and Thomas Chew (near present-day Gordonsville). Dated 9 Mar 1748, recorded 23 Mar 1748.

OCDB 12, pa. 209 - David and Susannah Watts of Fredericksville Parish to Jones of O.C. 600 acres (see OCDB 11, pa. 131). Dated and recorded 25 Apr 1754

OCDB 12, pa. 454 - William and Elizabeth Johnson, planters, of Culpeper Co. to Edward and Elizabeth Watts of Orange Co., planters exchange of land, on Black Walnut Run in Orange Co., near the old (Clerk's) office (this is in the eastern part of the county. Dated 21 Mar 1758

OCDB 15, pa. 330 - Charles and Clary Robinson of Caroline Co. to William Strothers, Edward Watts, and Nicholas Porter of Orange Co., 1000 acres. Dated 15 Nov 1770, recorded 28 Mar 1771.

OCDB 16, pa. 24 - John and Elizabeth Snell of St. Thomas' Parish, O.C. to William Watts of Brumfield Parish, Culpeper Co., 141 acres Snell bought at Harry Beverley's sale (Octonia lands), adjoining Zachariah Burnley, Henry White (Henry and Frances Barnett White witnessed the deed). Dated 21 Oct 1772, recorded 22 Oct 1772.

OCDB 16, pa. 25 - Henry and Frances White of O.C. (St. Thomas' Parish) to William Watts of Brumfield Parish, Culpeper Co., 164 acres bought at Hary Beverley's sale, on the east side of Still's Mountain adj. Zach. Burnley, the road (probably modern Rt. 609). Dated and recorded 22 Oct 1772

Contributed by Mark White
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A GREAT RESEARCH TIP

Some clues I've discovered when looking for Native American ancestors:
birth certificate may have the person's race marked as "pass for white" or
"white" instead of Caucasian. In southern states when octaroon laws were in
place, mixed race children were sometimes given this racial designation. I
know that some counties in Tennessee still marked births this way in 1950,
as my sister-in-law found out when she obtained her birth certificate.

Contributed by: jsteuver@seidata.com (JoDell Steuver)
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Watts' On-Line: Compiled from e-mail and other sources
Distributed by Lori Watts Linnell lwlinnell@aol.com