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CONTENTS1. Members Lines 2. A Different Frances Marion Watts 3. Amelia Watts Letters 4. Baldwin H. Watts Book 5. Anslym Lynch Watts – Chronology & Commentary, part 2 6. Watts in the War of 1812 7. Arthur Watts 8. Watts Web Sites MEMBERS LINESFrom: bev-mike@rippeto.comBeverly MARTIN Rippeto a.. I am the gg-grandaughter of Elizabeth WATTS who married Mathew SAPP. b.. Their son, (my g-grandfather) William Henry "Bub" SAPP married Euphamia Isabelle DALLY Crump c.. Their son, (my grandfather) Clyde McClelland SAPP married Elsie Lee SAPP ... of a different Sapp line. d.. Their daughter, (my mother) Eleana Juanita SAPP married James Kenneth MARTIN e.. Their daughter, (myself) Beverly Yvonne MARTIN married Michael Stephen RIPPETO, Sr. f.. Our children, Michelle Yvonne RIPPETO and Michael Stephen RIPPETO, Jr. From: jrtyler27@yahoo.com (John Tyler) My line is: John A. Watts, Anson Co., NC Moses L. Hornsby and Katherine Watts, Rankin Co., MS Thomas M. Hornsby and unknown, Travis Co., TX Elisha Brown and Katy Ann Hornsby, DeSoto Pa. LA Joel Raspberry Register and Mary Tennesse Brown, Desoto Pa., LA Daniel Brown Register and Cordie Ethel Pyle, Desoto Pa., LA Ernest Howard Tyler and Johnnie Maude Register, DeSoto Pa., LA I am looking forward to some useful exchanges. ******************************************** A DIFFERENT FRANCES MARION WATTSFrom: dlaffert@netdoor.com (Diane Lafferty) This is a different Frances Marion Watts than what Owen Girley sent in last month. I am wondering who he is and if any one in the list can help. The one that Owen Girley sent in is of my family. Can any one help identify this Frances Marion Watts? .1 Francis Marion Watts Sr. +?Cynthia Putnam ..2 George Washington Watts was his brother and he is buried in Colyell Cemetary in Livingston Parish, LA. ..2 Francis Marion Watts Jr. b.1832 +Vasti Edwards(m.1849) (7 children - Julia Ann born 1850, George born 1852, Coleann Missouri born 1853, Dorothy Malinda born 1858, Thomas born 1864, Marion L. birth unknown and Sylvester birth unknown. ) ...3 George "Bud" Watts ...+(1)Sarah Woods ....4 Emma Watts +Theophlous Taylor (great great maternal grandmother) ...+(2)Melissa Edwards ....4 Carew Watts .....5 Ruby Watts (paternal grandmother) ********************************************AMELIA WATTS LETTERSFrom: ocgirley@megagate.com (Owen C. Girley)There have been some questions recently about the Amelia Watts Letters which are on file in the Archives in Jackson, Mississippi. They were written in 1832 and concern this Amelia's visits to plantations in Louisiana. We have been told that the letters contain no genealogical information but we hsave also been told that this Amelia's grandfather was Judge Seth Lewis. We do not believe that this Amelia was thedaughter of John and Judith, but who was she? can anyone out there Help?Owen C. Girley******************************************** BALDWIN H. WATTS BOOKFrom: dnjperry@burgoyne.com (Dale S. Perry) About 10 years ago a family history book about Baldwin Harvey Watts and his wives, Barbara Jane Levi & Emma Wheadon was printed. We think you have a copy, but It is 476 pages, 356 pages about the Watts and 72 pages about the Wheadon line. The book was compiled by Louise Holt in 1990-91. Since that time many relatives have asked whether more copies are available. Louise Holt said if there is enough interest, she will have it republished. The cost will depend on the number of copies printed. The original cost was about $40. Will you tell about this in your next newsletter. Those having an interest should let me know, as I told Louise I would help identify who wants copies. Thanks, Jeanine Watts Perry 115 S Canyon Way email: dnjperry@netutah.net Centerville, Utah 84014-2355 ********************************************ANSLUM LYNCH WATTS - CHRONOLOGY & COMMENTARYPART TWOFrom: saramcb@socket.net (SARA GRIMES MCBETH) The copy from Stephen Watts is Reminiscences of Anslum Lynch Watts on Civil War Days A Private in the 21st Virginia Cavalry and 36th Virginia Infantry Edited by John Eric Olson Anslum Lynch Watts was the second son born to William Paulus and Elyira Christian Watts. William Watts, born February 15, 1819, had married Elyira Christian on November 25, 1841. Elyira had just turned 19, her date of birth being November 22, 1822. Daniel R. Watts was their first son; he was born in 1842. Anslum Lynch Watts soon followed, entering the world on January 13,1845. The Watts lived in Bedford County, Virginia near Lynchburg, where they farmed. After the outbreak of the civil War, Daniel Watts enlisted in the 58th Virginia Infantry, Company C on July 27, 1861 at the age of nineteen. Daniel signed up for a one year term of service at Big Island, Virginia with Captain John A. Chilton as the enlisting officer. Two years later at the age of eighteen, Anslum would join his brother in fighting for the Confederacy. “ It was in July 1863 that I went to war. I had to report first at Washington Salt Works. Branson Merriweather was Captain and William E. Jones was Brigadier General. I was assigned to the 21st Virginia Cavalry which operated for the most part in the Shenandoah Valley." Anslum Watts enlisted in the 21st Virginia cavalry, 2nd Company C on July 1, 1863. His enlistment coincided with the first day's fighting at Gettysburg. Alexander C. Branscom was Captain of 2nd Company C and William Nicholas Meriwether was its 1st Lieutenant. The name "Branson Merriweather,, was a juxtaposition of the two officers. Lt. Meriwether Was the enlisting officer for Anslum Watts, who joined for the duration of the war. Meriwether was also from Bedford County and had attended VMI just prior to the war. Meriwether served as 1st Lieutenant in the 58th Virginia Infantry until joining the 21st Virginia Cavalry. The 21st Virginia Cavalry was formally organized August 27, 1863 under the command of Colonel William Elisha Peters. Peters had been a professor of Latin and Greek at Emory & Henry College before the war. He served as colonel of the 45th Virginia Infantry until 1862, when he was not re-elected; he then led the 2nd virginia State Line before he began recruiting for the new cavalry regiment. The 21st Cavalry showed 942 men in aggregate and was initially based at Camp Laurel, which was on the Holston > River near Saltville, Virginia. The 21st Cavalry was first assigned to the brigade of General John S. Williams. In November 1863, Williams was relieved of command and the 21st Cavalry was placed under the command of General William E. "Grumble" Jones. "I did my first fighting in Eastern Tennessee where I remember I lost my first horse. The first horse I lost he starved to death. He got so weak that he couldn't go. I hated to see him in this condition so I took him out to some farm people one night and begged them to keep him for me until he recuperated. When I went back to get him, the Yankees had stolen him. My father was a great lover of horses and I couldnever stand to see them suffer." The 21st Cavalry saw its first prolonged action in the Eastern Tennessee campaign of 1863. Williams' Brigade moved into Sullivan County, Tennessee on September 8, 1863 and proceeded to engage Union troops in almost daily skirmishing. On October 10 and 11, Williams fought heavier actions against General Ambrose T. Burnside's Ninth Corps and was able to fight through Foster's Brigade at their rear to escape to Virginia The Confederates and the 21st Virginia Cavalry later enjoyed victories > under Grumble Jones as he led successful raids on Rogersville, Tn., Jonesville, Va. and Wyerman's Mills, Va. The harsh conditions for man and animal alluded to by Anslum Watts are amplified by John S. Deyerle, the surgeon of the 21st Cavalry. On December 17, 1863, Deyerle wrote to Col. Peters, "During the last fifteen days the number of sick has increased at a ratio far beyond what might ordinarily be expected from change of season ...." Deyerle cited three reasons for the decline in the regiment's health: (1) inadequate protection from the weather, (2) excessive marching at night, and (3) irregularity of eating. Many men were reported to be without overcoats or shoes "... so that cases of frostbite are not rare." "I was under General Early much of the time in the Shenandoah Valley. I well remember the Battle of Piedmont. Of the 500 of us dismounted cavalrymen in that battle, only 100 were left. General Jones was killed." The Battle of Piedmont was fought on June 5, 1864. General David Hunter, commanding about 8,500 Union soldiers, moved toward Piedmont in the early morning hours. After heaving fighting, the Confederates were routed. Hunter captured nearly 1,000 men and Grumble Jones was killed along with about 400 Southerners. The 21st Virginia Cavalry lost 28 men in the battle; one died, two were wounded and 25 taken prisoner. Alexander Branscom, Anslum Watts' captain, was wounded by a cannon shot that carried off his right forearm. Captain Branscom would have to resign due to disability on November 8, 1864; however, he would later gain notoriety for forging and swindling. He served two prison sentences in New York State prison, the last being a 10 year term starting in 1885. After Jones' death, the 21st Cavalry was placed under the command of General John O. McCausland. McCausland fought a delaying action against Hunter as the Union general advanced towards Lynchburg. General Lee detached Jubal A. Early and the Second Corps from the Army of Northern Virginia to defend Lynchburg and the Shenandoah Valley. "Once, I went home on a seven day furlough to get a horse and stayed fourteen days. I met my company this time out about Lynchburg. I remember well how hard my father and mother took it when I left. The Yankees burned so many of our barns and mills in the Shenandoah Valley. It was one day soon after that Hunter was trying to raid Lynchburg, but we kept him out." The timely arrival Of Early's forces enabled Lynchburg to be saved. After Hunter and his Yankees were turned back in Battle of Lynchburg on June 18, 1864, Early pursued Hunter down the Valley where the Confederates would again witness the destruction of property wrought by the Union forces. Countless homes, businesses, barns and mills were burnt to the ground by Hunter. "Oh yes, I meant to tell you that when Hunter made his raid toward Lynchburg and came within sight of our home, father hid his meat. He covered it with big rocks. I'm told that old rock pile is still standing. I'd rather see that old rock pile than anything in Virginia today." Early reorganized his command after Lynchburg and Bradley T. Johnson was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of Grumble Jones' Brigade. "I was in sight of Washington once during the war." Here, Anslum Watts refers to Jubal Early's Raid on Washington which occurred in July 1864. While Early's main force moved on Washington from Frederick, Maryland, Bradley Johnson's Brigade took a circuitous path through Westminster, Md. and Baltimore en route to their goal of liberating Confederate prisoners at Pt. Lookout, Md. Johnson got as far as Laurel before being called back to join the main body at Silver Spring. The 21st Cavalry and Johnson's Brigade skirted the outer defenses of Washington as they moved at night to rejoin Early. Several weeks later, David Hunter would again figure in the actions of the 21st Cavalry. Hunter destroyed the private homes of Andrew Hunter, his cousin who was Virginia's prosecutor against John Brown; Alexander Boteler; and Edmund J. Lee, a cousin of Robert E. Lee. To retaliate, General Early ordered Generals McCausland and Johnson to proceed to Chambersburg, Pa. to demand $100,000 in gold or 500,000 in currency to pay for the homes burned by Hunter. If Chambersburg failed to pay, it was to be burned to the ground. The town refused to pay the Confederates and McCausland ordered Col. Peters to carry out the burning. Peters refused to obey the orders and the 21st Cavalry was sent out of town and their colonel was placed under arrest. The town was virtually destroyed; 537 residences or other buildings were burned at a loss of more than $1.2 million. After the burning of chambersburg, Johnson and McCausland moved back into what is now West Virginia, encamplng at Moorefield. At daybreak on August 7, 1864, Union forces under the command of Geaeral William W. Averell swept down on the Southerners and routed them. "I remember well the fight at Moorefield, Virginia. It was in the western part of the state -- I lost my hat there. We lost most of our men there. There were only two in our company when the battle was over. Johnson was our General. He cried like a Baby when he saw the condition of our army. Here, the Yankees rushed in on us early one morning. Most of them were drunk. There was a regular stampede." At Moorefield, Colonel Peters was able to bring the 21st Cavalry into a defensive position. The 21st Cavalry along with the 27th Battalion Virginia Cavalry were able to fight off the Union advance for about thirty minutes which allowed most of McCausland's men to escape capture. Bradley Johnson himself only narrowly escaped falling into Yankees hands. Col. Peters was shot through the chest, from right to left through both lungs, and was left for dead. He would miraculously recover and return to his command in December 1B64. Peters led the 21st Cavalry until the surrender at Appomattox. After the war, Peters returned to academia, being a professor at the University of Virginia for thirty-six years. The 21st Cavalry suffered heavy losses at Moorefield; five men were wounded and another 55 (including seven officers) were captured. "As soon as I got a horse, I went back to my company commanded by Fitzhugh Lee. I was in the Shenandoah Valley when it was raided by Sheridan." Watts' company and the 21st Cavalry remained under Bradley Johnson's command for a several more months. Lunsford Lomax replaced Robert Ransom as Johnson's commanding officer. Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry was also assigned to Early, however, Watts' regiment was never directly under Fitz Lee's command. "The Battle of Winchester stands out clearly in my mind. We had such hard fighting there. It was in the Battle of Winchester that Alex Sledd's leg was shot off." The Third Battle of Winchester was fought on September 19, 1864. Sheridan's forces greatly outnumbered Early's and won the battle after eight hours of fighting. Union casualties were reported to be 5,016 while the Confederates reported 3,611 killed, wounded or missing. Alexander A. Sledd was a friend of the Watts who had enlisted in the 42nd Virginia Infantry, Company D on May 31, 1861. Having long served in the Stonewall Division under the great Confederate general, the 42nd Infantry now was in General William Terry's command, part of John B. Gordon's Division. At Winchester, Corporal Sledd was shot in the leg and suffered a compound fracture at the knee. His leg was amputated at the lower third of his thigh by a Union assistant surgeon on September 23. Sledd was sent to Fort McHenry and then to the U.S. General Hospital at Pt. Lookout, Md. He was released from prison at Pt. Lookout on June 2, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. "Being unable to get a horse, I served in the infantry about four months.. Anslum Watts was transferred to the 36th Virginia Infantry, Company I, sometime after November 2, 1864 but before December 31. "My captain -- Captain Gott -- said that since I was so near I might go home for the night and overtake them the next day. We were only about a mile and a half from my home. Father saw me coming up the hill and thought at first I was a Yankee. He got his gun. Mother was carrying a bucket of water on her head from the spring at the foot of the hill. She grabbed me -- I have forgotten what happened to the bucket of water. The next day, father took me on horseback to my company which was about fifteen or twenty miles away by that time. How I hated to see father return alone." Captain Andrew A. Gott commanded Company I, 36th Virginia Infantry. He was wounded and captured at Third Winchester on September 19, 1864. Although Anslum Watts served in Gott's company, Captain Gott had been captured before Watts' transfer. In the unedited portion of the Reminiscences, Watts recalled this episode after the defense of Lynchburg. It is likely that he was granted leave while in the 21st Cavalry by Lt. Meriwether, then commanding 2nd Company C, and was mistaken regarding the captain's identity. "I was captured March 1, 1865 at Fisher's Hill, twelve miles from Staunton, by Sheridan's army. 1300 of us were captured. It was a very muddy time. The Captain said to me, "Surrender." I pulled off my cap. He said, "That's a d--- poor way to surrender." I then threw down my gun." Anslum Watts was taken prisoner at Fishersville, Virginia on March 2, 1865. Almost the entirety of'Early's once-feared army was captured and those that could escape, scattered in disarray. Earlier in the 1864 Valley Campaign, Watts and the 21st Cavalry fought at Fisher's Hill against Sheridan's forces. On that 22nd day of September, 1864, the confederates were once again defeated. "They marched us to Winchester, which was 106 miles away, put us on stock cars and took us to Harper's Ferry and then to Baltimore. There, we were put on a boat and taken to Fort Delaware in the Chesapeake Bay where we were put in prison. I was on this crowded train all night and half of the next day. We were so crowded that we had to stand and I was near the engine. I got so hot that when I got off, I took a terrible cold. The island on which the prison was located in the Chesapeake Bay contained 95 acres. I was often assigned pickett duty. There were little stands about the prison where one could buy things if he had the money. I had none. Once, I wanted to write a letter home and sold my day's rations for a postage stamp. I wrote only two letters while there. We had very little to eat in prison --three crackers, a cup of soup and a bit of meat was all." Fort Delaware, sometimes called "the Andersonville of the North," is located on Pea Patch Island, which lies in the middle of the Delaware River. The island is approximately 178 acres and is about two miles in length. "My brother, Daniel, was in the same prison for fourteen months. We had not heard from him for so long, we had given him up as dead. Daniel was in the 58th Virginia Infantry ... part of Stonewall Jackson's Brigade. He was in the tent the night that General Jackson gave orders to his men to shoot any who came through -- he heard him give the command." Daniel Watts was taken prisoner at Sportsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864 in some of the fiercest fighting of the war. Daniel Watts' regiment, the 58th Virginia Infantry, was assigned to Stonewall Jackson's Corps in Jubal Early's Brigade. "Ambrose Hewitt was captured when I was and told Daniel, who had already been in prison some months, that I was there. One day, Daniel recognized me. I was at the pump getting a drink. He stepped up and said, "Artslum, is this you?" We both stared at each other, overjoyed to find each other. Daniel was in the 5th barracks and I was in the 17th." Ambrose R. Hewitt, another friend of the Watts, was a private in Captain Thomas J. Kirkpatrick's Company of Light Artillery, also known as the Amherst Artillery. Hewitt had enlisted on August 8, 1863 and was present at every muster roll until his capture at Fishersville on March 2, 1865. His home was in Campbell County, Va. Hewitt stood 5'6", had dark hair and blue eyes. He was released from Ft. Delaware on June 20, 1865 after taking the Oath. "Once while in prison, I was very sick from eating too many beans. One of the officers had given them to me. They were so good and I was very hungry that I ate too many. I remember how terribly sick I was. It was while we were in prison that Lincoln was killed. It was April. Crepe was hung everywhere and those words were put up where all could see them, "ALL NATIONS MOURN THE PATRIOT SLAIN." It was raining that morning – it was that morning I remember we were being taken across the bridge. Someone crowded me off and I fell into the water waist deep and took a terrible cold. I was released from prison on June 21, 1865. When we left prison ..., They took us to Loundville. From there, we walked 18 miles home. I was so sick that Daniel and Ambrose Newitt had to support me. We had just one pair of shoes among us and took turns wearing them. John Crank was with us, too. We got home June 27. Mother was in the garden getting butterbeans. The butterbean poles were between us and her, but she managed to get to us." John W. Crank, like Ambrose Hewitt, was a private in the Amherst Artillery. He enlisted on February 2, 1864 and was captured at Fishersville (also referred to in the Compiled Service Records as Waynesboro) on March 2, 1865. A neighbor of the Watts from Bedford County, Crank was 5'10", had dark hair and blue eyes, and was released on Oath on June 19, 1865. Anslum Watts and his brother, Daniel, were released on the same day, June 21, 1865. Daniel was the smaller of the brothers, standing 5'7". Anslum stood 5'10" and had light hair and blue eyes. Having taken the Oath of Allegiance, they were now free to return to their home in Virginia. "I wasn't able to do anything for several weeks after we got home from the war. Daniel helped cut wheat. The first money I made after the war was on ginseng. We all went up in the mountains and dug ginseng roots. We each got a pound and got $5.00 a pound for it. Then I dug sassafras root and picked chestnuts and sold them. I made only one crop in Virginia after the war. We had a letter from Uncle Charles Christian, my mother's brother, who had gone out to Missouri and in which he bragged up that state. The Robinsons and Clarks were going out there, so Daniel decided to go with them. I stayed with father and helped him put in the crop. Daniel wrote letters about the wonderful Missouri land, so we all decided to come. We got to Missouri about Christmas 1866. We couldn't tell they had had a war in Missouri. In Virginia, there were great ditches everywhere." The Watts family settled in Lincoln County, Missouri, which is north of St. Louis, near the town of Elsberry. Their farm was about one-half mile west of town. Anslum Watts married Lou Price Mayes on October 4, 1881. They had four daughters: Arretta Lynch, Grace Alma, Lena and Vincil. Anslum Watts died on December 10, 1928 at the age of 83. His wife, who was seventeen years younger than Anslum, passed away on November 5, 1959 at 97 years of age. Anslum Lynch Watts is buried at Elsberry City Cemetery in Elsberry, Missouri. BIBLIOGRAPHY Manuscripts Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, Records Group No.109, Microcopy #324. National Archives. Mott, Thomas Bentley Papers, Virginia Historical Society. Published Primary Sources U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 Vols. Washington, D.C., 1880-1901. Other Sources Olson, John E. 21st Virqinia Cavalry. Lynchburg, 1989. Scott, J. L. 36th Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg, 1986. Wallace, Lee A. A Guide to Virqinia Military Organizations. Lynchburg, 1986. ******************************************** WATTS IN THE WAR OF 1812 Men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1815. Taken from records in the National Archives Database: Ancestry. Com ABRAHAM WATTS 7 REG'T (MAGNIEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. ADAM WATTS 4 REG'T (BAYLES') EAST TENNESSEE MILITIA. ALEXANDER WATTS 1 REG'T (BYRNE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. ANDREW WATTS 33 REG'T (SPENCER'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. ARCHIBALD WATTS DETACHMENT OF CAVALRY (1813-14), VIRGINIA MILITIA. ARCHIBALD WATTS 3 REGIMENT U.S. VOLUNTEERS. ARCHIBALD WATTS 6 REG'T SHARP'S VIRGINIA MILITIA. BEAUFORT T. WATTS NASH'S REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA VOLS. BENJAMIN WATTS CLEVELAND'S REGIMENT (1814), NEW YORK MILITIA. BIEDSOE WATTS 13 REG'T (DUDLEY'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA. BRAXTON WATTS NASH'S REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA VOLS. CAR WATTS 109 REG'T (MUSES') VIRGINIA MILITIA. CER WATTS 109 REG'T (MUSE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. CHARLES WATTS 1 REGIMENT (DODGE'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. CHARLES WATTS 4 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. CHARLES WATTS 26 REG'T (AULD'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. CHARLES WATTS 41 REG'T (HUTCHINS') MARYLAND MILITIA. CHARLES WATTS 51 REG'T (AMEY'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. CHARLES WATTS 109 REG'T (MUSE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. CLEMENTS WATTS 2 REG'T (BEDEL'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. CONRAD WATTS CLEVELAND'S REGIMENT (1814), NEW YORK MILITIA. CURTIS WATTS 90 REG'T (MAR.-AUG., 1813,) VIRGINIA MIL. DANIEL WATTS CORNING'S DETACHMENT, VERMONT MILITIA. DANIEL WATTS PRIOR'S REGIMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA. DANIEL WATTS 6 REG'T ART'Y (READ, JR.'S,) VIRGINIA MIL. DANIEL WATTS 9 REGIMENT (BOYD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. DANIEL WATTS 64 AND 93 CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA. DANIEL C. WATTS BRIMBLECOM'S REG'T MASSACHUSETTS MIL. DAVID WATTS CAPT. WILEY'S CO., NORTH CAROLINA MIL. DAVID WATTS 1 REG'T (BELKNAP'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. DAVID WATTS 1 REG'T (HOBB'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA. DAVID WATTS 2 REG'T (PATTERSON'S) PENNSYLVANIA MIL. DAVID S. WATTS 2 REG'T (BEDEL'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. DEMPSEY WATTS 9 REG'T (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. DEMPSY WATTS 7 REG'T (MAGNIEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. DIXON B. WATTS 1 RIFLE BATT'N (PINKNEY'S), MARYLAND MIL. DIXON B. WATTS 39 REG'T (FOWLER'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. DUNCAN WATTS 6 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. DUNCAN WATTS 39 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. EBENEZER WATTS 1 REG'T (BYRNE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. EBENEZER WATTS 39 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. EDWARD WATTS 1 RIFLE BATT'N (PINKNEY'S), MARYLAND MIL. EDWARD WATTS 1 REGIMENT (SUTTON'S), OHIO MILITIA. EZEKIEL WATTS 1 REG'T ART'Y (HARRIS') MARYLAND MILITIA. FRANCIS WATTS 2 REG'T (BALLOWE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. FREEMAN WATTS 2 REG'T (BLASDELL'S) MASSACHUSETTS MIL. GARNETT WATTS 1 REG'T (CRUTCHFIELD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. GARRET WATTS 4 REG'T (BEATTY'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 1 REG'T (PIPKIN'S) WEST TENNESSEE MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 2 REG'T (BEDEL'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 4 REG'T CAVALRY, MARYLAND MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 4 REG'T (STEELE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 5 REG'T (FOOTE'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 16 REG'T (PORTER'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 21 REG'T (REED'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. GEORGE WATTS 159 REG'T (HECOX'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. GEORGE K. WATTS 83 REG'T (SCOTT'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. GEORGE W. WATTS 1 REG'T (METCALFE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. GREENBERRY WATTS 5 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. GUY WATTS 2 REG'T (DELAMATER'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. HADEN WATTS LIEUT. COL. LEVENS' REGIMENT, ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI MILITIA. HANSEY WATTS CAPT. MASSIE'S MTD. COMPANY, OHIO VOLS. HENRY WATTS CAPT. DEWITT'S MOUNTED CO., OHIO MILITIA. HENRY WATTS 2 REGIMENT MARYLAND MILITIA. HENRY WATTS 5 REG'T (PADDACK'S) INDIANA MILITIA. HENRY S. WATTS CONSOLIDATED ART'Y AND INFANTRY REG'T, NEW YORK MILITIA. HENRY S. WATTS 3 REGIMENT U.S. VOLUNTEERS. HINKSTON WATTS 1 REG'T (MCARTHUR'S), OHIO VOLS. AND MIL. HOLLAND WATTS 2 REGIMENT (JENNINGS') KENTUCKY VOLS. HORACE WATTS 4 REG'T (BEATTY'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. HOWARD WATTS 17 REG'T (FRANCESCO'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA. HOWARD WATTS 82 REG'T (JULY, 1814-JAN., 1815,) VIRGINIA MILITIA. HUGH WATTS 6 REG'T (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. ISAAC WATTS BRIMBLECOM'S REG'T MASSACHUSETTS MIL. JAMES WATTS RENICK'S REGIMENT (1812), OHIO MILITIA. JAMES WATTS CAPT. STUNTZ'S COMPANY, ILLINOIS MILITIA. JAMES WATTS 1 REGIMENT (DODGE'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. JAMES WATTS 1 REGIMENT RIFLEMEN (IRWIN'S), PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA. JAMES WATTS 1 REG'T (NAPIER'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. JAMES WATTS 2 REG'T (MCWILLIE'S) SOUTH CAROLINA MIL. JAMES WATTS 5 REG'T (FENTON'S) PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA. JAMES WATTS 7 REG'T (MAGNIEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JAMES WATTS 19 REGIMENT LOUISIANA VOLUNTEERS. JEREMIAH WATTS 1 RIFLE REG'T (ALLEN'S), KENTUCKY VOLS. JESSE WATTS DUDLEY'S MOUNTED BATT'N, KENTUCKY VOLS. JOHN E. WATTS CARSON'S REGIMENT, MISSISSIPPI MILITIA. JOHN WATTS CASE'S REGIMENT, NEW YORK VOLS. AND MILITIA. JOHN WATTS CLEVELAND'S REGIMENT (1814), NEW YORK MILITIA. JOHN WATTS ROBERT CRUTCHFIELD'S DETACHMENT, VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS DAVIS' BATTALION, WEST TENNESSEE MILITIA. JOHN WATTS FELDER'S BATT'N, ART'Y, SOUTH CAROLINA MIL. JOHN WATTS FREEMAN'S SQUADRON CAVALRY, GEORGIA MIL. JOHN WATTS CAPTAIN KELSICK'S COMPANY, RIFLEMEN, VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS MILLER'S DETACHMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA. JOHN WATTS COL. MORGAN, JR.'S, REG'T CHEROKEE INDIANS. JOHN WATTS LIEUT. REAB'S CO., DRAGOONS, OHIO MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 1 REGIMENT RIFLEMEN (IRWIN'S), PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 1 REGIMENT (RAGAN'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 1 REG'T (YOUNGBLOOD'S) SOUTH CAROLINA MIL. JOHN WATTS 2 REG'T ARTILLERY, VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 2 REG'T (BALLOWE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 2 REG'T (EVANS') VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 2 REGIMENT (THOMAS'), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. JOHN WATTS 3 REG'T (WIMBERLY'S), GEORGIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 5 REG'T (FOOTE'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 5 REGIMENT (RENICK'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. JOHN WATTS 7 REG'T (MAGNIEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 8 REG'T (WALL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 9 REG'T (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 10 AND 20 CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT, LOUISIANA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 12 REG'T (FENWICK'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 16 REG'T (WALLER'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 37 REG'T (DOWNING'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 39 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 76 REG'T (JAN., 1813,) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN WATTS 83 REG'T (SCOTT'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN B. WATTS FINDLAY'S BATTALION, PENNSYLVANIA VOLS. JOHN E. WATTS CARSON'S REG'T MISSISSIPPI MILITIA. JOHN H. WATTS 2 REG'T (JENKINS'), GEORGIA VOLS. AND MILITIA. JOHN H. WATTS 99 REG'T (BAGWELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOHN S. WATTS 1 REG'T ART'Y (HARRIS') MARYLAND MILITIA. JOHN T. WATTS 17 REG'T (FRANCESCO'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA. JOHNSON WATTS 1 REG'T (SCOTT'S) KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS. JOSEPH WATTS 1 REGIMENT (CHAMBERS'), GEORGIA MILITIA. JOSEPH WATTS 3 REG'T (SISE'S) NEW HAMPSHIRE MILITIA. JOSEPH WATTS 4 REG'T (GREENHILL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. JOSEPH WATTS 40 REGIMENT MARYLAND MILITIA. JOSEPH WATTS 40 REG'T (TURNER'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. JOSEPH W. WATTS 35 REG'T (BROWN'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. JOSHUA WATTS 12 REG'T (FENWICK'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. JOSIAH WATTS CARSON'S REG'T MISSISSIPPI MILITIA. JOSIAH WATTS 2 REG'T (JENKIN'S) GEORGIA VOLS. AND MIL. JOSIAH WATTS 2 REG'T (THOMAS'), GEORGIA MILITIA. JULIUS WATTS JOHNSON'S REG'T, MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. LEVIN WATTS RENICK'S REGIMENT (1812), OHIO MILITIA. LEWIS WATTS 1 REG'T (BRADLEY'S) TENNESSEE VOLS. LEWIS WATTS 3 REG'T (ROULSTON'S) WEST TENNESSEE MIL. LOTT WATTS BATTALION 3 (WOODFOLK'S) TENNESSEE MIL. MASON WATTS 3 REG'T (ROULSTON'S) WEST TENNESSEE MIL. MASON WATTS 4 REG'T (STEELE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. MATTHEW WATTS 19 REGIMENT (AMBLER'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. MATTHEW WATTS 115 REG'T (HOWARD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. MICHAEL WATTS 8 REG'T (WALL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. MOSES WATTS 5 REG'T (FOOTE'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA. MOUNTZION WATTS 57 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. NATHAN WATTS 2 REGIMENT MARYLAND MILITIA. NATHANIEL WATTS 2 REG'T (SCHUCHTS'), MARYLAND MILITIA. NATHANIEL WATTS 6 REG'T, CAV. (MOORE'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. NOAH WATTS 1 REG'T (CRUTCHFIELD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. NOAH WATTS 5 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. OVERTON B. WATTS 5 REG'T (MCDOWELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. PETER WATTS 5 REGIMENT (SOUTH'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. PHILIP B. WATTS 23 REG'T (WILSON'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. PHILIP H. WATTS 5 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. PHILIP H. WATTS 6 REG'T (COLEMAN'S, JANUARY-MAY, 1814,) VIRGINIA MILITIA. PHILIPSEY WATTS 22 REGIMENT MARYLAND MILITIA. REUBEN WATTS 1 REGIMENT (CHAMBERS'), GEORGIA MILITIA. REUBEN WATTS 1 REG'T (HALL'S) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. REUBIN WATTS 6 REG'T (COLEMAN'S, JANUARY-MAY, 1814,) VIRGINIA MILITIA. REUBIN WATTS 6 REG'T (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. RICHARD WATTS 1 REG'T (JAMESON'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. RICHARD WATTS 12 REG'T (FENWICK'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. RICHARD WATTS 36 REGIMENT (JESSOP'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. RICHARD B. WATTS CAPT. PINKNEY'S CO., ART'Y, MARYLAND MIL. RICHARD B. WATTS 3 REG'T CAVALRY, MARYLAND MILITIA. RICHARD D. WATTS BATTALION OF ART'Y (1813-14), VIRGINIA MIL. RICHARD D. WATTS 5 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. RICHARD I. WATTS 4 REG'T (BOOTH'S), GEORGIA MILITIA. RICHARD J. WATTS 4 REGIMENT (BOOTH'S), GEORGIA MILITIA. ROBERT WATTS BATTALION 3 (WOODFOLK'S) TENNESSEE MIL. ROBERT WATTS 1 REGIMENT (JOHNSTON'S), GEORGIA MILITIA. ROBERT WATTS 2 REG'T (SEWARD'S) NEW JERSEY MILITIA. ROBERT WATTS 12 REG'T (FENWICK'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. ROBERT I. WATTS 1 REG'T (LAIGHT'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. SABRITT W. WATTS NACE'S REGIMENT, MARYLAND MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 1 REG'T MOUNTED GUNMEN (DYER'S) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. SAMUEL WATTS 2 REG'T (BLASDELL'S) MASSACHUSETTS MIL. SAMUEL WATTS 4 REGIMENT (EWING'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. SAMUEL WATTS 6 REG'T (MCDONALD'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 8 REG'T (WALL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 9 REG'T CAVALRY, MARYLAND MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 26 REG'T (AULD'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 33 REG'T (SPENCER'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 35 REG'T (BROWN'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. SAMUEL WATTS 115 REG'T (HOWARD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. SAMUEL L. WATTS NASH'S REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA VOLS. SAMUEL L. WATTS 3 REG'T (MESSINGER'S) MASSACHUSETTS MIL. SAYBERT W. WATTS 2 REG'T (SCHUCHTS'), MARYLAND MILITIA. SMITH WATTS 64 AND 93 CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA. SOLOMON WATTS 1 REG'T MOUNTED GUNMEN (DYER'S), TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. SOLOMON WATTS 1 REG'T (JAMESON'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. SOLOMON WATTS 1 REG'T (WYNNE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. SON WATTS COL. MORGAN, JR.'S, REG'T CHEROKEE INDIANS. SPENCER WATTS 92 REG'T (CHOWNING, JR.'S,) VIRGINIA MIL. TASKLEY WATTS 37R REG'T (DOWNING'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS BLAKESLEE'S REGIMENT, NEW YORK VOLS. THOMAS WATTS 1 REG'T (CONNELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 1 REGIMENT (DODGE'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 2 REG'T (BEDEL'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 2 REG'T (JENKINS'), GEORGIA VOLS. AND MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 2 REGIMENT (SAFFORD'S), OHIO MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 2 REG'T ARTILLERY, U.S. VOLS. THOMAS WATTS 6 REG'T ART'Y (READ, JR.'S,) VIRGINIA MIL. THOMAS WATTS 9 REGIMENT (1813), DELAWARE MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 9 REG'T (BOYD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 11 REG'T (RICH'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 12 REG'T (FENWICK'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 26 REG'T (AULD'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 31 REGIMENT (HODGKIN'S AND TANEY'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 36 REG'T (RENNO'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 45 REG'T (PEYTON'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMAS WATTS 51 REG'T (AMEY'S), MARYLAND MILITIA. THOMAS B. WATTS 1 RIFLE BATT'N PINKNEY'S, MARYLAND MIL. THOMAS C. WATTS 7 REG'T (SAUNDERS') VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMAS V. WATTS 7 REG'T (SAUNDERS') VIRGINIA MILITIA. THOMASLY WATTS 7 REG'T (SAUNDERS') VIRGINIA MILITIA. VINSON WATTS 2 REG'T (JENKINS'), GEORGIA VOLS. AND MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS REG'T OF CAVALRY AND MOUNTED GUNMEN, TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. WILLIAM WATTS 1 REGIMENT RIFLEMEN (HUMPHREY'S), PENNSYLVANIA. WILLIAM WATTS 2 REG'T (BEDEL'S), NEW YORK MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 2 REGIMENT MARYLAND MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 2 REG'T (MCWILLIE'S) SOUTH CAROLINA MIL. WILLIAM WATTS 2 REG'T (THOMAS'), GEORGIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 2 REG'T ARTILLERY, U.S. VOLS. WILLIAM WATTS 4 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 5 REG'T (FOOTE'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 5 REGIMENT (SOUTH'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. WILLIAM WATTS 6 REG'T (COLEMAN'S, JANUARY-MAY, 1814,) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 6 REG'T (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 6 REG'T ART'Y (READ, JR.'S,) VIRGINIA MIL. WILLIAM WATTS 7 REG'T (BARBEE'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 7 REG'T (MAGNIEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 9 REGIMENT (BOYD'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 17 REG'T (BEALL'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 45 REG'T (ASHTON'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 64 AND 93 CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 75 REG'T (FEB., 1815,) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 90 REG'T (MAR.-AUG., 1813,) VIRGINIA MIL. WILLIAM WATTS 92 REG'T (CHOWNING, JR.'S,) VIRGINIA MIL. WILLIAM WATTS 99 REG'T (BAGWELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM WATTS 109 REG'T (MUSE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. WILLIAM L. WATTS 92 REG'T (CHOWNING, JR.'S,) VIRGINIA MIL. WILLIAM R. WATTS 5 REGIMENT (RENICK'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. WILLIAM R. WATTS 7 REG'T (BARBEE'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA. WILLIAM W. WATTS 39 REG'T (FOWLER'S) MARYLAND MILITIA. ******************************************** ARTHUR WATTS From: adgedge@yahoo.com (Alice Gedge) http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=adgedge You can get Arthur from there. In fact, everything that we have is posted on WorldConnect. In fact, the database that I have is downloaded from there, because my sister keeps the database up. If you are familiar with WorldConnect, you can make a gedcom or numerous reports from that site. This is what we have on Arthur: ! (1) "Watts Families of the Southern States," by Charles Brunk Heinemann (Washington D.C., 1934). FHL #1,429,814, item 10. (2) "King & Queen Co.," Vol. 7, p.78-79. Cites: (a) Essex Co., VA Records, Tappanannock, VA, Will Book 12 1762-1775, p.281. (3) Carolyn Tayloe Davidson Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a) National Archives Revolutionary War Soldier's Records, Arthur Watts. (b) "Our Kin," by Ackerly and Parker. (c) "Campbell Chronicles," by R.E. Early. (4) "King and Queen Co.," Vol. 28, p.58. Cites: (a) VA State Library, Richmond, VA, Archives Div., Accession No. 22230, Muster roll of Lt.Williams' Co., 1st VA Detachment, Col. John Green. (5) "Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers," by Robert K. Headley, Jr. (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1987) p.127. Cites: (a) "The Virginia Gazette," 31 Mar 1781. (6) "History of Dinwiddie County, Virginia." Cites: (a) Land Office Bk 34, p.306. (b) Land Office Records, Bk 42, p.496. (c) "VA Mag. of Hist. & Biog.," Jan 1894, p.282. (d) "History of Dinwiddie Co.," VA Writer's Project. (7) "Dinwiddie County," comp. by Writers' Program of the VA Work Projects Administration, p.37. FHL #975.5582 H2w. (8) "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. 5, p.461-463, List of Officers copied from Col. George Washington's Ledger. ! Birth: (1) Believed to be s/o Edward Watts. (3) s/o Thomas Watts. (6) Family tradition says he was s/o John Watts, descended from Sir John Watts, member of the Virginia Company in 1620. (6) 1736: An Arthur Watts witnessed a will, Spotsylvania Co., VA. (1) 1738, 5 Dec: Witnessed a deed by Achilles Bowker of St. Stephen's Parish, King and Queen Co., VA, recorded in Spotsylvania Co., VA on the above date. (1) 1748, 12 Apr: Witnessed a deed in Augusta Co., VA. (6c) 1754: Fought in the French and Indian Wars, and received land for his services. (1) Served under George Washington in the French and Indian Wars. In a report made out in George Washington's handwriting, he is listed in Co. L with the notation that he was wounded. (7) Arthur Watts of Dinwiddie served George Washington well during the Northwest Campaign. (8) The representative of Arthur Watts was listed in Col. George Washington's ledger as entitled to land under the proclamation of Gov. Dinwiddie, listing the assessment to cover the expenses of surveys to secure the lands, balance due from Sundrys on Account of claims to land under the proclamation of 1754, 1.15.10. (1) 1759: For his military service, he received a grant for 125 acres in Dinwiddie Co., VA. (6a) In his 1759 patent, his own land is given as one of the boundaries, showing that he already held property there. (1,2a) 1767, 6 Apr: Thomas Watts of South Farnham Parish, Essex Co., VA wrote his will. Leaves to son William Watts "all that tract of land I purchased of my Brother Arthur Watts in the County of Dinwiddie." (6b) 1773, 1 Dec: Arthur Watts and a number of other persons took out a patent for 28,400 acres in Botetourt Co., VA. (1,6,7) Served as a member of the Dinwiddie Co. Committee of Safety during the Revolutionary War. (4a) 1780, 20 Aug: An Arthur Watts of King and Queen Co., VA enlisted in Lt. Williams' Co., 1st VA Detachment, Col. John Green, for 18 months. (NOTE: Probably too old to be this Arthur Watts.) (5a) 1781, 31 Mar: John Fox of Gloucester Co., VA advertised in "The Virginia Gazette" that he will meet at Pittsburgh on 10 May in order to have his land surveyed, and if those persons undermentioned who were soldiers at the Battle of Little Meadows do not meet or some person for them, Mr. John Madison will proceed to lay off his claims: David Richerson, Robert Stobo, Jacob Van Bram, John Bayns a representative, James Towers, Andrew Stephen, Thomas Napp, Arthur Watts a representative, John Fox, Francis Self, Robert Steward, Robert Murphy, John Smith, Alexander Bonny, William M'Anthony and Mary Horn. (3) 1786, 12 Aug: Col. William Lyne received 13-13-4 for Revolutionary War Service of Arthur Watts. This will be good, to get us all together. Thank you for your efforts. Sincerely, Alice Gedge
******************************************** Below are the web sites of some of our researchers. I did have a couple people ask about how to put their family history on a web site. There are several places that are free and easy. Some of those are Family Tree Maker.com, Ancestry.com, etc. You don’t have to put start you own web page to get you genealogy on-line. I personally recommend the Rootsweb Worldconnect Project. You can find this at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com There are several reasons I like this site. One is that it is easy to control the features. You can select whether you will allow people to download you work or not. You can also select whether you want the people living to automatically have their given name removed for privacy. The best part of this site is how easy it is to maneuver. It will automatically index your names, it has a search engine, you can click on any name and it moves to that name. You can view the work in family groups or charts. If you are not familiar with the WorldConnect project I would suggest you check it out. When you run a search of a name it gives you other information so that you can help to identify if it is the correct name you are searching. I have three databases uploaded on WorldConnect. This is where you will find my Watts database. We also have a Web Page we are working on. We will be adding histories and such as time permits. My sister, Suzanne Baird, is reformatting and uploading the back issues of the newsletters on this site. She has just started so it may take some time before all of them are there. You can find us at www.Wattsline.org or if you want to go directly to the genealogy and skip the personal stuff go to www.Wattsline.org/gen From: Zelime@aol.comI have posted my James WATTS (born abt 1831, IL or KY > IL , married Lurina Caroline ROBB).... to Ancestry.com ( ANCESTRY WORLD TREE ) Beth
From: monkey@goin.missouri.org (janet ariciu) My Watts family is on my web page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janet or www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu janet
From: dave@violetsky.com (Dave Eaton) My Watts genealogy (outline descendent list) is at this URL: http://violetsky.com/roots/watts.txt It has the GreenbrierCo,VA/WV to 1820 GalliaCo,OH Watts line. dave eaton
From: mitchkelly@hotmail.com (Kelly Mitchell) I've posted my family tree on the myfamily.com website. I'm a descendant of James Albert Watts. If you can't access my family tree by the above address, you can contact Barbara VanCamp at: and she'll send you an invitiation to the Watts website she's set up and it should be easy to access that way. Kelly
From: Arnoldmars@aol.comMy website url address is: http://members.aol.com/arnoldmars I have several pages on cemeteries and there's Watts in one or two of them but I do not wish for anybody to link back to them as in linking to back door instead of my front door. If I change or move the url address to another, how will they find me if they don't link to my front door. Also, I am to add latest pages on Watts and connections and then do I have to reach everybody to let them know of the new url address. It is best to stick to my front door url address. I know of several websites hooking to my backdoor and I feel sort of hurt. Margaret Arnold in New York (born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama)
From: bharris@inebraska.com (Betty Harris) My husband's descent from Watts of Virginia. It is correct back to Wiliam Watts of Orange/Madison Cty. It is not so certain on earlier but my best attempt. Check out the pedigree option. http://genweb.net/gedcom/WATTS/WATTS.html From: bolorna@brinet.comAlton J. Watts I think you idea of listing Web sites and Home pages would help all Watts researchers. There are sooo many different Watts lines that it has been almost impossible to get much from the news letters. My Home Page is: www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/t/Alton-J-Watts/index.html
From: JamCrock@aol.comHere is my web page. It is chock-full of information which is admittedly sketchy and primarily drawn from other people online, making it a bit suspect. I am working on substantiating what I have. The Watts line is pretty solid from census records, but I don't have a lot of info on my Watts line anyway, so I guess I'll be looking for some of the list members to see some familiarity with their own lines. Thanks much for the forum. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/r/o/James-A-Crockett/index.html James A. Crockett From: elba12@juno.com (Judith L Baker) The web site below at GeoCities is a window to my data base site at MyFamily.com. There is a 'guest pass' user name and password to get into the database. This is the WATTS Family Website of western North Carolina (Alexander, Wayne, Gaston, and Rockingham counties) beginning as best I can figure around 1800. Ashe - Judi B. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Orchard/6222 (Watts Family Website) From: SuziOnyx@aol.com Click here: Family
Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: Sandra Kennedy Saville of
Carroll Co. MD ......I forgot all about doing this......if I type in the
whole address I'll probably skip a letter so I'm doing it like this From: fstroupe@ebicom.net (Frank Stroupe) Watts Web Site http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/fstroupe/WATTS1/
From: adgedge@yahoo.com (Alice Gedge) Watts Web Site http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=adgedge ******************************************* Watts’ Online:
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