This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UAB.2ACE/1609.1 Message Board Post: I have some very limited info on the Watson family around that time period. I am a Robertson decendant , and a sister of my direct line married a Watson. Jane Robertson b. Sept.11 1815 married June 24 1834 to Dudley George Watson son/of Nathaniel Watson& Patsy?? Jane & Dudley G. moved to ILL. 1857.Found record that when they left for ILL. He sold his KY. land to his uncles & aunt William & Wesley Watson & their sister Mrs. Carlton Dudley & Jane had 12 children all born in Anderson County , KY. except 1 MARTHA E. WATSON b. sept. 19 1835-d. June 2 1901 DAVID ROBERTSON WATSON b.April 26 1837- MARY JANE WATSON b. Jan.10 1839-Jan. 11 1866 DUDLEY J. WATSON b.June 11 1841-July 24,1905 SARAH WATSON b.April 18 1843-Feb. 11 1918 JAMES WATSON b. Feb. 18 1845-Feb. 11 1936 JOHN W. WATSON b. Dec. 30 1846-June 4 18?5 WILLIAM GEORGE WATSON b.Jan. 15 1849-d.Feb. 26 1922 ISABEL WATSON b. May 7 1851-d. 1912 REBECCA ANN WATSON b.Feb. 13 1853-d.July 14 1914 UNKNOWN FRANCIS "FRANNIE" WATSON. aft. 1857 I have the known spouses of each of the above and 43 known granchildren. If you think this is your line then I have this Robertson Family traced back 2or3 more generations to Virginia 1750 LAD.