FIRST GENERATION (1G) EARLY ANCESTORS - MARYLAND, NORTH CAROLINA AND ALABAMA JAMES WATSON "I" d. 4/11/1704 IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND MARRIED: ELIZABETH GOTT d. 4/24/1708 DESIGNATIONS OF "I", "II" ETC. ARE USED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE SEVERAL JAMES WATSONS JAMES WATSON "I" WAS IN ST. PAULS PARRISH, KENT CO., MARYLAND HOWEVER, RESEARCHER UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE AND WHEN JAMES WATSON "I" CAME TO THIS COUNTRY. IT IS BELIEVED HE CAME FROM EITHER ENGLAND OR SCOTLAND. IN THE OLD OLD CITY CEMETERY, RALEIGH, N.C. (ESTABLISHED 1798) WHERE A DESCENDANT, JOSIAH ODGEN WATSON (#31) IS BURIED, MARY A. WATSON FROM KILLRUSH, IRELAND, b. 12/25/1832 d. 2/26/1894 AND JOSEPH WATSON FROM WHITEHAVEN, ENGLAND b. 8/23/1930 d. 1/18/1893, ARE BURIED. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED HOW THESE TWO WATSON'S FIT INTO THE GENEALOGY LINE OR IF THEY DO. THEY ARE BURIED IN THE SAME RALEIGH, N.C. CITY CEMETERY AS JOSIAH ODGEN WATSON, SO IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE MUST BE SOME FAMILY CONNECTION. ELIZABETH GOTT MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO DANIEL COLE (OR COOLEY). A COPY OF HER WILL, DATED MARCH 16, 1708 IS INCLUDED IN SECTION X OF THIS BOOK. SHE LEFT TO HER THREE SONS, WILLIAM WATSON, JAMES WATSON AND NATHANIEL COOLEY (OR COLE) A TRACK OF LAND KNOWN AS HYDE PARK, AND HER PLANTATION SHE LEFT TO HER HUSBAND DANIEL COLE (OR COOLEY). CHILDREN OF JAMES WATSON "I" AND ELIZABETH GOTT: + 1 i WILLIAM WATSON + 2 ii JAMES WATSON "II" 1. WILLIAM WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "I") d. 1726 2G m. JANE WILLIAM DIED IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND IN 1726. WILLIAM HAD FOUR KNOWN CHILDREN, TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. THEY WERE LISTED IN HIS WILL DATED 1/2/1722. HIS WILL, (COPY INCLUDED UNDER SECTION X OF THIS BOOK), LEFT HIS PROPERTY EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS SONS WILLIAM AND JAMES AND HIS BELOVED WIFE, JANE. HIS SON-IN-LAWS, JOHN GEORGE AND JOHN THOMAS WERE EXECUTOR'S OF HIS WILL. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM WATSON AND UNKNOWN WIFE: + 3 i WILLIAM WATSON + 4 ii DAUGHTER MARRIED TO JOHN GEORGE + 5 iii DAUGHTER MARRIED TO JOHN THOMAS + 6 iv JAMES WATSON "III" I-1 2. JAMES WATSON "II" (SON OF JAMES WATSON "I") 2G JAMES "II" IS KNOWN TO HAVE MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA FROM MARYLAND. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 3-5. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 6. JAMES WATSON "III" (SON OF WILLIAM WATSON #1) d. 1777 3G m. ANN PERRY JAMES "III" RESIDED IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND. HE WAS IN THE MARYLAND MILITIA 1748-1749. HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT READ IN PART: IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, THIS FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX NINE, I JAMES WATSON OF PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY BEING SICK AND WEAK IN BODY BUT IN PERFECT MIND MEMORY THANKS BE TO GOD THEREFORE CALLING UNTO MIND THE MORTALITY OF MY BODY AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE, DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT THAT IS TO SAY PRIMARILY AND FIRST OF ALL, I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY SOUL UNTO THE HANDS OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT GIVE IT AND MY BODY I RECOMMEND TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN CHRISTIAN MANNER AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS, NOTHING DOUBTING, AT THE GREAT RESURRECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD I DEMISE AND (NOT CLEAR) OF MY ESTATE: HE LEFT DIFFERENCT PROPERTIES TO HIS CHILDREN: SONS: WILLIAM, JOHN, JAMES, ISSAC AND DAUGHTERS JANE, ELIZABETH AND SARAH HE ALSO LEFT PROPERTY TO HIS GRANDSON - ALEXANDER OLIVER. CHILDREN OF JAMES WATSON "III" AND ANN PERRY: + 7 i JAMES WATSON "IV" + 8 ii WILLIAM WATSON + 9 iii JOHN WATSON + 10 iv ISSAC WATSON + 11 v ELIZABETH WATSON + 12 vi JANE WATSON + 13 vii SARAH WATSON 7. JAMES WATSON "IV" (SON OF JAMES WATSON "III" #6) b. 1705 4G d. 1778 1ST m. ANN BAUCOMB 2ND m. ANN PEARCE JAMES "IV" IS BELIEVED TO HAVE 1ST MARRIED ANN BAUCOMB AND 2ND MARRIED ANN PEARCE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT JAMES "IV" MOVED FROM MARYLAND TO JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE BAUCOMB AND LAMB FAMILIES AROUND 1750-1751. WHILE NO ABSOLUTE PROOF HAS BEEN FOUND, RESEARCHER - DR. J. R. PEACOCK, D.V.M., CLERMONT, FLORIDA HAS FOUND THAT THE BAUCOMB AND LAMB FAMILIES MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM MARYLAND AND THAT A JAMES WATSON WAS WITNESS TO THE BAUCOMB WILL IN N.C. AND RECEIVED PROPERTY I-2 UNDER THE WILL AND ONE OF JAMES WATSON'S DAUGHTERS MARRIED A LAMB. THIS JAMES WATSON'S WILL WAS FOUND IN THE NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES AND A TYPED COPY IS INCLUDED IN THE SECTION X. THIS WILL IS DATED 8/24/1775 AND WAS PROBATED IN 1778. MARY PEARCE WAS WITNESS TO JAMES WATSON "IV" WILL AND ANN PEARCE LEFT PROPERTY TO HER DAUGHTER MARY PEARCE, WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT JAMES WATSON'S "IV" WILL WAS EXECUTED IN 1775 WHICH OF COURSE WAS BEFORE INDEPENDENCE IN 1776 AND (MONEY) SHILLINGS WERE DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE WILL. COPY OF A MAP SHOWING THE WATSON PROPERTY IN JOHNSTON CO., N.C. (NEAR BUSINESS INTERSTATE 95) IS INCLUDED UNDER APPENDIX X. THE WIFE, ANN, LISTED IN THE WILL IS PROBABLY ANN PIERCE (2ND MARRIAGE). CHILDREN OF JAMES WATSON "IV" AND ANN BAUCOMB: + 14 i JAMES WATSON "V" + 15 ii SAMUEL WATSON + 16 iii LEDEY WATSON - MARRIED A LAMB + 17 iv JACOB WATSON m. ELIZABETH WATSON + 18 v JOHN WATSON + 19 vi MARY WATSON - MARRIED A BRIGS + 20 vii SOLOMON WATSON + 21 ix JESSE WATSON + 22 ix DAVID WATSON + 23 x WILLIAM WATSON 8-13. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 14. JAMES WATSON "V" (SON OF JAMES WATSON "IV" #7) b. 1730 5G d. 1782 JAMES "V" AND WIFE, NAME UNKNOWN, RESIDED AND DIED IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. HIS WILL WAS FOUND IN THE ARCHIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND A TYPED COPY IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX X. A COPY OF THE WATSON PROPERTY IN JOHNSTON CO., N.C. (NEAR BUSINESS INTERSTATE 95) IS INCLUDED UNDER APPENDIX X. THIS JAMES WATSON LISTED HIS NAME IN THE WILL AS JAMES WATSON SENER (SENIOR). JAMES WATSON "V" LEFT TO HIS BELOVED SON JAMES WATSON "VI" ONE POT. SON OBEDIAH RECEIVED ONE POT AND TWO DAUGHTERS GOT ONE COW AND CALF EACH. HE GAVE HIS SON BAALUM WATSON HIS PLANTATION AND THE REST OF HIS ESTATE DIVIDED "AMONGST" HIS DEAR CHILDREN. WILL LISTED SON SOLOMAN AS EXECUTOR. LEVIN WATSON WAS NOT LISTED IN THE WILL - SEE #I-24 FOR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY HE IS LISTED AS SON OF THIS JAMES WATSON "V". CHILDREN OF JAMES WATSON "V" AND UNKNOWN WIFE: + 24 i LEVIN WATSON + 25 ii BAALAM WATSON m. MARY DOWNING ON 2/25/1794 + 26 iii JAMES WATSON "VI" I-3 + 27 iv OBEDIAH WATSON + 28 v ELIZABETH WATSON + 29 vi DECE OR SECE WATSON (SPELLING NOT CLEAR IN WILL) + 30 vii SOLOMAN WATSON 15-16. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 17. JACOB WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "IV" #7) d. 1773 5G m. ELIZABETH WATSON JACOB WATSON'S WILL WAS EXECUTED 4/18/1773 AND WAS PROBATED AUGUST COURT 1773. JACOB GAVE HIS SON, SOLOMAN HIS LANDS AND SHOTGUN; HIS DAUGHTER, ANN, HIS HORSE AND FIVE HEAD OF CATTLE; HIS SON, SIMON, THREE HEAD OF CATTLE AND THREE HEAD OF SHEEP; HIS DAUGHTER, SARAH, FIVE HEAD OF CATTLE AND HIS DAUGHTER, MARY, FIVE HEAD OF CATTLE AND THE REMAINING OF HIS ESTATE TO HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH. TYPED COPY OF JACOB'S WILL IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX. CHILDREN OF JACOB WATSON AND WIFE ELIZABETH: + 31 i ZEKIL WATSON + 32 ii SOLOMAN WATSON + 33 iii ANN WATSON + 34 iv SIMON WATSON + 35 v SARAH WATSON + 36 vi MARY WATSON 18. JOHN WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "IV" #7) d. 1815 5G JOHN'S WILL WAS EXECUTED 1/29/1815 AND PROBATED IN AUGUST COURT 1815. JOHN GAVE HIS FRIEND JOHN GURLEY AND HIS WIFE, ONE NEGRO GIRL BY THE NAME OF HESTER. ALL HIS LANDS HE GAVE EQUALLY TO HIS SONS JOSIAH O. (ODGEN), JOHN B. AND WILLIS. HIS PERISHABLE AND PERSONAL ESTATE AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE TO BE SOLD AND DIVIDED AMONG HIS THREE SONS NAMED ABOVE AND HIS GRANDSON WILLIAM J. B. WATSON. JOSEPH RICHARDSON AND JOSIAH WATSON WERE EXECUTORS, AND THE WITNESSES WERE ROBERT GULLEY, JESSE WARD, AND JOHN JELKS. CHILDREN OF JOHN WATSON AND UNKNOWN WIFE: + 37 i JOSIAH OGDEN WATSON + 38 ii JOHN B. WATSON + 39 iii WILLIS WATSON 19-22. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 23. WILLIAM WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "IV" #7) d. 1764 OR 1765 5G m. ELIZABETH TARVER WILLIAM'S WILL DATED SEPTEMBER 6, 1764, WAS PROBATED JANUARY COURT 1765, STATES THAT HE WAS SICK BUT OF PERFECT MIND. THE I-4 WILL ALSO STATES THAT HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WAS WITH CHILD AND HIS DESIRE WAS THAT IF IT WAS A SON THAT IT BE NAMED WILLIAM. SUBSEQUENT COURT RECORDS REVEAL THAT ELIZABETH REQUESTED GUARDIANSHIP OF HER DAUGHTER "SARAH". TYPED COPY OF WILLIAM WATSON'S WILL INCLUDED IN APPENDIX X. ALSO WILLIAM WAS DECEASED AND NOT LISTED AS CHILD IN JAMES WATSON "IV" WILL. HIS FATHER JAMES WATSON WENT ON HIS MARRIAGE BOND DATED 10/20/1763 AND WILLIAM'S WILL LISTED JAMES WATSON AS HIS FATHER. CHILD OF WILLIAM WATSON AND ELIZABETH TARVER: + 40 i SARAH WATSON b. 1765 24. LEVIN WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON, "V" #8) b. 1756 d. 4/13/1837 6G LEVIN BORN JOHNSTON CO., N.C. ACCORDING TO PAPERS HE FILED FOR A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION (CLAIM S.7797) DATED 4/11/1833. THOSE PAPERS CONTAINED HIS INFORMATION ON MILITARY DUTY. IN THOSE PAPERS HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD A BROTHER "JAMES WATSON" THAT WAS NOT CALLED INTO SERVICE SINCE THE WAR ENDED. I BELIEVE THAT HIS BROTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN JAMES WATSON "VI". IT COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN JAMES WATSON "V", BUT I HAVE SELECTED JAMES "VI". LEVIN'S BROTHER, JAMES "VI" NAMED A SON LEVIN WATSON. THE FIRST LEVIN LIVED IN WILLIS COUNTY, STATE OF GEORGIA WHEN HE WAS CALLED INTO SERVICE AND RETURNED TO JOHNSON CO., N.C. AND CONTINUED THERE TO THE YEAR 1797 WHEN HE MOVED TO ANSON CO., N.C. AND STAYED THERE UNTIL 1829 WHEN HE MOVED TO CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. LEVIN WAS MARRIED (WIFE UNKNOWN) AND SHE WAS LIVING IN 1841. 25. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 26. JAMES WATSON "VI" (SON OF JAMES WATSON "V" #14) b. 1705 ???? 6G d. 1827 m. SARAH WATSON. JAMES "VI" WILL WAS SIGNED 11/23/1822 AND PROBATED IN 1827. COPY OF WILL INCLUDED IN APPENDIX X. JAMES "VI" DID NOT LIST HIS WIFE BY NAME IN THE WILL, BUT THE BOOK "PIONEERS OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA PRIOR TO 1830" STATES THAT LEVIN WATSON'S FATHER AND MOTHER WAS JAMES AND SARAH WATSON AND THAT JAMES DIED IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1827. (THE YEAR JAMES WATSON'S WILL WAS PROBATED) JAMES "VI", IN ADDITION TO ITEMS LEFT TO OTHER CHILDREN, LEFT 150 ACRES AND ONE HORSE COLT TO SON TOBIAS, IF HE SHOULD RETURN FROM ALABAMA. IF HE DOES NOT RETURN TO N. C., LAND TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO SONS HARRICE AND ALLEN, AND ALLAN (TWO SPELLINGS IN WILL) SHOULD RECEIVE THE HORSE COLT. CHILDREN OF JAMES WATSON "VI" AND WIFE SARAH: + 41 i LEVIN WATSON I-5 + 42 ii WILLIAM WATSON + 43 iii TOBIAS WATSON + 44 iv HARRICE/HARRIS WATSON m. PENELOPE PRUITT + 45 v ALLEN (ALLAN) WATSON m. DECY PARISH + 46 vi ZILPHIA WATSON + 47 vii SPICY WATSON 27-29. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 30. SOLOMON WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "V"#14) b. 1755 d. 1806 6G m. RACHEL WATSON. SOLOMON'S WILL WAS EXECUTED 6/1/1806 AND PROBATED NOVEMBER 1806. SOLOMON AS IN THE OTHER WATSON WILLS ACKNOWLEDGED EXISTENCE AND POWER OF GOD AND EXPRESSED NO DOUBT THAT AT THE LAST DAY AT THE GENERAL RESURECTION HE WOULD RECEIVE HIS BODY AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD. SOLOMON GAVE HIS SON BRIDGERS 100 ACRES AND SON JACOB 100 ACRES. HIS SON SOLOMON WAS TO RECEIVE 50 POUNDS, AND AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH, THE REMAINDER OF HIS ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST ALL HIS CHILDREN. CHILDREN OF SOLOMON AND RACHEL WATSON: + 48 i BRIDGERS WATSON + 49 ii JACOB WATSON + 50 iii SOLOMON WATSON 31-36. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTHER RHOADY JONES - 50 POUNDS FOR HER SUPPORT. LYDIA MaCULLERS - 2 LOTS IN SMITHFILED #26 AND #28. EXECUTORS: JACOB BROOKS, WILLIAM W. BRYAN, ROBERT H. HELME SIGNED: W. WATSON SEAL WIT: JNO. C. GUY, N. M. BRYAN, D. ATKINSON CHILDREN OF WILLIS WATSON AND ELIZABETH BULLS: + 54 i HENRY B. WATSON + 55 ii WILLIAM H. WATSON + 56 iii RACHEL WATSON 40. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 41. LEVIN WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "VI" #26) b. 1793 7G d. 7/25/1866 m. SARAH WATSON b. 1794. TO DATE NO RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND OF THIS LEVIN WATSON IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, N. C., HOWEVER, EXCEPT THE 1820 CENSUS DATA SHOWS THAT A LEVINE WATSON (AGE 16-26) LIVED NEXT TO JAMES WATSON. THIS IS PROBABLY THE LEVIN WATSON IN TUSCALOOSA CO. NOT SURE WHEN LEVIN WATSON CAME TO ALABAMA. THE BOOK "PIONEERS OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA PRIOR TO 1830 STATES THAT LEVIN WATSON'S MOTHER AND FATHER WAS JAMES AND SARAH WATSON AND THAT I-9 JAMES WATSON DIED IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. IN 1827, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN JAMES WATSON "VI". LEVIN WAS NOT LISTED IN HIS FATHER'S WILL. HE HAD LEFT N. C. AND MAY HAVE RECEIVED HIS INHERITANCE WHEN HE LEFT HOME. JAMES "VI" WILL DID LEAVE PROPERTY TO LEVIN'S BROTHER TOBIAS WATSON PROVIDED HE RETURNED TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM ALABAMA. ALABAMA RECORDS, TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, COMPILED BY PAULINE JONES GANDRUD INCLUDES SEVERAL LAND TRANSFERS INVOLVING LEVIN WATSON, NAMELY; (1) LEVIN WATSON DEEDED LAND (84.54 ACRES TO HIS SON JOSHUA WATSON ON 11/30/1833. SARAH, WIFE OF LEVIN WATSON RELINQUISHED DOWER RIGHTS; (2) LEVIN'S BROTHER, WILLIAM WATSON OF CHOCTAW CO., MS. DEEDED LAND IN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA TO LEVIN WATSON OF TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA ON 10/27/1838. LEVIN'S SON'S, BRYANT, JOSHUA AND BROTHER'S WILLIAM AND HARRIS CAME TO CHOCTAW CO., MS. FROM 1835 - 1838. HIS DAUGHTER CYNTHIA ALSO CAME TO CHOCTAW CO. (DATE UNKNOWN). BRYANT AND CYNTHIA'S DESCENDANTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK. CHILDREN OF LEVIN WATSON AND HIS WIFE SARAH: + 57 i GILBERT WATSON + 58 ii BRYANT WATSON - SEE SECTION II + 59 iii CYNTHIA WATSON - SEE SECTION VIII + 60 iv JOSEPH WATSON m. ELIZABETH WINTERS + 61 v RUFFIN WATSON m. DELILA PENNINGTON + 62 vi LUCINDA LUCRITA (LUCRETIA) WATSON b. 1830 m. IRA WOODWARD MOORE + 63 vii ELIZABETH WATSON b. 1832 m. JERIMIAH GUIN + 64 viii TOBIAS WATSON b. 1833 m. LUCINDA FREEMAN + 65 xi ESPEY J. WATSON b. 1838 m. L. E. CONNER + 65 x LUCY WATSON b. 1840 m. HOLLAND SUDDUTH + 66 xi ELISHA WATSON b. 1843 + 67 xii WILLIAM WATSON + 68 xiii JOSHUA WATSON 42. WILLIAM WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "VI" #26) b. 1795 7G. m. 5/25/1813 PATIENCE WILLIAMSON WILLIAM MARRIED IN NORTH CAROLINA ACCORDING TO MARRIAGE BOND DATED 5/25/1813. WILLIAM WATSON, AS WELL AS BROTHERS LEVIN AND TOBIAS, MOVED TO TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA. WILLIAM WATSON I-10 AND WIFE PATIENCE DEEDED 79.45 ACRES IN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA. TO TOBIAS WATSON 11/30/1833. WILLIAM CAME TO CHOCTAW CO., MS. AND DIED BEFORE 10/27/1838 AT AGE OF 43. PATIENCE CONVEYED LAND IN TUSCALOOSA CO., AL TO LEVIN WATSON, WILLIAMS'S BROTHER. THE FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH AT BELLEFONTAINE, MS. WAS ORGANIZED MAY 9, 1835 WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 MEMBERS AND ONE OF THOSE WAS WILLIAM WATSON. HARRIS WATSON (BELIEVED TO BE HIS BROTHER #44 BELOW) WAS A DEACON WHEN THE CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED. I-10 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM WATSON AND PATIENCE WILLIAMSON + 69 i MARTRHA WATSON b. 1821 IN SOUTH CAROLINA + 70 ii ROBERT WATSON b. ABOUT 1823 IN SOUTH CAROLINA + 71 iii JOSEPH WATSON b. ABOUT 1830 IN ALABAMA + 72 iv ZILSSA? WATSON b. ABOUT 1833 IN ALABAMA + 74 v PENELOPE WATSON b. ABOUT 1835 IN ALABAMA + 75 vi NELLEY WATSON b. ABOUT 1838 ALABAMA 43. TOBIAS WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "VI" #26) b. 1800/1810 7G d. 1/1874 m. HANNAH ROSE PRYOR b. 12/28/1808 TOBIAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND MOVED TO TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA ACCORDING TO HIS FATHER'S WILL. JOHN McCONNELL, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA.) DEEDED LAND TO HARRIS WATSON AND TOBIAS WATSON FOR A MEETING HOUSE CALLED MOUNT TABOR BAPTIST CHURCH ON 11/8/1834. MOTHER AND FATHER OF HANNAH ROSE PRYOR IS JOSEPH AND SARAH PATTON PRYOR. ANYONE WISHING MORE INFORMATION OF TOBIAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS MAY CONTACT: MRS. VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY, 2104 17TH STREET, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA 35476 - PHONE: 205 339-6567. SHE IS A DESCENDANT OF JOSEPH PRYOR WATSON (#80) CHILDREN OF TOBIAS WATSON AND HANNAH ROSE PRYOR: + 76 iv SARAH OPHELIA WATSON b. 5/4/1830 d. 8/16/1912 m. 11/7/1850 DAVID THURMAN WINTER b. 5/4/1830 + 77 ii MARGARET WATSON b. 1830-1839 m. 9/2/1858 JOHN S. NEVINS + 78 i NANCY JANE WATSON m. THOMAS FRANKLIN MONTGOMERY IN 1865 + 79 iii SPICY WATSON m. 27/7/1856 DAVID M . MONTGOMERY + 80 v JOSEPH PRYOR WATSON (SEE #80 BELOW FOR MORE) 44. HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON (SON OF JAMES WATSON "VI" #26) 7G b. 1802 m. 11/13/1818 PENELOPE "PENNY" PRUITT d. IN TEXAS HARRIS WATSON WAS A DEACON WHEN THE FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH AT BELLEFONTAINE, MS WAS ORGANIZED ON MAY 9, 1835. HIS BROTHER WILLIAM (#42 ABOVE) WAS ALSO A MEMBER AT THAT TIME. I-11 CHILDREN OF HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON AND PENELOPE "PENNY" PRUITT + 81 i WOODARD WATSON + 82 ii HARRIS WATSON b. 1836 + 83 iii JESSE WATSON + 84 iv PENINA WATSON + 85 v MARTHA A WATSON I-11 45- 52. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 53. JOHN WILLIAM B. "J.W.B." WATSON (SON OF JOHN B. WATSON #38) 7G b. 9/19/1811 d. 1/24/1897 J.W.B. IS BURIED IN THE OLD CITY OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA GRAVEYARD. HIS UNCLE JOSIAH OGDEN WATSON AND FAMILY ARE ALSO BURIED IN THAT CEMETERY. THIS GRAVEYARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1798 AND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A HISTORICAL SITE. PICTURES OF J.W.B. GRAVE MARKER AND ABOVE GROUND VAULT IS INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX XI OF THIS BOOK. J.W.B. WATSON WILL WAS DATED 2/15/1888. WILL WAS PROBATED 1/30/1897 AND HE WISHED THAT HIS BODY BE DEPOSITED IN HIS VAULT, IN THE GRAVEYARD IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH. HE GAVE HIS PEW NO. 50, (AT CHRIST CHURCH) TO CHRIST CHURCH IN RALEIGH. HE GAVE MARY ALINE WATSON DOBBIN, DAUGHTER OF H. B. WATSON THE HOUSE AND LOT IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH. HE GAVE THE REST OF HIS ESTATE REAL AND PERSONAL, AFTER JUST DEBTS, LEGACIES AND FUNERAL EXPENSES TO NINS WATSON GREEN, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM H. WATSON. HE APPOINTED A.H. GREEN OF WAKE CO., N.C. AS EXECUTOR OF HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. 54. HENRY B. WATSON (SON OF WILLIS WATSON #39) 7G CHILDREN OF HENRY B. WATSON + 86 i MARY ALINE WATSON m. DOBBIN 55. WILLIAM H. WATSON (SON OF WILLIS WATSON #39) d. 1863 m. MARY 7G WILLIAM'S WILL IS DATED 1/1/1861 - PROBATED AUG. COURT 1863. HE LEFT ALL HIS PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, IN FEE SIMPLE TO HIS WIFE MARY AND DEVISED THAT HIS WIFE NOT BE REQUIRED TO TAKE OATH OR BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO ANY COURT FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SHE SHALL SETTLE OR DISPOSE OF MY ESTATE. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM H. AND MARY WATSON + 87 i NINA WATSON m. ANDREW H. GREEN 56. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 57. GILBERT WATSON (SON OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. ABOUT 1814 8G m. 10/7/1832 PATIENCE NEVINS b. ABOUT 1815 GILBERT AND PATIENCE WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA. ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN IN ALABAMA. I-12 CHILDREN OF GILBERT WATSON AND PATIENCE NEVINS + 88 i CHRISTOPHER WATSON b. ABOUT 1835 + 89 ii NARCISSA WATSON b. ABOUT 1836 + 90 iii JOHN WATSON b. ABOUT 1838 + 91 iv ELIZA WATSON b. ABOUT 1840 + 92 v THOMAS WATSON b. ABOUT 1843 + 93 vi NANCIE WATSON b. ABOUT 1845 + 94 vii SARAH WATSON b. ABOUT 1850 + 95 viii GEORGIANNA WATSON b. ABOUT 1852 58-59. SEE APPROPRIATE SECTION. 60. JOSEPH WATSON (SON OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. ABOUT 1822 8G m. ELIZABETH WINTERS 61. RUFFIN WATSON (SON OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. ABOUT 1825 8G m. 11/25/1846 DELILA PENNINGTON RUFFIN AND DELILA WERE MARRIED BY JOHN McCONNELL, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN TUSCALOOSA CO, ALABAMA. RUFFIN'S DATE OF BIRTH IS ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION HE WAS 21 WHEN HE MARRIED. 62. LUCINDA LUCRITA (LUCRETIA) WATSON (DAUGHTER OF LEVIN WATSON #41) 8G b. 1830 m. 12/23/1853 IRA WOODWARD MOORE b. ABOUT 1828 LUCINDA AND IRA WERE BORN IN ALABAMA AS WELL AS ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN. CHILDREN OF LUCINDA LUCRETIA WATSON AND IRA WOODWARD MOORE + 96 i ARCHIBALD MOORE b. ABOUT 1854 + 97 ii SUSAN MOORE b. ABOUT 1856 + 98 iii MARY J. MOORE b. ABOUT 1858 + 99 iv SARAH MOORE b. ABOUT 1859 63. ELIZABETH MANERVA WATSON (DAUGHTER OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. 1832 8G m. 10/5/1852 JEREMIAH GUIN b. ABOUT 1830 ELIZABETH AND JEREMIAH AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN IN ALABAMA. CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH MANERVA WATSON AND JEREMIAH GUIN + 100 i JANE GUIN b. ABOUT 1859 64. TOBIAS WATSON (SON OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. ABOUT 1833-1836 8G m. 12/21 1854 LUCINDA FREEMAN TOBIAN AND LUCINDA AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN IN ALABAMA. I-13 CHILDREN OF TOBIAS WATSON AND LUCINDA FREEMAN + 101 i JOHN M. WATSON b. ABOUT 1854 + 102 ii JOSEPH R/K. WATSON b. ABOUT 1856 + 103 iii JEREMIAH C. WATSON b. ABOUT 1858 + 104 iv LUCINDA J. WATSON b. ABOUT 1860 65. EPSA/ESSA/ESPEY J. WATSON (DAUGHTER OF LEVIN WATSON #41) 8G b. ABOUT 1838 m. 7/29/1856 L. E. CONNOR EPSA/ESSA/ESPEY AND L.E. WERE MARRIED IN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALABAMA 66. LUCY WATSON (DAUGHTER OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. 1840 8G m. 9/16/1856 HOLLAND C. SUDDUTH LUCY AND HOLLAND WERE MARRIED IN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALABAMA 67. ELISA WATSON (DAUGHTER OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. 1843 d. UNKNOWN 8G 68. JOSHUA WATSON (SON OF LEVIN WATSON #41) b. UNKNOWN d. UNKNOWN JOSHUA CAME TO MISSISSIPI WITH BROTHER BRYANT, UNCLE'S HARRICE/HARRIS AND WILLIAM. 69- 79. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 80. JOSEPH PRYOR WATSON (SON OF TOBIAS WATSON #43) b. 1833 8G d. 5/10/1851 m. EUNITY ELIZABETH WINTER BOTH JOSEPH AND EUNITY ELIZABETH ARE BURIED IN WINTER CEMETERY, TUSCALLOSA CO., ALA. ELIZABETH IS THE DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL AND PHOBE WINTER. CHILDREN OF JOSEPH PRYOR WATSON AND EUNITY ELIZABETH WINTER + 105 i HANNAH MELISSA WATSON 81. WOODARD WATSON (SON OF HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON #44) b. 9/15/1825 9G d. 5/6/1898 m. 11/25/1847 MINERVA ISAAKS WOODARD AND MINERVA WERE MARRIED IN TEXAS AND WOODARD DIED IN BOSQUE CO., TEXAS. 82. HARRIS WATSON (SON OF HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON #44) b. 1836 HARRIS BORN CHOCTAW CO., MS. I-14 83. JESSE WATSON (SON OF HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON #44) b. 1837 9G m. 12/19/1855 CLEMENTINE FRY JESSE BORN CHOCTAW CO., MS AND WAS MARRIED IN TEXAS. 84. PENINA WATSON (DAUGHTER OF HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON #44) b. 1838 9G m. 8/14/1855 J.M. BROCK PENINA BORN CHOCTAW CO., MS. AND WAS MARRIED IN TEXAS. 85. MARTHA A. WATSON (DAUGHTER OF HARRIS/HARRICE WATSON #44) 9G b. 1843 m. 9/7/1858 GRANVILLE BROCK MARTHA BORN CHOCTAW CO., MS. AND MARRIED IN TEXAS. 86- 104. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 105. HANNAH MELISSA WATSON (DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH PRYOR WATSON #75) 9G b. 10/4/1855 d. 6/1942 m. 1879 WILLIAM CONSTANTINE SMITH b. 10/4/1846 BOTH HANNAH MELISSA AND WILLIAM CONSTANTINE WERE BORN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA AND BOTH ARE BURIED IN WINTER CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA. WILLIAM IS THE SON OF ROBERT AND SARAH O. SIMPSON SMITH. GRANDSON OF ELIZABETH PRYOR AND ZACHARIAH SIMMS SIMPSON. ELIZABETH PRYOR IS A SISTER OF TOBIAS WATSON'S WIFE AHNNAH ROSE PRYOR. CHILDREN OF HANNAH MELISSA WATSON AND WILLIAM CONSTANTINE SMITH + 106 i SARAH CATHERINE SMITH 106. SARAH CATHERINE SMITH (DAUGHTER OF HANNAH MELISSA WATSON #78) 10G b. 8/8/1894 d. 5/28/1981 m. 8/9/1916 SAMUEL ELBERT HARLESS b. 10/24/1891 d. 1/14/1968 SARAH AND SAM BOTH BURIED MT. ZION FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, CO., ALA. SAM IS THE SON OF CHARLES HARVEY THOMPSON "T.C." HARLESS AND HARRIETT CLATILDA CLARK CHILDREN OF SARAH CATHERINE SMITH AND SAMUEL ELBERT HARLESS + 107 i EVELYN VIRGINIA HARLESS 107 EVELYN VIRGINIA HARLESS (DAUGHTER OF SARAH CATHERINE SMITH 11G #79) b. 4/9/1930 m. 12/25/1949 HARVELL CLEARON MONTGOMERY b. 4/7/1929 BOTH EVELYN AND HARVELL BORN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALABAMA. HARVELL IS THE SON OF ISSAC ORLANDO "LANDO" AND LILLIAN SUTTON MONTGOMERY. I-15 CHILDREN OF EVELYN VIRGINIA HARLESS AND HARVELL CLEARON MONTGOMERY + 108 i SHEILA KAY MONTGOMERY + 109 ii DEROTHA SUE "DOTTIE" MONTGOMERY + 110 iii TERESSA ANN "TIKI" MONTGOMERY 108. SHELIA KAY MONTGOMERY (DAUGHTER OF EVELYN VIRGINIA HARLESS 12G #80) b. 11/6/1950 m. 11/22/1972 JACK CALMERS JAYROE, JR. b. 6/18/1934 SHELIA BORN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA. AND JACK BORN MEMPHIS TN. (SHELBY CO.) THEY WERE MARRIED IN TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA. JACK IS THE SON OF JACK C. AND VIRGINIA CLIFTON JAYROE, SR. THEIR CHILDREN SUSAN AND EMILY WERE BORN IN MEMPHIS, TN. CHILDREN OF SHELIA KAY MONTGOMERY AND JACK CALMERS JAYROE, JR. + 111 i SUSAN CARINNE JAYROE b. 1/18/1975 + 112 ii EMILY CAMILLE JAYROE b. 5/3/1979 109. DEROTHA SUE "DOTTIE" MONTGOMERY (DAUGHTER OF EVELYN VIRGINIA 12G HARLESS #80) b. 5/20/1955 m. 12/22/1993 GLEN STEVEN HENRY b. 9/16/1954 BOTH DOTTIE AND GLEN BORN AND MARRIED TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA. GLEN IS THE SON OF JOHN WILLIAM AND LOUISE ELVIRA BANKS HENRY. DOTTIE AND GLEN'S CHILDREN ERICA AND AVERY WERE BORN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALA. AND SARABETH BORN BIRMINGHAM, ALA., JEFFERSON CO. CHILDREN OF DEROTHA SUE "DOTTIE" MONTGOMERY AND GLEN STEVEN HENRY + 113 i ERICA MEGAN HENRY b. 11/28/1983 + 114 ii AVERY LAUREN HENRY b. 11/4/1987 + 115 iii SARABETH SUTTON HENRY b. 2/14/1990 110. TERESSA ANN "TIKI" MONTGOMERY (DAUGHTER OF EVELYN VIRGINIA 12G HARLESS #80) b. 8/23/1956 m. 11/25/1979 GARY LEE BOX b. 8/7/1954 BOTH TIKI AND GARY BORN AND MARRIED TUSCALOOSA CO., ALA. THEIR CHILDREN, HANNAH AND RACHAEL BORN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALA. GARY IS THE SON OF CLOVIS AND BEULAH DEAN BOX CHILDREN OF TERESSA ANN "TIKI" MONTGOMERY AND GARY LEE BOX + 116 i HANNAH ELIZABETH BOX b. 2/12/1986 + 117 ii RACHAEL KATHEYN BOX b. 1/5/1990 110- 117. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I-16