This is a multi-part message in MIME format. If you can read this line, your email software does not support this format. --MyFaMiLyMiMeBoUnDaRy02292000 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Margaret, There is a Watsontown in Northumberland Twp along the Susquehanna River, southeast of Williamsport. Watson Twp. , however, was and is a part of Lycoming County, northwest of Williamsport along Pine Creek. If your record refers to that location, then here is some more information: An 1892 map of the county: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/map2.jpg To track your ancestor , you might have someone check the Williamsport City Directories for them year-by-year at the J.V. Brown Library: http://www.jvbrown.edu . You can see when Lycoming Co. townships were founded here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/township.html . Click on the township names to learn about their histories. Good luck, Tracy Researching in Williamsport: Ross, Corson, Huling, Brown and allied families -----Original Message----- From: QUEENIEVEE@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:32 PM To: PALYCOMI-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: Williamsport - Watson(town) That may or may not be true, but BEFORE Lycoming County was formed, Williamsport was in Northumberland County. So, although I have not checked this out, and don't know for sure, I would assume that both Wmspt. & Watsontown used to be in Northumberland, but when Lycoming was formed, Wmspt. became the County Seat of Lycoming County, and poor little Watsontown stayed behind. Although it's possible this particular Watsontown could have at one time been in Lyco. Co., it could never have been a part of Williamsport. The Watson(town) you are speaking of may be an old, lost, name of some area outlying Williamsport. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: M Langdon [mailto:langdon@delanet.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:56 PM > > To: PALYCOMI-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Williamsport - Watson(town) > > > > > > Apparently there was a section of WIlliamsport referred to as Watson or > > Watsontown in the early 1900's. A marriage application of 1917 gave a > > Watsontown as a place of residence for the bride. Checking the 1910 census > > her family lived in Williamsport. I have found no > evidence of this family > > living anywhere but Lycoming Co. > > > > Margaret > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ Get your own family web site at at www.MyFamily.com! --MyFaMiLyMiMeBoUnDaRy02292000--