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/CdB.2ACE/213 Message Board Post: Dear Watson Researchers: Noticed several post(s) on RootsWeb Board(s) regarding Watson family research, particularly a thread on the Johnston, NC Board involving a set of Watson data offered by a Mary Weaver (pearlmoye@aol.com) back in September 2000 If you ever received the above set of data from Mary Weaver (she appears to be gone now), or if you have your own Watson data collection, I would like to share info with you. I have been doing a comprehensive study of Sumter, SC Watsons who moved there from Johnston, NC in the early 1800s. I need to know better how they descended from Johnston, NC and Maryland clans. My line appears to be: 1 James Watson (1730 - 1782) +m ~1753 Elizabeth Brown b. ~1730 ...2 Obediah Watson b. Johnston NC ~1765 d. SC/TN? aft. 1820 ...+m unknown d. Sumter SC bef. 1820 ......3 Thomas Watson b. Johnston NC ~1790 d. TN ~1829 (accident) ......+m 1815 Martha Bottoms b. Bladen NC ~1795 d. 1854 ......3 Mary Jane Watson b. Johnston NC ~1790 d. Russell AL 1860s ......+m ~1814? Benjamin Hearn b. Johnston NC ~1784 d. Russell AL 1860s ......3 Dempsey Watson b. Johnston NC ~1794 ......3 Sarah Watson b. Sumter SC ~1809 d. Houston GA 1880 ......+m ~1824 Caswell Hearn b. Johnston NC ~1793 d. Houston GA 1860s ......3 four other children unknown Benjamin Hearn and Mary Jane Watson, daughter of Obediah, were my gggg g-parents. Robert Holley Miami, FL

Are you sure about the NC in Johnston. There is a Johnston, SC in Edgefield County where lots of Watsons lived and still live. Carol Hardy Bryan QUILL Editor Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: <bob@fiu.edu> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:54 PM Subject: [SC] WATSON FAMILY - MD-> JOHNSTON, NC-> SUMTER, SC > 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/CdB.2ACE/213 > > Message Board Post: > > Dear Watson Researchers: > > Noticed several post(s) on RootsWeb Board(s) regarding Watson family > research, particularly a thread on the Johnston, NC Board involving a set > of Watson data > offered by a Mary Weaver (pearlmoye@aol.com) back in September 2000 > > If you ever received the above set of data from Mary Weaver (she appears > to be gone now), or if you have your own Watson data collection, I would > like to share info with you. I have been doing a comprehensive study of > Sumter, SC Watsons who moved there from Johnston, NC in the early 1800s. I > need to know better how they descended from Johnston, NC and Maryland > clans. > > My line appears to be: > > 1 James Watson (1730 - 1782) > +m ~1753 Elizabeth Brown b. ~1730 > > ...2 Obediah Watson b. Johnston NC ~1765 d. SC/TN? aft. 1820 > ...+m unknown d. Sumter SC bef. 1820 > > ......3 Thomas Watson b. Johnston NC ~1790 d. TN ~1829 (accident) > ......+m 1815 Martha Bottoms b. Bladen NC ~1795 d. 1854 > > ......3 Mary Jane Watson b. Johnston NC ~1790 d. Russell AL 1860s > ......+m ~1814? Benjamin Hearn b. Johnston NC ~1784 d. Russell AL 1860s > > ......3 Dempsey Watson b. Johnston NC ~1794 > > ......3 Sarah Watson b. Sumter SC ~1809 d. Houston GA 1880 > ......+m ~1824 Caswell Hearn b. Johnston NC ~1793 d. Houston GA 1860s > > ......3 four other children unknown > > > Benjamin Hearn and Mary Jane Watson, daughter of Obediah, were my gggg > g-parents. > > > Robert Holley > Miami, FL > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Subscription instructions are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >