Wm. WATKINS b 1805 TN m 1826 Knox CO, TN, Margaret Byerley/Bierley, dau. of Casper byerley, Jr, of sC and wife Mary MOORE b ca 1767. Wm. is mentioned on 1839 estate papers of a Benj. WATKINS which were supposed to be adm. by a James M. BELL in 1840. Wm. and Margaret's son Wm. Douglas Watkins b 1843 married Nancy BROWN HART, dau. of George B. HART b 1816 TN and wife Ellen Ekens/Akens. William b 1805 had both brother and son named Samuel, latter of whom fought (and died of measles) with Wm. Douglas Watkins in Union Army. Researchers in Anne Arundel CO, MD, say that my Wm. Watkins b 1805 is son of a John Watkins/Elizabeth HALL of MD, via a Stephen WATKINS/WARMAN marriage who migrated from MD to WVA prior to migration South before 1800. I have much information on all these surnames...from MD to WVA to VA, PA, and all points South in my search to locate the ancestors of these lines. At this point I believe that much of this line went from MD to WVA (then VA) to Albemarle CO area of VA prior to settlement South after the Rev. War. Doris in VA