>I am searching for connection between Watkins families and >Covey/McFArland/ Sanders families. William Watkins was married in >Jefferson County but I believe that he and his father, Joel, were in >Davidson Co. earlier. One of his sons married Nancy Jane McFarland of >Tennessee, but possibly md in IL. Also looking for family of Benjamin >Sanders who married Eliza Jane Frazier-his possible father was Arden or >Hardin Sanders. This group settled in Fannin Co. TX around 1850. Any >info would be appreciated. There is a possibility that these families >came as a group from NC. >Alice Ann Watkins John Covey (also spelled COVY, COORY) married Patsy WATKINS, daughter of Jacob and Sally, sister of Samuel. She was removed from care of William WATKINS 15 Feb 1799, according to court records, so the marriage was probably after that date. This William WATKINS is thought to have been the brother of Jacob and Benjamin and the son of Aaron WATKINS and Anne RALSTON. Jacob and Sally died shortly after arriving in Nashville. William (and Benjamin?) later moved to Williamson Co., TN, where William is buried . Macalyne Watkins Fristoe Lafayette, IN Transplanted Tennessean