Gary: Your BELL family was closely associated with my EDWARDS, BASS, MIDGETT and O'NEAL families. They also lived in the Saulsbury/Commerce/Watertown area along Round Lick Creek. James M. BELL married in 1838 Elizabeth O'NEAL JENKINS (b~1818), sister to my ancestor Nancy O'NEAL EDWARDS. I have never searched for the names of his parents since he is not my direct line. Some of the younger O'NEAL, EDWARDS and BASS families of this area moved to the Muhlenberg County, KY area in the 1830s and 1840s. Before 1850, some of the EDWARDS and O'NEAL families that started in Wilson County, TN were established in Williamson County, IL. I know some of the BELL family were there in the Poordo/Attila/Corinth area and I have seen some of their markers in the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Cemetery, Attila, IL. I would suggest you correspond with other Williamson County, IL BELL researchers through the Rootsweb Mail List. I have copied them in this e-mail. Hope this has been of some help. I have never found much early information in Tennessee on the folks living in the Watertown area. All I can tell you is that most of them seem to have come from North Carolina. Debbie Ward McArdle (Researching John EDWARDS, Theophilus BASS, John O'NEAL and Dorcas MIDGETT ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:31 AM Subject: [TNWILSON] Watertown, Tn This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UiB.2ACI/1353 Message Board Post: Does anyone know early information of the Watertown area? My Bell family lived just North on Bell Road. Was there any early newspaper covering this area? My family lived there from 1810 to 1895. Thanks Gary ==== TNWILSON Mailing List ==== You can find the directions to unsubscribe from the TNWILSON list at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/TN/wilson.html