In a message dated 4/3/2005 8:01:55 PM US Eastern Standard Time, WATSON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: TEXAS WATSONS INCLUDED WILL WATSON , BD. IN WATSON - COTTON FAMILY PLOT, ITASCA , HILL CO.,TX. CEMETERY . SEVEARAL INFANTS ALSO BD. THERE, ALONG W / FEMALE "CLEMENTS". REGRET THAT I CANNOT SAY DEFINITELY WHAT THE COTTON-WATSON CONNECTION IS, BUT AM POSITIVE THAT IT CAME THROUGH WATSON MARRIAGE TO ONE OF SEVERAL DAUGHTERS OF G'G'PA JOSEPH E. COTTON & MARY HARDIN COTTON . G'PA JEREMIAH BOWLIN COTTON My WATSON line includes Jane COTTON [b.14 June 1814]. She married my gr-gr-grandfather Thompson M. WATSON [b. 4 July 1812 ] on 13 Sept 1832 in Casey County, KY. I don't have proof, but Jane COTTON'S parents were supposedly William COTTON and Priscilla BLACK. Do you have the dates for your William Cotton and any other information? Vi Love