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    1. Watson - Armstrong County, PA
    2. Does anyone have information on the following Watson's from Armstrong County, PA? Thanks Connie Here goes… History of Armstrong County, by Robert Walter Smith, 1883 Page 77 - Regimental Histories and Descriptive Roster Company B Sergeant George A. Watson Oct 12 1861 died at Camp Wood PRIVATES Page 108 Robert Brown first came with some hunters to Kittanning in 1798 and settled there soon after. About that time, William, father of ex-sheriff, Watson - John, James and Robert Watson made a tour of observation… Page 233, Kiskiminetas Township… The ancient map of this county indicates that seventy-five tracts of land were originally surveyed to various tracts of land to various persons as follows: <I'm not typing all names> James Watson, 160 acres, 148 perches; Joseph Campbell 437 acres seated by Watsons and John Criswell; John Jackson 367.8 ACRES SEATED BY John Miller Sr. 50 acres, John Miller, Jr. 100 acres and Jacob Miller 100 acres Robert Clark, 248 acres, seated by James Jackson; Robert Watson 47 acres, 110 perches..280 acres seated by John and William Watson, 315 Acres seated by Robert Kilgore… I am looking for parents of Matilda Watson, born 1805. I don't kno where she was born, but know she is on the 1850 census in Armstrong County, PA...states her age as 45. Thanks for your help. Connie

    03/12/2000 02:40:35