Thomas Watts and Tabitha ? had the following children. They moved to Kershaw, SC from VA: John Watts b. abt 1752 - Revolutionary Soldier - moved to Washington County, GA where he died in 1803. Tabitha Watts b. abt. 1762 Benjamin Watts b. abt 1764 Julius Alexander Watts b. Sept 24, 1769 m Agnes Benson d. Dec. 29 1852 in Sumter District, SC. Isaiah Watts b. abt. 1773 and d. after 1850. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson County, FL I don't have the children of Benjamin but do have the following from another researcher: January 20, 1820, Chesterfield District, Kershaw County : Jenny Watts was the wife of Benjamin Watts and Sarah Watts was the wife of Isaiah Watts. (Kershaw Co., Deed Book K, Pg. 248 - Camden, SC) Do you have further genealogies on any of these folks? At 08:31 AM 7/20/00 -0500, Tammy Cox wrote: > Page 155 of the 1820 census for S. Carolina ,Kershaw county >lists Benjamin Watts , David Watts, Josiah Watts, Richard Watts and William >Watts. >Because I have only been able to access the index, I don't know any of their >ages, >relationships, etc. I think this Benjamin may be the father of my Benjamin >jr. who was born in 1842. Does anyone have information on this family ? > >Thanks, Tammy Cox >Arrow Electronics >ph 972-447-8077 >fax 972-447-8032

Page 155 of the 1820 census for S. Carolina ,Kershaw county lists Benjamin Watts , David Watts, Josiah Watts, Richard Watts and William Watts. Because I have only been able to access the index, I don't know any of their ages, relationships, etc. I think this Benjamin may be the father of my Benjamin jr. who was born in 1842. Does anyone have information on this family ? Thanks, Tammy Cox Arrow Electronics ph 972-447-8077 fax 972-447-8032

In a message dated 7/17/00 10:05:00 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << My Watts line starts with Eliza Ann Watts daughter of John Watts b 1799 son of Samuel Watts b 12 May 1771 son of Joh b 1751 son of Robert b 1726 son of Thomas b 1698. They were all from Gloucester England. Can any one help me. Will be glad to share what I have. Than you D. Judd [email protected] >> When you say all from Gloucester, are you meaning Eliza also? I have an Eliza born abt 1828 I think in Ohio USA to the parents of John Watts born 18FEB1804 Maryland USA and Delilah Jolly born 22FEB1807 Ohio USA. Sound familiar? They moved to Iowa around 1849. Susan Steveson Missouri in search of; GRANT, RAGAN, WATTS, BRICKER, JOLLY, MCATEE, BINGHAM, GORE ancestors

Eliza Ann Watts md Joseph Henry Gardiner 22 Sep 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah and they had ten children. Do we connect? Donna

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: WATTS-D Digest V00 #41 My Watts line starts with Eliza Ann Watts daughter of John Watts b 1799 son of Samuel Watts b 12 May 1771 son of Joh b 1751 son of Robert b 1726 son of Thomas b 1698. They were all from Gloucester England. Can any one help me. Will be glad to share what I have. Than you D. Judd [email protected]

> > Looking to connect with someone researching the Watts/Wats/Watt line in > Iredell NC. > My 1st proven record of my Watts line is from the 1830 Montgomery Co NC > census living on the Pee Dee river along with Thomas , Sampson and Moses. > Moses is my line, he is listed on the Montgonery Co census for 1830/1840 and > > then the area he is living with change to Stanly Co. 1850 Pee Dee River > Moses b. abt 1800 NC > + Nancy b. abt 1815 NC > Noah Z b. 1834 > John S 1836 > Perlina 1837 > Marti 1839 > Catherine 1840 > Mary 1842 > Joel 1843 (also went by Joseph and J. L. he is on the 1870 Giles Co TN > cenus > married to Sarah b. in TN with 1 yrold Mary can only assume he was married > in > was in the civil war 1861-1865 > Allen b. 1847 CSA in 1864 inlisted from Cabarrus Co NC 1870 Giles TN > census > single > Chesley (twin) 1847 all in CSA and on the 1870 Giles Co TN census, went by > the name of Enoch Chesley Watts > Baby unnamed ( could be names Moses) > > 1850 Stanley Co census > Sampson Watts b. abt 1795 on the 1860 AL census > + Harriet > Levi H b. abt 1830 on the 1860 Al cenus using the name Harvey L > Martha J 1833 > Serrina 1842 > Sarah A 1843 > > also there is an Enoch Watts on the 1850 /1860 Rowan Co census > b. abt 1805 married to Peggy Webb > Joel b. 1836 married Mary Ann Cooper > Margaret b. abt 1837 > Rufus b. abt 1838 > William 1839 > Sarah 1841 > Mary 1842 > Jesse 1844 > Robert 1846 > baby not named > > Is any one researching these famlies? > Barbara Watts Frisby of Ca > > > >

Greetings All. Changes have been made to the MP's Scoreboard on the Post 1901 Census Project website at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census MPs are now grouped alphabetically by surname in Provincial groups. Links to the top of each Province are provided below the table of Scoreboard totals. To move directly to your MP click on 'Edit', then 'Find....'. Input the name of your MP and click the 'Find Next' button. Current totals are: FOR = 78 AGAINST = 6 NON-COMMITTAL = 52 NO RESPONSE = 165 You are invited to visit and view the MP Scoreboard. If you have information that your MP's position is different than that shown, please send it to me at [email protected] The Scoreboard is now current with the information presently available. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Port Coquitlam, BC ICQ # 9183352 Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, British-Columbia-L, Canada-Census-Campaign-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, Pictouroots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted.

Hi, I am researching the Watts from India, my Watts were Anglo-indians,so if their is anyone researching Anglo-indian Watts please get in touch...regards iris/trevor

Hello Everyone, Please excuse this intrusion and multiple postings, but I have finally completed the transfer of all my genealogy web pages to RootsWeb. Will now be able to add more history and family information to my site this way. Please visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jedangel/ Thank you for your understanding. Please remember to update your bookmarks if you have them for my old place on geocities. Regards, Edie Suttle, [email protected]

i am looking for dates of birth,death, marriages of the following people: Easter Chambers who married Nievan Gathier Davidson Mary Canada who married Houston ??? Newton B. Chambers who married V.C. Hester you can e-mail me at [email protected] Thanks very much

It's certainly possible that Ben was not correctly enumerated on the census. Census records are notoriously poor records. It's equally possible that he lied about his age in order to appear old enough to get into the GA Cavalry and later had to correlate the dates on the pension application. The only way to resolve this is to find him on other census records and correlate the dates. Then again, that may not be your B F Watts on the census. Ben Franklin was so much admired, many people named sons after him. I have a couple of B. F. Watts in a line from Copiah County, MS. That line has a lot of Jehu, Josiah and John given names. Also, Talitha may have been a Tabitha. There are lots and lots of Tabitha Watts who are descendants of Thomas Watts and Tabitha ? of Kershaw District, SC. Tammy Cox wrote: > Benjamin Franklin WATTS married Elizabeth Ann BOATFIELD in Cherokee > County, Alabama > in January of 1871. He had served in the 6th Georgia Cavalry and moved his > family to Texas around 1880. The affidavit for his Civil War pension states > that he was born in Cherokee County > in 1842. The 1850 census lists > Talitha WATTS W- F -28 yrs > William M WATTS W-M- 8 yrs > Benjamin F WATTS W-M- 6/12 > > Is it possible that the census taker switched the boys ages ? my Aunt > remember hearing that > Benjamin F was a JR, so his father was probably BF WATTS also. does anyone > else connect with this line or have information that may shed light on this > dilemma ? > Thanks, Tammy Cox > Arrow Electronics > ph 972-447-8077 > fax 972-447-8032

Benjamin Franklin WATTS married Elizabeth Ann BOATFIELD in Cherokee County, Alabama in January of 1871. He had served in the 6th Georgia Cavalry and moved his family to Texas around 1880. The affidavit for his Civil War pension states that he was born in Cherokee County in 1842. The 1850 census lists Talitha WATTS W- F -28 yrs William M WATTS W-M- 8 yrs Benjamin F WATTS W-M- 6/12 Is it possible that the census taker switched the boys ages ? my Aunt remember hearing that Benjamin F was a JR, so his father was probably BF WATTS also. does anyone else connect with this line or have information that may shed light on this dilemma ? Thanks, Tammy Cox Arrow Electronics ph 972-447-8077 fax 972-447-8032

Dear Lynn & Milton, I would love to connect with Amphyllis Anne. My Watts only go as far back with David Watts b abt 1725 in England > James Watts b 1753 Maryland,USA > Mary Watts b1776 Maryland,USA married William Davis Williams b 1757 Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. Are any of these names familiar? Diana of Borrego Springs, CA, USA. On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 20:40:41 -0500 milton and lynn davis <[email protected]> writes: > Hi I am seeking info on Amphyllis Ann Watts b 1559 Little Creston > England. She married Thomas Twigden in 1577. Does anyone connect > with > this lady? Thanks in advance. Glitz >

Hi I am seeking info on Amphyllis Ann Watts b 1559 Little Creston England. She married Thomas Twigden in 1577. Does anyone connect with this lady? Thanks in advance. Glitz

Sorry - Just one more! Just as I was despairing that my soon-to-be-18 year old said he wants to live in Russia because our government is corrupt, and is the cause of all the starving people in the streets, I was able to show him the email describing how others sacrificed their lives so we could have this government. (I would feel safe living under the governments of either England or North America.) It gave him a new perspective and hopefully it will make him want to work to protect what we have.

Folks, Since many of our Watts ancestors fought under the American Flag (not to mention the Confederacy which also celebrated the 4th of July) and most all are of some British ancestry, the following might be of interest: There is an excellent article in Smithsonian Magazine about the "Star Spangled Banner", the American Anthem since 1931 when it replaced "My Country 'Tis Of Thee'" (a tune of which any Brit will recognize) Written in 1918: Marching through London to the beat of a boastful air, Seeing for the first time Piccadilly and Leicester Square, All the bands playing: "Over There, Over There, Send the word, send the word to beware--" And as the American flag went fluttering by, Englishmen uncovered and I began to cry. Happy Fourth !!

Since July 4th commemorates the American Revolutionary War I've got a couple of Watts Revolutionary War questions: John Watts b. abt. 1755 d. 1803 suddenly at age 48, son of Thomas Watts and Tabitha ? of Kershaw, SC was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. One of his Lt.'s was John Evans a lifelong friend. Both men moved to Washington County, GA after the war where John Watts was Colonel of Militia and Evans was Major. They were also in the GA legislature together. QUESTIONS: 1. Does anyone have any War records for these men? I'd think they fought in SC, but have no records. 2. Does anyone have a definitive list of of their families? 3. Does anyone know who John Watts married? I.e., Spouse's name

In a message dated 7/2/00 9:49:37 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: <<Excuse me? What does this have to do with WATTS genealogy? Could we try to keep politics and nationalism out of this, please. Not everybody who subscribes to this list is American. Hong Kong (British and proud of it) >> I was sent the previous message today telling me my post was inappropriate. I always enjoy hearing historical stories from other countries around their holidays. My family may never have resided there but I consider the stories worthy reading. I look at genealogist as historians. I made the title very clear as to what was in the body of the message. None of us would be where we are today if it were not for the politics and nationalism of our ancestors. If someone is offended by American history then all they had to do was delete the message. It would have taken shorter time to hit the delete key than the time it took to write the flame message. I apologize to the group for all those that I offended. I guess I misunderstood what the WATTS genealogy list was about. Susan Steveson Missouri in search of; GRANT, RAGAN, WATTS, BRICKER, JOLLY, MCATEE, BINGHAM, GORE ancestors

I as list owner decide whats inappropriate. I see nothing wrong with the post myself. BTW is Hong Kong still British? Chuck Gibson List owner for Watts Colville Roper SCT-Kirkcudbrightshire [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/2/00 9:49:37 AM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > <<Excuse me? What does this have to do with WATTS genealogy? Could we try to > keep politics and nationalism out of this, please. Not everybody who > subscribes to this list is American. Hong Kong (British and proud of it) > >> > > I was sent the previous message today telling me my post was inappropriate. > I always enjoy hearing historical stories from other countries around their > holidays. My family may never have resided there but I consider the stories > worthy reading. I look at genealogist as historians. I made the title very > clear as to what was in the body of the message. None of us would be where we > are today if it were not for the politics and nationalism of our ancestors. > If someone is offended by American history then all they had to do was delete > the message. It would have taken shorter time to hit the delete key than the > time it took to write the flame message. I apologize to the group for all > those that I offended. I guess I misunderstood what the WATTS genealogy list > was about. > > Susan Steveson > Missouri > in search of; GRANT, RAGAN, WATTS, BRICKER, JOLLY, MCATEE, BINGHAM, GORE > ancestors

Every year about this time there's a story that makes the rounds on a lot of the genealogy lists about the signers of the Declaration of Independence and their hardships. I have it saved on my computer so I drug it out and thought I'd pass it along. Look it over and give some thought (and thanks) to what they sacrificed to give us our freedom. It's a very interesting story. And enjoy this Fourth of July! ======== Just take a moment on the 4th of July Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted...We shouldn't. So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Author Unknown. Remember: freedom is never free! It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games. ================= Chronology Of Events: June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777 1776 June 7 -- Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, receives Richard Henry Lee's resolution urging Congress to declare independence. June 11 -- Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston appointed to a committee to draft a declaration of independence. American army retreats to Lake Champlain from Canada. June 12 - 27 -- Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration, of which only a fragment exists. Jefferson's clean, or "fair" copy, the "original Rough draught," is reviewed by the committee. Both documents are in the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress. June 28 -- A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress. July 1 - 4 -- Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence. July 2 -- Congress declares independence as the British fleet and army arrive at New York. July 4 -- Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called "Dunlap Broadsides." Twenty-four copies are known to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington's personal copy. July 5 -- John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap's broadsides of the Declaration of Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware. July 6 -- Pennsylvania Evening Post of July 6 prints the first newspaper rendition of the Declaration of Independence. July 8 -- The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia. July 9 -- Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside." July 19 -- Congress orders the Declaration of Independence engrossed (officially inscribed) and signed by members. August 2 -- Delegates begin to sign engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. A large British reinforcement arrives at New York after being repelled at Charleston, S.C. 1777 January 18 -- Congress, now sitting in Baltimore, Maryland, orders that signed copies of the Declaration of Independence printed by Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore be sent to the states. (from http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara2.html) Susan Steveson Missouri in search of; GRANT, RAGAN, WATTS, BRICKER, JOLLY, MCATEE, BINGHAM, GORE ancestors