Hello WATTS rooters: I subscribe to a mail list -- KYBIOGRAPHIES@rootsweb.com -- that features bios of KY folks, mostly from KY county history books now out of copyright. For those who aren't familiar with the mail list, Sandi Gorin sends five bios weekdays to those subscribed to the list. If you have WATTS (or other KY kin), you may wish to contact her at <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> about subscribing. Today, within a bio for Preston J. HILL, was a WATTS connection as follows: Preston J. HILL m. 25 Oct 1877 Nellie R. SANSOM [Nellie was a daughter of Susan WATTS & Saunders SANSOM. Nellie's "father was born in England, came to the United States in 1852, and settled in Evansville, Ind. He was a contractor and builder, and died in 1878. His wife is a daughter of William Watt, and was born in Indiana in 1829, shortly after her parents came from England." Note the bio references both WATT and WATTS? Hope this helps someone. With kind regards, Steve -- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 06:33:45 -0500 From: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> Subject: BIOS 2096 THRU 2100- HILL, BASHAM, DOWELL, HARDIN & HARDIN To: KYBIOGRAPHIES@rootsweb.com Good morning! I think the heat has returned to this part of the states too, heat advisory for today with heat index up to 110 degrees. Stay inside, stay cool(er)! Here are the bios for today ... //SNIP// 2096 WARREN CO - HILL, PRESTON J Potter Kirby Choice Sansom Watts //SNIP// #2096: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,1886. Warren County. PRESTON J. HILL, second of the three sons of Elijah W. and Susan (Potter) Hill, was born April 14, 1853, five miles east of Bowling Green. Elijah W. Hill is an extensive farmer, and formerly owned a large number of slaves. He is a leading member of the Baptist Church; also of the K. of H.; before the war he was a Whig, but is now a Democrat. He is a son of Nathan and Ann Hill, both natives of South Carolina, born respectively in1799 and 1802. They were brought to Warren County, Ky., in an early day. Nathan Hill was the owner of a large farm and some forty of fifty negroes. He died in 1875, his widow in 1881. He was a son of Joseph Hill, of South Carolina. Mrs. Susan Hill's parents, Frederick and Elizabeth(Kirby) Potter, were natives of South Carolina, and were brought to Warren County in childhood. Frederick Potter was a son of Thomas Potter; was born August 12, 1785; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in November, 1868. His wife was born in January, 1790, and died in January,1867. Thomas Potter was one of the first settlers of Warren County, where he became a large land and slave owner. Mrs. Elizabeth (Kirby) Potter was the daughter of Jesse Kirby, a soldier in the war for independence; he emigrated from South Carolina to Kentucky about 1795; was born in October,1757, and married Sophia Choice in 1778. She was born in September, 1760;they lived together seventy-five years. Preston J. Hill was reared on a farm and educated at Bethel College. He now resides on a farm two miles east of Bowling Green, where he is engaged in farming, and in breeding short-horn cattle, Berkshire hogs and Cotswold sheep. October 25, 1877, he married Nellie R. Sansom, of Evansville, Ind., who has born him one child. Mrs. Hill is the daughter of Saunders and Susan (Watts) Sansom. Her father was born in England, came to the United States in 1852, and settled in Evansville, Ind. He was a contractor and builder, and died in1878. His wife is a daughter of William Watt, and was born in Indiana in1829, shortly after her parents came from England. Mr. Hill and wife are members of the Baptist Church; he is member of the K. of H. In politics, in which he takes but little interest, he is a Democrat. //SNIP// Sandi Gorin - A Proud Kentucky Colonel PUBLISHING: http://members.tripod.com/~GorinS/index.html BARREN CO WEBSITE: http://ww4.choice.net/~jimphp/barrenco/ PRAYER&PRAISE: http://www.listbot.com/subscribe/prayerandpraise