I found this page while browsing Genforum.com http://www.awwwsome.com/dab/genealogy/watts/book/index.htm This is from the page: "A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND ANCESTRY OF THE WATTS', JONES' AND ECHERDS', OF WHAT IS NOW ALEXANDER COUNTY, WAS COMPILED FIRST BY MRS. ANNIE WATTS ECHERD AS FOLLOWS: Mrs. Annie (Watts) Echerd was born on April 14, 1827 and died Nov. 9, 1915. She was a daughter of James Watts, Jr. and Rebecca Jones. Her paternal grandparents were the Pioneer James Watts son of (Thomas Watts) of Chatham Co., N. C., and his wife who was Lurana Teague, daughter of William Teague and Elinor Teague, who lived In Chatham Co., N. C. The Watts, Teague and Jones families all came from Chatham Co. between 1795 and 1800." Chuck