Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:
(1) I'm not related to this person. But I'm interested in all Watsons in Eastern NC/SC to some extent.
(2) This person is an uncle/aunt of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/watson/


!FAMILY BIBLE:The Bible was presented to Ellen E. Watson Bass Oct 7, 1881 by William Watson.
Addison J. Bass and Ellen E. Watson married Jan 28, 1879
Addison b Marion Co, 10-11-1848 died 5-29-1901.
Ellen E. born Marion Co, 12-24-1852 died 5-29-1901.
Their children-
Joe Manly Bass b 3-11-1880 md 11-23-1910 died 6-28-1952.
Cherry A. Bass, b-6-16-1882 died 1-3-1939
Maggie E. Bass b-2-3-1884 md 12-29-1912
Rosa David Bass b-2-5-1886 died 6-18-1888-
Robert W. Bass b- 5-10-1889 md 7-14-1918 died 11-17-1952-
Norma Bernice Bass b 11-20-1893-
Eunice E. Bass b 8-23-1898 md 2-5-19223
Magnolia W. Easterling, daughter of Samuel and Frances Watson born 8-27-1864 md 1-1-1890
Isham Watson's family and birthdates:
David Dec 3, 1811, d. Nov 16, 1823,
Matthew, Sept 12, 1813,
James, Sept 3, 1815,
Nancy, July 20, 1827,
Penelope, July 14, 1819,
Isham H. May 13, 1821,
Samuel, Oct 6, 1825,
Mary, dec 7, 1827,
William Oct 7, 1829,
Drusilla, Nov 16, 1830,
Fama, Mar 9, 1832,
Sarah, Aug 9, 1833,
Jane, Feb 26, 1835"

!CENSUS:1790 Georgetown Dist, SC Prince George Parish pg 56 w/Barnaby WATSON age -16 (1774/90);

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist, SC pg 788 w/Barnabas WATSON age 10-15 (1784/90);

!CENSUS:1810;

!TAXLIST:1811 Marion Dist, SC Isham WATSON $0.45;


!WITNESS-DEED:16 Jan 1812 Marion Co., SC Deed Book G., p. 134
Noel Taylor of Marion Dist., to Thomas Lean of same place for $60, 100a West side Catfish Swamp on Kelly Branch being part of a grant to John Sanders 30 Dec 1789 conveyed to John Student and from said Studevident (sic) to John Blackmon & from Blackmon to Noel Taylor bounded by lands belonging to George Green, John Deer, Barnabas Watson, John Smith Senr decd, & Frederick Jones.
S: Noel (his mark) Taylor.
Wit: Isham Watson, Benjamin Harrelson, Enos Tart, QU.
* From "Marion County South Carolina Abstracts of Deeds Volume Two Books F - I & K 1811-1823", Lucille Utley, Alita White Sutcliffe, 1997.;


!TAXLIST:1814 Marion Dist, SC Isham WATSON $1.55;

!CENSUS:1820 * Marion Dist, SC pg 67 Isham WATSON age 26-44 (1775/94);

!TAXLIST:1824 Marion Dist, SC Isam WATSON $6.63;


!DEED:16 Aug 1826 Marion Co., SC Deed Book O, p. 242
John Turner, planter of Marion Dist to Isham Watson, planter of same place, for $150. 99a being p/o two tracts of land. one granted to John Turner for 150a dated 6 Jun 1785 and the other granted to Benjamin Blackman for 991a 6 Feb 1792 and conveyed from him to John Turner. West side Catfish Swamp bounded on the north by Robert Husseys land, E by William Turners land, S by Wickham Watsons, and W by Sampson Faulks land.
S: John (his mark) Turner.
Wit: Salathiel Moody, B. Moody, QU
Liddy (her mark) Turner, wife of John Turner relinq dower before B. Moody, QU 2 Sep 1826.
* From "Abstracts of Marion County [SC] Deed Books O and P 1831-1835", Lucille Utley, Kathy Loyd, John M. Gregg. Three Rivers Historical Society, 2003.;


!NAMED:26 Mar 1827 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 6 James CRAWFORD Estate. Inventory & Appraisement. Appraisers: Daniel PLATT, Charles GODBOLD, Isham WATSON. Notes: ... B. MOODY & James CRAWFORD payable to John COLEMAN. ... John SANDERS ... Tobias CRAWFORD ... Dempsey CAMPBELL ... Hugh G. CRAWFORD. Accounts: ... Thomas JAMES. 1825 Proved acct against the estate of John CAMPBELL. Accounts: ... Joel BARNES ... Charity PORTER ...;

!NAMED: 9 May 1827 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 25 Genl. Thomas GODBOLD Estate. Appraisers: Gadi CRAWFORD, Isham WATSON, H.G. FLADGER.;

!NAMED: 9 May 1827 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 26 Doctor Charles F. GODBOLD Estate. Appraisers: Gadi CRAWFORD, Isham WATSON, H.G. FLADGER.;

!CHURCH:Sep 1829 Catfish Church Marion Dist, SC (now Dillon) ... Dismissed by letter to build up Antioch Church ... Isham WATSON ...;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 51 Isham WATSON age 40-49 (1780/90)
"2111001-112001";

!NAMED: 4 Apr 1837 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 96 James C. BELLUNE. Notes: Joel BARNES & E.B. WHEELER ... William CAMPBELL (Bare Swamp) ... Levi CAMPBELL ... John D. COLEMAN ...Anthony CRIBBS, Peter DOVE .... Book Accounts: Jamima BLACKMAN, Duncan CAMPBELL, James CAMPBELL Jr ... Gadi CRAWFORD, ... James G. CRAWFORD, David CAMPBELL ... William P. CAMPBELL, John COLEMAN Jr ... CRAWFORD & ERVIN, Chapman CRAWFORD ...Enos T. HUGGINS ... Evan HUGGINS ... Adwin W. JAMES ... William JOHNSON (Catfish) ... Archabald JOHNSON, Malichi JAMES ... Alexander LANE ... James LANE Jr, Osburn LANE ... Reddin ROBERTS ... John ROBERTS ... John L. SMITH ... Mrs. Susannah TART ... Isam WATSON ...;

!CENSUS:1840;


!DEED:19 Dec 1840 Marion Co., SC Deed Book R, p. 300
Elizabeth Sanders, Smithy Sanders & Tobias Sanders to Isham Watson, planter of Marion Dist., for $35, 9a ... I. Watson's line ...
S: Elizabeth (her mark) Sanders, Smithy (her mark) Sanders, Tobias Sanders.
Wit: S. L. Blackman, B. Moody, QU.
* From "Abstracts of Marion County [SC] Deed Books Q and R 1836-1842", Lucille Utley, Angela Turner, John M. Gregg. Three Rivers Historical Society, 2003.;


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1150/1155
Isam Watson 62 Farmer $15,000 Marion
Mary 58
William 20
Virzilla 19
Fama 18
Jane 16;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Catfish PO # 1371/1358
Isham Watson 72 Farmer $41,000/14,000 SC
Mary 68
Zillah 29
Fanny Berry 27;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 148-157
...
Stephen Berry, the youngest son of Cross Roads Henry Berry, married Miss Euphemia Watson, a daughter of the late old Isham Watson; Stephen died in about a year after his marriage, childless. His widow married the late F. D. Jones, of Marion, and raised a family of five daughters and one son, about whom more may be said hereafter; Mrs. Jones is also dead. ;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
...
Old man Isham Watson was the founder, it may be said, of the family on Catfish, in name and fortune. Barny Watson, his father, was married twice ; whether he had a child or children other than Isham, by his first wife, is not known. Isham Watson married and settled on Catfish, near where Antioch Church now stands, in the first part of the nineteenth century, a poor man; his wife was Miss Mary Hays, a sister of the late John C. Hays ; the results of the marriage were five sons, Matthew, James, Isham H., Samuel and William; and seven daughters, Nellie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary, Verzella, Fama and Jane ; all raised to be grown and all married, and all now dead, except the daughters, Mary and Jane.
...
This closes the notice of the Watson family, so far as is descended from the old man, Isham. In many respects, the old man, Isham, was an extraordinary man ; he made a large fortune, raised his large family respectably—industry, frugality and economy were the prominent characteristics of his career; these, with his great good sense, gave him success in life; he died of erysipelas, in 1864, over three-score and ten years of age. ;

!B/D from Isham Watson family Bible (her brothers and sisters also named with birth dates);

!CENSUS:1820 * Marion Dist, SC pg 67 w/Isham WATSON age 26-44 (1775/94);
CHURCH:Sep 1829 Catfish Church Marion Dist, SC (now Dillon) ... Dismissed by
letter to build up Antioch Church ... Mary WATSON ...;
CENSUS:1830;
CENSUS:1840;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1150/1155
Isam Watson 62 Farmer $15,000 Marion
Mary 58
William 20
Virzilla 19
Fama 18
Jane 16;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Catfish PO # 1371/1358
Isham Watson 72 Farmer $41,000/14,000 SC
Mary 68
Zillah 29
Fanny Berry 27;

CENSUS:1870;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
...
Old man Isham Watson was the founder, it may be said, of the family on Catfish, in name and fortune. Barny Watson, his father, was married twice ; whether he had a child or children other than Isham, by his first wife, is not known. Isham Watson married and settled on Catfish, near where Antioch Church now stands, in the first part of the nineteenth century, a poor man; his wife was Miss Mary Hays, a sister of the late John C. Hays ; the results of the marriage were five sons, Matthew, James, Isham H., Samuel and William; and seven daughters, Nellie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary, Verzella, Fama and Jane ; all raised to be grown and all married, and all now dead, except the daughters, Mary and Jane. ;

!FAMILY BIBLE:The Bible was presented to Ellen E. Watson Bass Oct 7, 1881 by William Watson.
Addison J. Bass and Ellen E. Watson married Jan 28, 1879
Addison b Marion Co, 10-11-1848 died 5-29-1901.
Ellen E. born Marion Co, 12-24-1852 died 5-29-1901.
Their children-
Joe Manly Bass b 3-11-1880 md 11-23-1910 died 6-28-1952.
Cherry A. Bass, b-6-16-1882 died 1-3-1939
Maggie E. Bass b-2-3-1884 md 12-29-1912
Rosa David Bass b-2-5-1886 died 6-18-1888-
Robert W. Bass b- 5-10-1889 md 7-14-1918 died 11-17-1952-
Norma Bernice Bass b 11-20-1893-
Eunice E. Bass b 8-23-1898 md 2-5-19223
Magnolia W. Easterling, daughter of Samuel and Frances Watson born 8-27-1864 md 1-1-1890
Isham Watson's family and birthdates:
David Dec 3, 1811, d. Nov 16, 1823,
Matthew, Sept 12, 1813,
James, Sept 3, 1815,
Nancy, July 20, 1827,
Penelope, July 14, 1819,
Isham H. May 13, 1821,
Samuel, Oct 6, 1825,
Mary, dec 7, 1827,
William Oct 7, 1829,
Drusilla, Nov 16, 1830,
Fama, Mar 9, 1832,
Sarah, Aug 9, 1833,
Jane, Feb 26, 1835"

!CENSUS:1820;

!FAMILY BIBLE:The Bible was presented to Ellen E. Watson Bass Oct 7, 1881 by William Watson.
Addison J. Bass and Ellen E. Watson married Jan 28, 1879
Addison b Marion Co, 10-11-1848 died 5-29-1901.
Ellen E. born Marion Co, 12-24-1852 died 5-29-1901.
Their children-
Joe Manly Bass b 3-11-1880 md 11-23-1910 died 6-28-1952.
Cherry A. Bass, b-6-16-1882 died 1-3-1939
Maggie E. Bass b-2-3-1884 md 12-29-1912
Rosa David Bass b-2-5-1886 died 6-18-1888-
Robert W. Bass b- 5-10-1889 md 7-14-1918 died 11-17-1952-
Norma Bernice Bass b 11-20-1893-
Eunice E. Bass b 8-23-1898 md 2-5-19223
Magnolia W. Easterling, daughter of Samuel and Frances Watson born 8-27-1864 md 1-1-1890
Isham Watson's family and birthdates:
David Dec 3, 1811, d. Nov 16, 1823,
Matthew, Sept 12, 1813,
James, Sept 3, 1815,
Nancy, July 20, 1827,
Penelope, July 14, 1819,
Isham H. May 13, 1821,
Samuel, Oct 6, 1825,
Mary, dec 7, 1827,
William Oct 7, 1829,
Drusilla, Nov 16, 1830,
Fama, Mar 9, 1832,
Sarah, Aug 9, 1833,
Jane, Feb 26, 1835"

!CENSUS:1840;