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/


!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 52 w/Barnabas WATSON age 0-4 (1825/30);

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 141 w/Barnaba WATSON age 10-14 (1825/30);

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 835 Marion Co., SC Barnabas Watson 1841
Isham Watson, adm 29 Nov 1841
...
1/3 to widow (not named)
2/3 to eight children (not named)
1843 paid Martha Dorman in full
1845 paid Susannah Watson in full
1845 paid Milly Watson in full
1848 paid Meridy Watson in full
1850 paid Mary Watson in full
1855 paid Mark Watson in full
1855 paid Barnabas Watson in full
1855 paid Mary Watson widow in full
... Isham Watson a son of Barnabas Watson ...;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1271/1276
Merideth Watson 23 Farmer $- Marion
Elizabeth 18
William 2/12;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Allen's Bridge PO # 1052/1041
Meredith Watson 32 Farmer $1000/7000 SC
E. 29 f
M. J. 5 f
B. 3 m
P. 4/12 m
Mary Edwards 45;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Moody's, Marion PO # 212/214
Meredith Watson 44 Farmer $350/150 SC
Nancy 25
Mary 15
Barnabas 13
Preston 10
Stephen 4
Ida 2
Elizabeth 3/12 Jun (marked out)
Mary 76
Susan 49
Mary 43;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 11 Meredith WATSON, 54 (1825/26) born SC/SC/SC;

!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
...
Barney Watson, his father, married a second time, I do not know to whom ; by this marriage he had two sons, Barney and Meredith, and some daughters. Barney and Meredith are both dead, and left families, about whom the writer knows nothing. Barney and Meredith were hard-working, honest men, but did not succeed in life as did their older half-brother, Isham. ;


!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. 386-395
...
Osborne Lane married a Miss Crawford, a sister of old James Crawford, of Spring Branch-I suppose, older than her brother. The Crawfords were quite respectable in that day and have continued to be so down to the present time. The fruits of the marriage, as known, were eight sons, John, Thomas, Alexander, James, Robert, David, Stephen and William, and two daughters, Kesiah and Elizabeth.
...
James C. Lane, I think, the youngest son of old Osborne, was a most excellent man and a good citizen ; he married a Miss Lee, daughter of old John Lee, on the north side of Buck Swamp, and settled on Catfish, just opposite Latta ; he had and raised four sons, James C, Jr., Crawford, John O. and Stephen L. Lane, and four daughters, Hapsey, Sarah Anne, Orphea and Priscilla. Of the sons, James C, Jr., married a daughter of old William Bryant, a sister of the late John M. Bryant; he had and raised one son, David, and one daughter. The son married some one to the writer unknown ; he has a large family of sons and daughters, several grown; he lives in Kirby Township. The daughter married Peter McLellan, and had several children ; Peter and she (Rebecca, I think, was her name), are both dead; don't know what has become of the children - suppose they are all grown. Crawford Lane, second son of James C, Sr., married a Miss Perritt, daughter of David Perritt, and settled down on the Maiden Down and Ten Mile Bays ; he raised a large family of sons and daughters ; the names of two sons only are known-Addison and James. Addison married a daughter of John M. Bryant, and has several sons, two of whom are married, and several daughters, some grown. James Lane, son of Crawford Lane, married a daughter of the late Samuel Campbell, and has a family, how many are not known. Stephen L. Lane, tihe youngest son of James C, Sr., married Miss Flora Campbell, a daughter of the late William S. Campbell ; he was killed in the last battle of the war, just before Johnston's surrender, after having gone through the whole war ; he left his widow. Flora, and several sons and daughters, none of them personally known to the writer ; one son is named William, and one daughter became the second wife of Merideth Watson, There are several other children. Another son of James C. Lane, Sr., was John O. Lane ; he married a Miss Sweat, daughter of old George Sweat ; they had and raised a family, none of them known to the writer -both are dead. Of the daughters of James C, Sr., Hapsey married the late James Porter ; they had and raised a large family of sons and daugliters, none of wlhom are known to the writer, except Robert P. Porter, in Marion; he married a Miss Johnson, and has a family of several children, none grown. The second daughter of old James C, St., Sarah Ann, married a Mr. Jones, who either died or left the country, leaving her one child, a daughter -what has become of the daughter is unknown ; Mrs. Jones is long since dead. The third daughter of James C. Lane, St., Orphea, married a Mr. Turbeville; they had and raised a family, and have grand-children, but none of them are known. The youngest daughter of James, Sr., Priscilla, married "Sandy" Norton, who was killed or died in the war ; they had and raised three sons, Woodberry, Houston and Holland Norton, who are now among us and good citizens- especially Houston Norton, of Latta ; there may have been daughters- if any, they are unknown to the writer.;

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


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


!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 254 Marion Co., SC Solomon Edwards 1832
Adms: David L. S. Edwards and Mary Edwards 8 Feb 1832.
... 18 Feb 1832 paid widow in ful. paid widow for Elizabeth her part.
Mrs. Mary Edwards gdn to Elizabeth Edwards.
4 Nov 1833 David S. Edwards gdn to Elizabeth Caroline Edwards.
...;

!CENSUS:1840;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1271/1276
Merideth Watson 23 Farmer $- Marion
Elizabeth 18
William 2/12;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Allen's Bridge PO # 1052/1040
Meredith Watson 32 Farmer $1000/7000 SC
E. 29 f
M. J. 5 f
B. 3 m
P. 4/12 m
Mary Edwards 45;


REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq.
1902. Pg 330 - 342;

!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/


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1271/1276
Merideth Watson 23 Farmer $- Marion
Elizabeth 18
William 2/12;

!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/

!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/


!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Allen's Bridge PO # 1052/1040
Meredith Watson 32 Farmer $1000/7000 SC
E. 29 f
M. J. 5 f
B. 3 m
P. 4/12 m
Mary Edwards 45;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Moody's, Marion PO # 212/214
Meredith Watson 44 Farmer $350/150 SC
Nancy 25
Mary 15
Barnabas 13
Preston 10
Stephen 4
Ida 2
Elizabeth 3/12 Jun (marked out)
Mary 76
Susan 49
Mary 43;

!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/


!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Allen's Bridge PO # 1052/1040
Meredith Watson 32 Farmer $1000/7000 SC
E. 29 f
M. J. 5 f
B. 3 m
P. 4/12 m
Mary Edwards 45;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Moody's, Marion PO # 212/214
Meredith Watson 44 Farmer $350/150 SC
Nancy 25
Mary 15
Barnabas 13
Preston 10
Stephen 4
Ida 2
Elizabeth 3/12 Jun (marked out)
Mary 76
Susan 49
Mary 43;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 11 Preston WATSON, 20 (1859/60) born SC/SC/SC;