Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:Birth and marriage date of Cherry and death date of William from Cherry's Widow Pension file (PDQ Vol XV No 2 Mar - Apr 1991);

!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: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, Marion PO # 167/167
Wm Watson 30 Farmer $1500/3000 SC
Cherry 30
E. E. 7 f
J. G. 4 m
W. E. 2 m;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Kerby's, Cat Fish PO # 26/29
T. R. Fore 25 Farmer $675/300 SC
Thos 65 " $2050/450
Willis 23 School Teacher
Sarah 18
Eli Turner 14 B House Servt
Wm Watson 40 Farmer $5000/150
Cherry 40
Elizabeth 17
Jno G. 14
W. E. 12 m
Pauline 8
Furman 6
Mary 6/12 Jan.;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Kirby # 206 William WATSON, 50 (1829/30) born SC, father born SC, mother born 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. 148-157
...
Annie, the fourth daughter of Stephen Fore, married Willie Watson, son of William Watson, deceased; they have ten children, seven sons and three daughters; the sons are Lawton, Julian, Burke, Hoyt, Jasper, Pratt and Memory; the daughters are Nora, Pauline and Alma-all single and live with their parents. The two oldest sons, Lawton and Julian, are in Wake Forrest College, in North Carolina. ;


!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.
...
William Watson, the fifth son and youngest of old man Isham's sons, married Miss Cherry Deer, daughter of Joseph Deer ; the results of the marriage were four sons, John G., William E., Furman and D. Maxcy Watson; and three daughters, Ellen, Pauline and Norma. William Watson, the father, died some years ago. ;

!NOTE:Birth and marriage date of Cherry and death date of William from Cherry's Widow Pension file (PDQ Vol XV No 2 Mar - Apr 1991);



!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion PO # 167/167
Wm Watson 30 Farmer $1500/3000 SC
Cherry 30
E. E. 7 f
J. G. 4 m
W. E. 2 m;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Kerby's, Cat Fish PO # 26/29
T. R. Fore 25 Farmer $675/300 SC
Thos 65 " $2050/450
Willis 23 School Teacher
Sarah 18
Eli Turner 14 B House Servt
Wm Watson 40 Farmer $5000/150
Cherry 40
Elizabeth 17
Jno G. 14
W. E. 12 m
Pauline 8
Furman 6
Mary 6/12 Jan.;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Kirby # 206 Cherry WATSON, 50 (1829/30) born SC, father born SC, mother born 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. 162-166
...
Old Captain William Page had several daughters; one married Joseph Deer (the name now extinct in Marion County) ; Deer died, and the widow married Rev. John B. Platt, of the South Carolina Conference; I think she had two sons and three daughters by the Deer marriage; Wm. P. Deer and John were the sons; Mrs. William Watson, one of the daughters, still survives; one other daughter, Ellenora, never married, and is dead ; the last daughter, Elizabeth, married John E. Elvington. By the Platt marriage, she had a son, R. B. Platt, a Magistrate, near Mullins, S. C, and two daughters, Mrs. B. Gause Smith, and the late Mrs. Dr. C. T. Ford; they all have large families. ;

!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
...
William Watson, the fifth son and youngest of old man Isham's sons, married Miss Cherry Deer, daughter of Joseph Deer ; the results of the marriage were four sons, John G., William E., Furman and D. Maxcy Watson; and three daughters, Ellen, Pauline and Norma. William Watson, the father, died some years ago. ;