Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 291/290
Matthew Watson 47 Farmer $10,000/9000 SC
Celia 43
M. E. 21 f
D. E. 19 m
L. J. 14 f
J. E. 12 m
M. C. 12 f
S. M. 10 m
A. 8 f
E. C. 6 m
C. M. 4 f
W. R. A. 2 m;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Moody's, Marion PO # 150/152
Matthew Watson 58 Farmer $8000/1500 SC
Celia 53
Isham 23 Farm Laborer
Silas 20 " "
Enos 17 " "
Hortensia 14
Robert 12;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 142
Mathew H. WATSON, 66 SC/SC/SC
Celia, 62 wife
William R. A. 21 son
Fletcher TAYLOR, --- 20;

!CENSUS:1880 ** Marion Co, SC Bethea Twp pg 4-B # 1 Robert WATSON, 22 (1857/58) born SC, father born SC, mother born SC, residing with Willis C. EASTERLING, 28 and Bettie E. EASTERLING, 26, listed as "Servant";

!CENSUS:1900;

!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
...
Matthew Watson married Miss Celia Easterling, in 1839; and raised a large family of sons and daughters; the sons are David E-. Isham E., Silas, Enos and Robert; and daughters, Martha, Lavina, Kate and Hortensia.
...
Robert Watson married a Miss Walling ; he died four or five years after marriage, and left two or three children ; the whereabouts of his .widow and children are unknown. ;

!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
...
Robert Watson married a Miss Walling ; he died four or five years after marriage, and left two or three children ; the whereabouts of his .widow and children are unknown. ;