Marty and Karla Grant

!MARRIAGE:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;

!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
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James Watson, the second son of Isham Watson, married Miss Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Bryant Jones, of Wahee; the fruits of the marriage were several sons and daughters. James, the eldest, married Miss Flora Lane, and has several children, sons and daughters. Edward B. Watson married Miss Addie Bethea, a daughter of the late John R. Bethea ; they have several children. Joseph F. Watson, a physician, married in Darlington; I don't know to whom. Cicero Watson, I think, is still single. Charles, I think, is married, and he and two single sisters live together on the old homestead of his father. James Watson's oldest daughter, Mary, married Jesse Gibson, below Marion; they have a family, how many is not known. The, next daughter, Sarah, married Allen Gibson, brother of Jesse ; they also have a family, of how many is not known to the writer. Another daughter married W. H. Daniels, of Mullins; they have two or three children. Two daughters of James Watson, Telatha and Drusilla, are yet single, and live with their brother on the old homestead. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 952/957
James Watson 35 Farmer $2000 Marion
Elizabeth 30
Mary 9
Sarah 7
Ann 6
James 4
Jane 2
William 6/12;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 293/292
James Watson 45 Farmer $12,000/20,000 SC
E. E. 40 f
M. E. 19 f
S. F. 17 f
T. A. 15 f
Jas S. 13 m
E. J. 11 f
Jos F. 8 m
Jno C. 7 m
D. J. 5 f
E. B. 2 m
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!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Marion, Marion PO # 89/90
James Watson 55 Farmer $2800/3000 SC
Elizabeth 51
Tilitha 23
Elizabeth 21
Frederic 18
John Cicero 15
Lucilla 13
Edwin 11
Charles M. 8 f (sic);

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Marion # 304 Elizabeth WATSON, 33 (1846/47) born SC, father born SC, mother born SC;

!MARRIAGE:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;

!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
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James Watson, the second son of Isham Watson, married Miss Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Bryant Jones, of Wahee; the fruits of the marriage were several sons and daughters. James, the eldest, married Miss Flora Lane, and has several children, sons and daughters. Edward B. Watson married Miss Addie Bethea, a daughter of the late John R. Bethea ; they have several children. Joseph F. Watson, a physician, married in Darlington; I don't know to whom. Cicero Watson, I think, is still single. Charles, I think, is married, and he and two single sisters live together on the old homestead of his father. James Watson's oldest daughter, Mary, married Jesse Gibson, below Marion; they have a family, how many is not known. The, next daughter, Sarah, married Allen Gibson, brother of Jesse ; they also have a family, of how many is not known to the writer. Another daughter married W. H. Daniels, of Mullins; they have two or three children. Two daughters of James Watson, Telatha and Drusilla, are yet single, and live with their brother on the old homestead. ;