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!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 797/801
John R. Watson 32 Farmer $2000 Marion
Sarah 33
James 9
Martha 8
Ann 7
William 3
Calvin 1;
!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 1147 Marion Co., SC John R. Watson 1855
William Ford, Sr. adm 8 Mar 1855
... no heirs named ...
... Mrs. Sarah Watson mentinoed a couple of times ...;
!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Floydsville PO # 1550/1533
Sallie Watson 42 Farmer $7000/5500 SC
James 19 Overseer
Martha 18
Virginia A. 16
Wm F. 13
Calvin H. 11
John C. 8
Sarah F. 6
Beedy A. 4
Sarah Leonard 77 $0/3000 VA;
!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 328 Marion Co., SC William Ford, Sr. 5 Dec 1863
Elias B. Ford and John T. Ford vs John J. Gaddy and wife Celia Gaddy
... show that William Ford, Sr. died 1 Jan 1860
heirs:
Celia Ford his widow who has since married John J. Gaddy
Sarah Watson
Lewis Ford who died 1 Feb 1860, Jesse Ford Jr. adm.
Enoch said to reside in TX
Marshall Ford a son of William Ford Jr (died 1854) and a grandson of intestate
Nancy Ford wife of Jesse Ford Jr.
George W. Ford, residence unknown
Beedy Ford
orator John T. Ford
and Ferdinand Ford infant of tender years.
...
Widow Celia was daughter of Jesse Elvington
...;
!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Hillsboro, Nichols Depot PO # 46/47
Sarah Watson 51 Farmer $1800/500 SC
Virginia 25 At Home
William 22 Farm Laborer
Calvin 20 Farm Laborer
John 19 Farm Laborer
Sarah 17 Farm Laborer
Beady 15 At Home;
!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 2138 Marion Co., SC Scacebook Watson 1872
12 Nov 1872 heirs are Virginia Ann Haynes, Calvin Haynes, Dawson Waters, Elizabeth Waters, Sarah F. Watson and Beedy Amanda Watson
... divide among:
widow Sarah F. Watson
Martha E. Grantham wife of J. F. Grantham
V. A. Watson
W. F. Watson
C. H. Watson
J. C. Watson
J. N. Page purchaser from Calvin Haynes and wife Virginia Ann Haynes
the children of Elizabeth Waters
B. A. Watson
S. F. Watson
Calvin Watson son of John R. Watson shows that Scacebook Watson died leaving his widow Sarah who married Moore Lennon and the following children:
John R.
Michael
Thomas
Mary wife of Jesse Ford Sr
Sarah married a Rawls
Elizabeth Watson married Dawson Waters, moved to MS 40 years ago
Calvin Haynes and wife to TX.
John R. Watson died in 1852 leaving:
widow Sarah
James
Martha E. wife of Jno F. Grantham
Wm F.
Calvin H.
Calhoun
Virginia Ann
Sarah Frances
Beedy A.
James Watson died in War unmarried;
!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Hillsboro # 89 Sarah WATSON, 62 (1817/18) born SC, father born SC, mother born SC, widowed;
!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. 167-170
...
Major William Ford, the second son of old man "Zarv" Ford, married a Miss Thompson; he was a well-to-do man; had not many children; the writer does not remember but one, a daughter, Sallie, who had a personal distinction, seldom, if ever, met with-she had a black eye and a blue one; a very pretty girl; she married John R. Watson, who occupied and owned his father's homestead, on the road from Nichols to Lumberton, N. C. ; he died, leaving six or seven children together with his widow; the children all small; the widow managed well and raised a very nice family, sons and daughters-mostly daughters; the mother died some years ago, much respected while living. Major William Ford may have had a son, not now recollected; he had another daughter, as now remembered, who became and is now, the wife of Captain R. H. Rogers.;
!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
...
There was another family of Watsons in what is now known as Hillsboro Township, and of whom something has already herein been incidentally said. Seacebook Watson came from Virginia, and settled on the road leading from Nichols to Lumberton, N. C, more than one hundred years ago; he succeeded well in life, raised a large family, sons and daughters; the sons, Michael, Thomas and John R., were known to the writer. Michael and Thomas went to North Carolina, married sisters. Smithy and Kitsey Ham, very excellent women, and each raised respectable families; they were just across the line, and many of their descendants are now in South Carolina. John R. Watson, the youngest son, married Miss Sallie Ford, who had the phenomenon of a black eye and a blue one; they lived on the old homestead of his father, and had a large family of four sons and several daughters. John R. Watson died in middle life, and left his widow and children, many of them small ; the widow managed well and raised her family respectably, and died a few years ago ; some of them are now in the county, and among our best people. If all these Watsons and their thrice multiplied connections, hereinabove referred to, were destroyed, it would cut a mighty swathe in our county population. There may be, and perhaps are, some few families larger or more numerous, but not many - the name will not soon become extinct. ;
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1817 - Aft 1880 (> 64 years)
