Watson

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Our earliest WATSON so far is Peter WATSON, who was born in Kentucky in 1810.  His parents are unknown. The county in which he was born is unknown.  The date he immigrated to Arkansas is unknown.  What is known is that he had moved to Arkansas by about 1833, as the 1850 Randolph County census indicates that his son, William, was born there.  Peter’s name first appears in Arkansas on the 1835 Arkansas Tax List, page AR015, and indicates he was living in Current River Township in Lawrence County, Arkansas Territory (Randolph County was formed from Lawrence County on October 29, 1835.  Also, there is record of Peter WATSON purchasing forty acres of land in Randolph County, the purchase for which he signed on August 16, 1838.

The name of Peter's first wife is not known, but it is possible that she was a granddaughter or niece of Sherrod WINNINGHAM, as his second son was named Sherad.  With this wife, Peter had three children, William, Sherad, and Uriah.  Peter then married Lucy LUTTRELL in 1840 and they had nine children:  Thomas, James, George, Nancy, John, Pleasant, Sarah, Mary, and Betsy.

Peter made his home near what is now known as Old Reyno, which is about two miles south of Reyno.  In 1858 and 1860 he was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church of Cherokee Bay , located somewhere near the present town of Reyno.  His son, Sherad, was a delegate to the Bethlehem Association of United Effort Baptists in 1858, and might have made plans to become a preacher himself.  Thomas, another son, did become a successful preacher in eastern Randolph County and western Clay County.

Family of Peter WATSON and (1) _____ _____:
1.  William WATSON (b. ca. 1833, AR) m. 1 Jun 1856, Nancy BLACKBURN (b. ca. 1831).
2.  *Sherad W. WATSON (b. 1835, AR, d. 1862) m. 20 Dec 1857, Randolph Co., AR, Sarah Caroline ADAIR (b. 11 May 1837, AR).
3.  Uriah WATSON (b. ca. 1836, AR), m. 30 Dec 1858, Randolph Co., AR, Margaret CONGO (b. ca. 1839).

Family of Peter WATSON and (2) Lucy A. WOMACK:
1.  #Thomas Jefferson WATSON (b. 18 Jan 1841, Randolph Co., AR, d. 1 Dec 1920, Datto, AR) m. (1) 22 Dec 1859, Mary A. DIXON (b. 15 Mar 1842, MO, d. 8 Dec 1897), (2) Mar 1899, Corning, AR, Mrs. Roena EDEN (d. 12 Mar 1904, Heelstring, AR), (3) 14 Nov 1904, Corning, AR, Alice (nee Rutheford) PETTY (b. 29 Dec 1857, Henry Co., TN, d. 18 Feb 1937).
2.  James W. H. WATSON (b. 1842, AR, d. Aug 1870, Randolph Co., AR) m. 2 Sep 1866, Thaley Hill BRIGS.
3.  George W. WATSON (b. 1844, AR).
4.  Nancy J. WATSON (b. 1846, AR).
5.  John F. WATSON (b. 1848, AR).
6.  Pleasant M. WATSON (b. 1850, d. <26 Jul 1887).
7.  Sarah Caroline WATSON (b. ca. 1858, d. 12 Oct 1883), m. 30 Nov 1873, Clay Co., AR, W. R. PATY (b. 28 Aug 1849, Humphreys Co., TN), son of Matthew PATY and Priscilla ROBERTS).
8.  Mary WATSON (b. 1864).
9.  Betsy A. WATSON (b. 1867).

Family of Sherad W. WATSON and Sarah Caroline ADAIR:
1.  Celie Ann WATSON (b. 19 Sep 1858, Randolph Co., AR)
2.  *George Washington Sherad WATSON (b. 13 Dec 1862, Randolph Co., AR, d. 14 Oct 1942, Heelstring, AR) m. Almeda (nee Sharpe) STOKES (b. May 1860/61, Perry Co., TN, d. 14 Oct 1905), daug. of George F. SHARPE and Elizabeth HENSLEY.

Family of George Washington Sherad WATSON and Almeda (nee Sharpe) STOKES:
1. * Mary Ellen WATSON (b. 5 Sep, 1896, Heelstring, AR, d. 30 Apr 1962, Memphis, TN) m. 17 Apr 1917, Clay Co., AR, John PARK (b. 8 Jan 1894, Heelstring, AR, d. 10 Apr 1971, Cabot, AR), son of Oscar Hewitt PARK and Nancy Ella SMITH.
2.  twin
3.  twin
4.  Oma May WATSON (b. 22 Sep 1900, Heelstring, AR, d. 10 Aug 1927, Heelstring, AR) m. Aug 1917, Clay Co., AR, George Thomas HUGGINS (b. 3 Jun 1892, Patterson, Wayne Co., KY, d. 9 Dec 1958, Heelstring, Clay Co., AR), son of Seth Elsworth HUGGINS and Mary ALLEN).

Family of Thomas Jefferson WATSON and Mary A. DIXON:
1.  James H. WATSON (b. 11 Dec 1860, Randolph Co., AR, d. 18 Jan 1875).
2.  George H. WATSON (b. ca. 1864, Randolph Co., AR).
3.  Nancy A. WATSON (b. ca. 1866, Randolph Co., AR).
4.  #William Anderson WATSON (b. 11 Nov 1870, Randolph Co., AR, d. 19 Mar 1940, Heelstring, AR) m. (1) Cora Ellen LEE (b. 18 Jun 1878, d. 14 Jan 1906), (2) Fannie Bell (nee Rutheford) DELL (b. 15 Sep 1886, Pulaski Co., AR, d. 6 Aug 1921, Heelstring, AR), daug. of Alice RUTHEFORD (above), (3) Hannah E. GOWENS (b. 23 Dec 1871, d. 7 May 1937).
5.  Lucey A. WATSON (b. ca. 1874, Randolph Co., AR) m. 13 Jan 1889, Clay Co., AR, A. R. SIMPSON
6.  Julia WATSON (b. ca. 1875, Randolph Co., AR, ) m. (1) 22 Dec 1892, C. Henry WINNINGHAM (b. 21 Jun 1870, Thurman, AR, d. 1895) son of William J. WINNINGHAM and Hanna LINDSEY), (2) J. W. RAY.
7.  Joseph Watson (b. ca. 1878, Randolph Co., AR) m. 12 Oct 1898, Clay Co., AR, Amanda Gleghorn.

Family of William Anderson WATSON and (1) Cora Ellen LEE:
1.  Hattie Othelia WATSON (d. 1953) m. William Ransom HUGGINS (son of Elzie HUGGINS and Mary _____).
2.  Delia WATSON m. Clint Hovis MATTOON.
3.  Dora WATSON.
4.  Lucy WATSON.

Family of William Anderson WATSON and (2) Fannie Bell Rutheford DELL:
1.  Alta WATSON (b. 19 Jul 1908, d. 1951) m. Horace WHITBY.
2.  #William Thomas WATSON (b. 1 Feb 1910, d. 31 Oct 1978).
3.  Jessie Franklin WATSON (b. 17 Nov 1912, d. 22 Feb 1974).
4.  private.
5.  Mary Alice WATSON, (b. Nov 1916, d. ca. 1918).
6.  Decima Verdine WATSON (b. 28 Nov 1920, d. 3 Nov 1978).

Additional Photos:

• Mary Ellen and Oma May Watson

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Updated 7-13-05.