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John R Watson

John R Watson

Male 1818 - 1855  (37 years)   Has 4 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name John R Watson
    Birth 1817/1818  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _UID 3B2E898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400008E05 
    Death 1855  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17745  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2012

    Father Scacebook Watson,   b. 1755/1765, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1826, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Mother Sarah Cross,   b. 1782/1783, Nansemond Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 78 years)
    Marriage 10 Nov 1818  Gates Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 5D09CA8F81629F46B8A80CB47CA1379D9896 
    Family ID F8879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ford,   b. 1816/1817, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 64 years)
    Marriage Bef 1840  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID C5B671882C74CA49BEA2C4AC6DE4F3E72210 
    Children 
     1. James Watson,   b. 1840/1841, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1861/1865, Civil War Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     2. Martha E Watson,   b. 1841/1842, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Virginia Ann Watson,   b. 1842/1843, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 38 years)
     4. William F Watson,   b. 1846/1847, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 24 years)
     5. Calvin H Watson,   b. 1848/1849, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 22 years)
     6. John Calhoun Watson,   b. 1851/1852, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 19 years)
     7. Sarah Frances Watson,   b. 1853/1854, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 17 years)
     8. Beady Amanda Watson,   b. 1855/1856, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 25 years)
    Family ID F6497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NOTE:Full name and birth date of John Randolph Watson, Aug 1819. What source?;

      !CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg 68 w/Seasebook WATSON age 0-9 (1810/20);

      !NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 801 Marion Co., SC S. B. Watson 1826
      Jesse Ford, adm 13 Nov 1826 for Scacebook Watson, late of Marion Dist.
      ... of Little Pee Dee ...
      15 Dec 1826 We the heirs of S. B. Watson ...:
      Jesse Ford
      Thomas Watson
      Michael Watson
      Sally Watson
      ...
      12 Jan 182(7)? ... Dawson Waters one of the heirs is out of state
      Mrs. Sally Watson widow 1/3
      2/3 between Bryant Ralls, James Ralls, Dawson Waters, Jesse Ford, Michael Watson, Thomas Watson, John Watson and Virginia Ann Watson (last two under 14)
      ...;

      !CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 53 w/Sarah WATSON age 10-14 (1815/20);

      !CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 136 John WATSON age 20-29 (1810/20)
      "00001-00001";

      !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;

      !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 ...;

      !PROBATE:Marion Co, SC # 1978 Probate Vol III page 200;

      !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;


      !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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