Arthur Holman Watson

Notes:

Extract from a transcription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia Census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt

687 687
Watson, Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson, John F. 19 M F SC
Watson, Mary A 16 F GA
Watson, Allen H. 13 M GA 6
Watson, Ophelia F. 12 F GA X
Watson,Elizabeth P.8 F GA X

In searching the WorldConnect Project family trees, I found a match at DANA'S FAMILY COLLECTIONS http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dana_thomas

Arthur Holmes (sic) WATSON was born 1807, and died 1880. He was buried in Concord Methodist Church Cemetery outside of Woodbury, Meriwether County, Georgia. He married Frances Ophelia O'HARA, daughter of William O'HARA and Rebecca Louisa FOY. She was born 1805, and died ABT 1845. She was buried in Imac, Meriwether County, Georgia. Dana's tree included sons Allen Hezikiah WATSON and John Frederick WATSON, but did not list the daughters shown in the above census. As her sources were not listed, this information should be used as a starting point for further research. It is believed to be realible, but not proven.

Arthur married Frances Ophelia O'Hara after 1823. Frances (daughter of William O'Hara and Rebecca Louisa Foy) was born about 1805; died about 1845; was buried in Imac, Meriwether County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Frederick Watson was born about 1832 in Edgefield County, South Carolina; died about 1910 in Green's Creek, Anson, Jones County, Texas; was buried in Upper Green's Creek Cemetery, Anson, Jones County, Texas.
2. Mary A. Watson was born about 1834 in Georgia; died on 19 Feb 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Allen Hezekiah Watson was born about 1837; and died.
4. Ophelia F. Watson was born about 1838; and died.
5. Elizabeth P. Watson was born about 1842; and died.

Notes:

Per ABBEVILLE DISTRICT WILLS AND BONDS Compiled by Willie Pauline Young of Liberty, S.C. and copyright 1950:

WATSON, HEZEKIAH Box 102, Pack 2504

Est. Admnr. Oct. 27, 1828 by John W. Swanzy, Richard Anderson, Geo. W. Hodges bound to Moses Taggart Ord. Abbeville Dist. sum $1,000. Cit. pub. at Greenville Church. Inv. made Nov. 21, 1828 by Wm. Dunn, Jas. Hodges, A.C. Edward Weatherall. Sale, Nov. 27, 1828. Byrs: Gilla Watson, Rosannah Moore, Saml., Richard L. Anderson, etc.

IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE WILL ABSTRACTED ABOVE IS FOR THE SAME HEZEKIAH WATSON.

Hezekiah married Mary Holmes. Mary was born before 1790; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In upland South Carolina, at a place where local farmers penned their cows, an American force of 300 Continentals and 700 militia from North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, won a brilliant victory against the British. On January 16, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, pursued by 1,100 British under Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, carefully picked his ground for a defensive battle. That night, Morgan personally went among the Continentals and militiamen to explain his plan of battle. Morgan wanted two good volleys from the militia, who would then be free to ride away. The next day, the battle went very much as Morgan had planned. Georgia and North Carolina sharpshooters, in front of the main body of American militia, picked off British cavalrymen as they rode up the slight rise toward the Americans. Then the deadly fire of the main body of South and North Carolina militia forced Tarleton to commit his reserves. Seeing the militia withdrawing as planned, the 17th Light Dragoons pursued, but were driven off by Morgan's cavalry. Meanwhile, the British infantry, who assumed that the Americans were fleeing, were hit by the main body of Continentals, Virginia militiamen, and a company of Georgians. At the battle's end they were aided by militia troops, who, instead of riding away as planned, attacked the 71st Highlanders, who were attempting to fight their way out of the American trap. The British lost: 100 killed including 39 officers, 229 wounded, and 600 captured. As they fled the field, Tarleton and his dragoons were pursued by Colonel William Washington's cavalry, which included mounted Georgia and South Carolina militiamen. http://www.ngb.dtic.mil/gallery/heritage/cowpen.shtml

Samuel married Frances Lewis. Frances was born before 1768; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]