Listed are 8 generations of 701 known descendants (1,059 if you include spouses) of John Watson, most who migrated to the Smoky Mountains.
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GENSERV has GEDCOM's of Watson descendants.
Roots Surname List (RSL) of Watson researchers.
Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest.
Lisa Waldman is searching for a Martha Watson born 1839 in Ashe County, North Carolina married to Jesse Calvin Church. They had seven children.
Wanda Kelley is researching her husband Jerry Kelley's line that descends from John Watson through William Robert and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" (Watson) Kelley.
George Baumbach is researching a Watson line that may be connected but has yet to find the elusive link. George Gunter married Sidney Watson on 9 January 1817 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Sidney was the daughter of David Watson and Isobelle Hues.
Michael Gerald Watson is contemplating adding a Watson research page.
Civil War Pension Papers, US National Archives.
"Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, 6043 Magazine Road, Knoxville, TN 37912.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993.
"Rosa Lee Downey notes", 16 July 1983 (out of print).
"Social Security Death Index", December 1994.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," 1984, Gladys Trentham Russell, PO Box 250, Alcoa, TN 37701.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", 1974, Donald B. Reagan, 801 Henrietta Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37912 (615) 689-4438.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", 1978, Donald B. Reagan.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan.
"Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", Smoky Mountain Historical Society.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", 1993, Donald B. Reagan.
"The Townsend Heritage," 1984, Kathy Townsend, 1422 Newsome Dr., Sevierville, TN 37862, (615) 428-4264.
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