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Pattie Casey, son of James William Casey and Ella M Wood, was born about 1914 in FloridaG.

William Grant Watson, Sr., was also known as Willie Watson. He. 1920 Pike Co AL census, Dixon, west of ACL RR, living on TroyBrundidge Road : Willie Watson 39 AL AL(f) AL(m) farmer, Lena B. 32 ALAL(f) AL(m), Edgar D 12 AL, Rudolph J 11 AL , Lena E. 5 AL, William11/12 AL

1930 Pike Co AL census, Dixon Beat 7, Miller Road: Willie E. Watson49 marriage 1 @ 25 AL AL AL farm laborer, Lena B. 42 marriage 1 @ 18,AL AL AL Edgar D 23 AL farm laborer, Elizabeth L. 16 AL, William G. 11AL, Merle 7 AL,Sarah E. Connell 71 widow marriage 1 @ 18 AL AL AL. He, son of Will Edgar Watson and Lena Bertha Connell, was born in 1919.

Rudolph J. Watson. 1920 Pike Co AL census, Dixon, west of ACL RR, living on TroyBrundidge Road : Willie Watson 39 AL AL(f) AL(m) farmer, Lena B. 32 ALAL(f) AL(m), Edgar D 12 AL, Rudolph J 11 AL , Lena E. 5 AL, William11/12. He, son of Will Edgar Watson and Lena Bertha Connell, was born in 1909 in AlabamaG+.

Lena Elizabeth Watson. 1920 Pike Co AL census, Dixon, west of ACL RR, living on TroyBrundidge Road : Willie Watson 39 AL AL(f) AL(m) farmer, Lena B. 32 ALAL(f) AL(m), Edgar D 12 AL, Rudolph J 11 5 , Lena E. 5 AL, William11/12 1930 Pike Co AL census, Dixon Beat 7, Miller Road: Willie E.Watson 49 marriage 1 @ 25 AL AL AL farm laborer, Lena B. 42 marriage1 @ 18, AL AL AL Edgar D 23 AL farm laborer, Elizabeth L. 16 AL,William G. 11 AL, Merle 7 AL,Sarah E. Connell 71 widow marriage 1 @ 18AL AL AL. She, daughter of Will Edgar Watson and Lena Bertha Connell, was born in 1915 in AlabamaG+.

Edna Watson, daughter of Edgar Wilberforce Watson and Sarah Eugenia Eidson, was born in February 1894 in AlabamaG+.

Ella Watson, daughter of Edgar Wilberforce Watson and Sarah Eugenia Eidson, was born in June 1897 in AlabamaG+.

Samuel Grant Watson. 1880 Pike Co AL census, Dixon, Prc 7: Edgar W Watson 23 AL AL ALfarmer, Sarah E 21 GA SC GA, Samuel G 1 AL AL GA died in 1899 at age20 and buried in Brundidge City Cemtery. He, son of Edgar Wilberforce Watson and Sarah Eugenia Eidson, was born on 19 November 1878 in AlabamaG+. Samuel Grant Watson was buried in Baptist Rest Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Brundidge, Pike Co, AlabamaG.

Samuel Grant Watson died on 15 February 1899 in AlabamaG+.

Emma Eidson. 1870 Marion Co GA census, Jacksonville: Samuel Eidson 50 NC,Henrietta 44 GA, Sarah E. 10 GA, Emma C 8 GA, Jennie 6 GA, John H. 4GA 1880 Barbour Co AL census: Sam Eidson 60 farmer SC, Henrietta C.50 GA, Emma E 18 GA, Eugenia 16 GA, John H. 14 GA. She, daughter of Samuel Eidson and Henrietta Cassondra. Weeks, was born in 1862.

Merle Watson. 1930 Pike Co AL census, Dixon Beat 7, Miller Road: Willie E. Watson49 marriage 1 @ 25 AL AL AL farm laborer, Lena B. 42 marriage 1 @ 18,AL AL AL Edgar D 23 AL farm laborer, Elizabeth L. 16 AL, William G. 11AL, Merle 7 AL,Sarah E. Connell 71 widow marriage 1 @ 18 AL AL AL. She, daughter of Will Edgar Watson and Lena Bertha Connell, was born in 1923 in AlabamaG+.

R H Watson, son of Daniel Grant Watson and Evaline B. Keener, was born in 1853 in AlabamaG+.

Anna R Lee Watson, daughter of Daniel Grant Watson and Evaline B. Keener, was born about 1865 in AlabamaG+.

Roland D Watson, son of Daniel Grant Watson and Evaline B. Keener, was born in 1863 in AlabamaG+.

Evalina L Watson, daughter of Daniel Grant Watson and Evaline B. Keener, was born in 1858.

William Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1831 in North CarolinaG.

Lawson Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1839 in AlabamaG+.

Harrison Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1842 in AlabamaG+.

Tilman Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1844 in AlabamaG+.

Eliza Keener, daughter of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1845 in AlabamaG+.

Gaines Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1846 in AlabamaG+.

James Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1847 in AlabamaG+.

John Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1848 in AlabamaG+.

Linson Keener, son of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1849 in AlabamaG+.

Thomas Keener, daughter of Tilman B. Keener, Sr., and Stacy Robertson, was born in 1850 in AlabamaG+.

William Keener, Sr, son of Abraham Keener and Juliana Martin, was born about 1740.

Daniel Grant Watson. Some researchers say that Emily Emmaline and her brother Lewis M. wereactually the children of Daniel Grant Watson, who was the cousin ofArthur Watson. The reason for the confusion is that Daniel Watson'swife was Creek Indian, and they were forced to move to Oklahomabetween 1838 and 1840 during the forcible removal of the FiveCivilized Tribes from the Southeast United States to Oklahoma. TheCherokee aspect of the removal was known as the'Trail of Tears'. TheCreek census of 1832 shows Daniel G. Watson in household #27 in theUpper Creek Town of Eufala with one female in the household. In thesame town at household #25 was Ni Oak Kie with 4 males, 4 females and2 slaves. [Opachik] Other sources say that Daniel was in the 1833Creek Indian census with a full blood Creek Indian wife. [Ferguson]BIA records contain an affidavit dated 1902 by Daniel's daughterVirginia in Oklahoma that her father was a non-citizen white man andthat her mother was Fanny Niohke. It is said that Daniel decided thathis two young children Lewis and Emily would be better served bystaying in Alabama, and he thus left them with his cousin Arthur B.Watson in Wilcox Co., AL, who raised them as his own children. Anotherpossible explanation is that the family may have resisted deportationand were rounded up by federal troops. In the confusion two of thechildren could have been separated from their parents. Perhaps evenyoung Lewis fled with his infant sister. Daniel Watson is said to havemarried a second time in Oklahoma and had a second family, [Ferguson]though that is not certain. A descendant of Arthur Watson tells asimilar story about a Watson male who married an Indian or part Indianwoman and who left his children with another Watson when he and hiswife were forced to remove to Oklahoma. This story says they weregiven permission to return to their children in Alabama several yearslater. [Kline] Perhaps they found them so integrated into Arthur'sfamily that they decided to leave them. Also see below the note aboutDaniel Grant Watson who was buried in Brundige, Alabama. Informationfrom the family Bible of Daniel's brother Josiah casts some doubt onthe story. This source says that Daniel married Fannie Neokee on June1, 1832 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. Neither Lewis or Emily is listedamong Daniel and Fannie's children as follows: Sarah Ann, born March8, 1834 and died in 1864. Adline, born January 9, 1837 and died August28, 1837. John Ivy, born in 1839 and died February 20, 1875. David C.,born April 27, 1842. Thomas Watson, born May 18, 1844 and died October13, 1881. Virginia H., born December 17, 1846 and died February 27,1904. Josiah Randolph, born June 20, 1849 and died October 4, 1914.Isabel, born July 17, 1852 and died January, 1869. The reported birthdate of Lewis was 3 years before Daniel's marriage to Fannie. Thatcould mean, however, that Daniel was married previously. Emily wasborn March 22, 1837, but Fannie gave birth to Adline on January 9 ofthat year. It is possible that one of the birth dates is wrong andEmily and Adline were twins. It interesting to note that Emily'smiddle name was Emmaline which mirrors the name Adline. PerhapsEmmaline was her first name, and Emily was a nickname. Twins run infamilies, and Daniel Watson had twin siblings. Daniel G. Watson signedthe Tehuacana Creek Treaty between the Republic ofTexas and the Comanche, Keechi, Waco, Caddo, Anadarko, Ioni, Delaware,Shawnee, Cherokee, Lipan and Tawakoni tribes in 1844. Another of thesigners was Jesse Chisholm for whom the Chisholm Trail was named. Thefate of Daniel G. Watson's wife, the mother of Emily and Lewis, isunknown, though it is believed that she died and that Daniel G. Watsonremarried in Oklahoma. His wife in Oklahoma was Fannny Niohke, and asshown above shemay have been the same wife as he had in Alabama.Daniel and Fanny had the following children in Oklahoma: David C.Watson, born about 1845, Creek Nation. He married Sallie Anderson. Hemarried Aggie Watson about 1865, and they had a daughter Sarah, whomarried James McFarland. David lived at Dustin, Oklahoman in 1902. JimMcFarlandwas involved in a well-known feud and shootout withthe Brooks clan in Dustin in 1902. Virginia 'Jennie' Watson, bornabout 1847, Creek Nation. She married Jerry Brown, a Chickasaw, andmoved to the Chickasaw Nation. She had a son Curtis Brown. Jerry waskilled about 1881, and she married John S. Irwin, a white man in theChickasaw Nation. Josiah Watson, born about 1850-1, Creek Nation. Hemarried Yarner McGirt, and they had a daughter Hettie. He next marriedNellie Watson about 1889, they had children Webster, Fannie, and Jane.Josiah lived at North Fork, Oklahoma in 1901. It is believed thatDaniel G. Watson lived out his life in Oklahoma, but there is a recordof a Daniel Grant Watson who is buried in Brundige, Alabama. ThisDaniel G. Watson was married to Everlina Keener, who is buried nexttohim. A Daniel G. Watson and E. Keener are listed in Indian records,perhaps the Daves Rolls. On record lists D. G. Watson and E. B.Keener. Perhaps Daniel returned to Alabama before he died. [Sexton]There is no clear connection between Daniel G. Watson and ArthurWatson to support the family legend that they were cousins. He, son of Jesse Thomas Watson and Susana Zachary, was born on 14 January 1811 in Columbia Co, GAG.

Bartholomew Zachary, son of John Zachary and Elizabeth Hannah Blackstone, was born about 1722.

James Zachary, son of John Zachary and Elizabeth Hannah Blackstone, was born about 1730.

Thomas Jefferson Watson. one researcher on ancestry.com lists Thomas Jefferson Watson as theson of Peter Watson who was the son of Jesse Thomas Watson. It isunknown if this is true or which one of the sons in the census he is. He, son of Peter Watson and Elizabeth Unknown, was born about 1817 in AlabamaG+.