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GEN. PG. PG. NAME BIRTH DEATH MARRIED WHEN
the battle of Alamance in 1771. Issue follows:
V 2 2 Benjamin Watts ? 1786 Frances Teague ?
V 2 2 James " 1762 1823 Lurana Teague ?
V 2 2 Nellie " ? ? Silar ?
V 2 2 Benjamin Watts, oldest son of Thomas Watts and first
wife, name not known, married Frances Teague, daugh-
ter of Rev. Isaac Teague, Pastor of Sandy Ridge Bapt-
ist Church in Chatham Co., N. C. Isaac Teague was
a brother to Lurana Teague, who married James Watts.
Wife of the first Watts in Alexander Co. Issue follows:
VI 2 2 Frances Watts No other record
VI 2 2 Rebecca " " " "
VI 2 2 Nancy " " " "
VI 2 2 James Watts, second son of Thomas Watts and Eliza-
beth Harrington, married Lurana Teague daughter of
William Teague and Elinor Teague, pioneers to what
is now Alexander Co. Issue follows:
VI 2 3 William Watts 12/26, 1780 12/12, 1862 Elizabeth Barnes
2/12, 1808
VI 2 3 Thomas Watts 4/16, 1783 3/26, 1860 Mary Teague 8/25, 1868
VI 2 3 Isaac " 1785 ? Sally Loudermilk ?
VI 2 4 Benjamin " 2/10, 1789 1/1, 1872 1st Mary Dodson ?
2nd Sarah Meadows ?
VI 2 4 Mary " 2/2, 1791 11/4, 1854 John Teague ?
VI 2 4 James " 11/1, 1793 1/9, 1832 Rebecca Jones 12/15, 1813
VI 2 2 Nellie " 1794 1804 No issue Age 10 yr.
VI 2 4 Bettie " 1796 ? Andrew Steele ?
VI 2 5 John " 1798 5/16, 1855 Aseneth Steele ?
VI 2 5 Magness " 8/24, 1800 5/27, 1875 1st Margaret Steele ?
2nd Jane Clodfelter
11/24, 1868
VI 2 5 Moses " 8/10, 1803 9/3, 1859 Celia Laxton ?
When James Watts and Lurana came to Wilkes Co., now
Alexander Co. in 1796, he received a State Grant for
100 acres of land on Long Branch on March 2, 1803.
Also one for 150 acres on Beaver Dam Branch on Dec.
3, 1806. His last domicile was on the west side of
Lower Little River overlooking a fertile valley. The
first Watts reunion was held near the old home site in
1925. A beautiful spring was at the end of the long
table walled with rock 100 years before by James Watts.
One of his grandsons, Joseph Watts, was present
weighing more than 330 lbs. One of James' great,
great, great grandaughters, Mrs. Gladys Kerley, now
owns this land at this date, 1966, address Taylorsville,
N. C., Route #2. The clan has been holding annual
reunions since 1925 at Three Forks Baptist Church, the
old burying ground for the clan. There are more than
15,000 direct descendents of James and Lurana. 250 or
more buried in this cemetery. It is the oldest comm-
unity cemetery in Alexander Co., begun in 1800. The
first tomb with an epitaph is James Watts', as follows:
"Farewell my dear and loving wife, my children and my
friends, I hope in Heaven to see you all when all things
have their end.
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