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Ancestors of Thomas Bates Watson

Generation No. 7
     64.Captain Michael Watson, born April 10, 1726; died May 24, 1782 in Dean's Swamp, Sharon, Ga; buried at Orangeburg, S.C..He was the son of 128. William Watson.He married 65. Martha Watson.
     65.Martha Watson, born November 1753; died 1817.She was the daughter of 130. John Watson and 131. Anne Murphy.
Notes for Captain Michael Watson:
     Michael Watson is the earliest known Watson relative of Mary Caroline Watson. He was born on April 10, 1726 in Virginia. At an early age he left Virginia with his uncles William Watson and John Watson and settled near present Ridge Spring, South Carolina. (1)
     Michael Watson married his first cousin Mary Watson. She is the daughter of the same John Watson referred to in the preceeding paragraph. John Watson's wife was Ann Murphy. This fact is recorded in World Family Tree: Volume 1, tree number 0496. If appears this information was provided by Richard Boatwright Alexander, who is the great-grandson of Sophia Watson. Sophia is the sister of Artimus Watson. Artimus Watson is the great-great-grandfather of Mary Caroline Watson.
     I would assume Michael Watson's home place was a masonery structure located in Ridge Spring, South Carolina. The following quotation refers to Thomas Fox, Sr. and would support the claim I have made with regard to the home place of Michael Watson.
          "..Thomas, Sr. served with Francis Marion as a partisan      soldier during the Revolution and is said to have sent his family for safety during his absence to Michael Watson's block house at Ridge Spring." (2)
     Prior to the Revolution Michael Watson served in the campaign against the Indians. The following quotation referring to Michael Watson supports this claim.
          " He first served in the Cherokee Expedition under Col. Grant during 1767 and 1768, he was against the bandetti of the Up-Country as a Regular. He went against the Cherokee Indians during 1776 as a Captain.." (3)

     Just prior to the Revolution, Michael Watson's feelings about British authority are expressed to us in the following exert.
          "...there are occasional mentions in the South Carolina      Gazette of court actions in districts outside Charleston. One such item reports that the Grand Jury for Ninety Six District on November 17, 1774 condemned the attitude of the British government toward the colonies. Cited as a grievance was the fact that the magistrates for the district" were appointed at the behest of the Charles Town merchants."Listed as signing this document were: Andrew Hamilton, James Mayson, Andrew Williamson, Moses Kirkland, LeRoy      Hammond, Aaron Smith, Patrick Calhoun, Michael Watson, Robert Goudy Benjamin Bell, Benjamin Tutt, James Crawford, Mark Lott, John Caldwell, James Purves. Most of these men were soon active in the Revolution. One, Moses      Kirkland, became a Tory leader; others were Whigs-patriots." (4)
     During the Revolution, between 1780 and 1782, Michael served as a commander of the Clouds Creek Company in Edgefield District under Col. LeRoy Hammond and Gen. Pickens. (5)
     In the early part of the war Captain Watson was taken prisoner by the British, near Ninty-Six and was carried in chains to the main Army. On their way they stopped by his house on the ridge. Upon seeing him in irons with his wrists chafed by the handcuffs, his wife Martha gave vent to her feelings in a flood of tears, and besought the commanding officer to take off the irons. Upon his refusing Captain Watson's daughter Mary said, " Don't cry mother, we shall yet have our day." She then got some ointment and dressed her father's wrists. The British Officer as struck with her spirit, and said to his companions in arms, " She is a gallant little rebel." Mary was born in 1869, thus she was aroung eleven or twelve years old. (6)
     In May of 1772 Captain Michael Watson was wounded in the skirmish at Dean's Swamp near Sharon, Georgia. Captain Watson's wife Martha and daughter Mary, both riding on the same horse, arrived at the small house where the wounded Captain was located. Captain Watson had turned over command to Lieutenant Butler and had dispatched a messenger to Captain Kumpt in Orangeburg. When Captain Kumpt's responder arrived Captain Watson and those with him had been without food for two days and Captain Watson appeared to be dying. He was carried to Orangeburg where he died and was buried. (7)
     (1) Batesburg-Leesville Area History, p. 165.
     (2) Batesburg-Leesville Area History, p. 62.
     (3) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p.


Children of Michael Watson and Martha Watson are:

	i.	Sarah Watson, born 1771.
	ii.	Mary (Polly) Watson, born August 12, 1778.
32	iii.	Elijah Julian Watson, Sr., born May 18, 1775; died in Ridge Spring, South Carolina; married Chloe Elizabeth Wimberly December 1795 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
	iv.	Patience Watson, born 1773.
	v.	Keziah Watson, born 1780.

     66.John Wimberly, born October 01, 1755 in Bertie County, North Carolina; died June 02, 1835 in Jones County, Georgia.He was the son of 132. Ezekial Wimberly and 133. Mary Davis.He married 67. Penelope Perry 1779 in Bertie County, North Carolina.
     67.Penelope Perry, born Abt. 1759 in Bertie County North Carolina; died in Jones County, Georgia.She was the daughter of 134. Ezekiel Perry.

Children of John Wimberly and Penelope Perry are:

	i.	James Wimberly
	ii.	William Wimberly
	iii.	Perry M. Wimberly
	iv.	Ezekiel Wimberly, born September 01, 1783.
	v.	Abner Wimberly, born 1785.
	vi.	Lewis Wimberly, born December 13, 1797.
	vii.	Henry Wimberly, born 1799.
	viii.	John Jack Wimberly, born 1801.
33	ix.	Chloe Elizabeth Wimberly, born January 14, 1783 in Bertie County, North Carolina; died January 15, 1865 in Ridge Spring, South Carolina; married Elijah Julian Watson, Sr. December 1795 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.

80.George Betts (Bates)
Notes for George Betts (Bates):
Qoating from "The Bates Family" Bio on the Dutch Fork Genealogical web site:
"A brief description of this family, compiled by Luther W. Hampton, was published in Dutch Fork Digest X(3):95, 1995. More recently, notes on the origin of the Michael Bates Family have been published as 'Michael Bates' by Carl W. Nichols (Dutch Fork Digest XV(2):71, 2000.
Michael Bates was the son of immigrant George Bett who arrived in SC on the Elizabeth in 1752 with wife and child, John Michael, age 9. George Bett was awarded a 150 acre bounty grant on Camping Cr.
In 1773, Catherine Kelly obtained a 100 acre survey adjacent to the George Brett grant at which time the Brett tract was shown as land of Michael Bates. The implication of this record is that the immigrant George Brett, had died by 1773.
John Michael Bates, b. abt 1743, d abt 1800, m Catherine Kelly, b. about 1747, d 4 Sept 1825, dau of John Jacob Khele/Kelly. Audited accounts for Revolutionary Services (AAO6) list payment for forage food rations, 25 Dec 1775, also for stabling 40 horses and for 75 lbs. flour to Capt. Richardson on way to Muddy Cr. Michael Bates is also listed 1 Dec 1779 among loyalists serving under Capt. Martin Livingston's Co. during the Rev. War (M.J. Clark, "Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, " Vol 1, p. 34).
Michael Bates obtained a late Colonial 100 acre grant on Camping Cr. as well as several adjoining early statehood grants. In so doing he became the largest land holder among the German populace of the Dutch Fork of Newberry District during the late 18th century. Michael Bates made will 21 Dec 1800, proven 2 Feb 1801, with son Jacob Bates, and Thomas Frick as executors (Nby Wills C-217). His LWT gives land to each of his eight children. The 150 acre homeplace tract was left to wife, and at her death to youngest son. In 1809, Catherine Bates & John Bates of Edgefield District sold this land to Frederick Pasinger (Nby Deeds K-100). The deed is accompanied by a plat showing a resurvey of the 150A bounty grant of George Bretton Camping Cr. On this plat the adjacent land grant of Catherine Kelly is shown broken up at the Creek between John and Andrew Bates in agreement with LWT of Michael Bates.
It is often stated that Catherine, wife of Michael Bates, was Catherine Dreher, dau. of Godfrey Dreher. The will of Catherine Bates, widow of Michael Bates, was proven 6 Dec 1825 in Edgefield Dist. (Edgefield Wills C-176). Her will mentions sons: Jacob, Andrew, and John; dau: Nancy Bowers; dau: Elizabeth Long 'and the seven children she had by her first husband'; and Wilson M. and Ann Catherine Bates, children of deceased son, David Bates."
Following is a message posted in Genforum on January 25, 2000. This message was posted by Carl W. Nichols in reply to Susan Davis. This message is as follows:
" George Bett arrived 1752 in S.C. on the Elizabeth. His family consisted of a wife and son, John Michael age 9. He was given a 150 acre bounty grant on Camping Cr. of Saluda River which is located midway between town of Prosperity and St. Peters Piney Woods Church in Lexington Co.In 1809, the land grant of George Bett was sold by Catherine and John Bates, widow and son of Michael Bates (Nby Deeds K100). The deed tells that they had inherited the land by LWT from Michael Bates.The platt that accompanies this deed shows Camping Cr. and its tributaries identical to how they are rendered on the Colonial plat of George Bett (SC Colonial Plats Vol. 6, p. 434). Michael Bates is taken to be the son, John Michael, of the immigrant George Bett of the Colonial record. Bates is evidently an anglicized version of the original name.Michael Bates made will 21 Dec 1800, proven 2 Feb 1801, which describes his extensive land holdings (Nby Wills C-217).At the time of his death he was the largest German immigrant land owner in the Dutch Fork part of Newberry District, SC."

Child of George Betts (Bates) is:

Michael Bates, born Abt. 1742 in Germany; died 1800 in Dutch Fork Area of Newberry County, South Carolina; married Catherine Dreher 1764.

     82.Gottfried (Godfrey) Dreher, born Abt. 1731 in Zweibruchen in Decloch, Meisenheim District,Germany; died November 05, 1777 in Dutch Fork Area ofLexington County, South Carolina.He was the son of 164. Johannes Dreher and 165. Emma Smoak.He married 83. Maria Barbara Abt. 1753 in South Carolina.
     83.Maria Barbara

Children of Gottfried Dreher and Maria Barbara are:

41	i.	Catherine Dreher, born Abt. 1750 in Lexington County, South Carolina; died September 04, 1825 in Edgefield County, South Carolina; married Michael Bates 1764.
	ii.	Anna Maria Dreher, born Abt. 1754.
	iii.	Godfrey Dreher, Jr, born 1760.
	iv.	Mary Dreher, born Abt. 1758.
	v.	John Dreher, born March 20, 1765.

84.Phillip Jacob Shuler, born Abt. 1734 in Germany.He was the son of 168. Hans Heinrich Schuler and 169. Juditha Rentz.
Notes for Phillip Jacob Shuler:

Children of Phillip Jacob Shuler are:

	42	i.		Leonhardt Shuler, born 1755; died 1850; married Anna Nancy Lever.
		ii.		George Shuler, born 1756.

86.Jacob Lever, born Abt. 1725; died Abt. 1795.He was the son of 172. Jacob Lever.

Children of Jacob Lever are:

43	i.	Anna Nancy Lever, born 1757; died 1802; married Leonhardt Shuler.
	ii.	Thomas Lever, born 1742.
	iii.	Jacob Lever, born 1759.