return to First Families of Dry Fork Church

Benjamin R. son of S and M.C., d. Oct. 3, 1852 aged 17 yrs, 4 mo, 1 day.
Samuel, d. March 9, 1876, aged 72 yrs.
Martha C., his wife, d. Sept 2, 1862 age 46 yrs.

References to the Watson names in the Minutes:

December 1848 Jackson Blackwell was reported of disorderly conduct - Dosier, Watson and John Banks Moore were to counsel with him. He came before the church and acknowledged guilt and was received into full fellowship

August 1849, Brother R. Brandon was to purchase a dozen window panes and putty to put them in. Brother G. Watson, J. Clatterbuck and Brother Branham were appointed a committee to visit the spring school house and other places around the meeting house; suspect persons having spirits for sale on Sunday, a day of public worship, and deal with them accordingly.

Brother Watson and Brother J.B. Moore were appointed to a Committee to See Brother Keen and cite him to appear before the church and answer to charge against him for misrepresenting Brother Branham.

June 1857, R. Brandon and W.H. Wilkerson appointed to write the letter to the Association and to bear the letter to the Association. Delegates J.B. Hubbard, S. Watson and W.H. Wilkerson were chosen.

June 1859, B.A. Watson excluded at his request.

November 1861, Brother Dozier and Brother Maupin appointed to wait on Brother Watson for November attendance.

December 1861 A second committee appointed to wait on Brother Watson, namely Brother Reynolds, Tuttle, Hubbard and Chaney.

April 1862, Samuel Watson was excluded for non-attendance and other unchristian conduct.

This is the end of the Watson name in the minutes online.

Little to nothing more is known about this family name other than cemetery and official records: Land Patents, Callaway County Marriages, US Federal Census, and the church minutes. The following is simply brief general information on the name, not this specific family.. All information found using the search engine at the Callaway County Journal.http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocallaw/SiteSearch.html Not all Watson information found is listed below-

A Samuel Watson is shown in the 1817 Enumeration of White males in the Territorial county of St. Charles, Upper Cuiver Township.

Pioneers of Callaway County, Missouri - from: Campbell's Gazateer of Missouri
Watson, Sam. & Aaron,*

Land Patent inT47
WATSON, SAMUEL MO CALLAWAY 5/10/1848 FAYETTE 25136 MO2970__.430 47N 11W ( Dry Fork area).

Watson, Charles S [L?]- Shobe, Rebecca - Jul 19 1847
Watson, Berry Allen - Ward, Clara E - May 4 1865
Watson, Samuel - Ward, Mrs Margarette - May 1 1864 (??? probably Samuel Watson above.)
Watson, John W - Stull, Nancy - Feb 1 1855
Watson, William - Wood, Mary - May 7 1851
Watson, Fleming - Albin, Catharine - Mar 4 1863

Watson, B. A.	Callaway		Oath of Allegiance; bond ($1,000)	06-10-1862
Watson, Berry A.	Callaway	Fulton	A.Wilkerson, Practitioner of Medicine, states that Watson has been reading medicine under his instruction and is prepared to take his first course in Louisville	09-05-1863