Katherine J. Watson: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Katherine J. Watson was born about 1826 in Georgia (daughter of Michael Watson and Pensy Elizabeth Raiford); and died.

Notes:

Helen Gomer Schluther and Blanche Finley Toole show her as the daughter of Michael Watson and Patsy Raiford of Georgia. They were living next door to her parents at the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census.

Family/Spouse: William P. Roberts. William (son of William Roberts and Sarah) was born about 1826 in Louisiana; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Albert J. Roberts was born about 1851 in Texas; and died.

Generation: 2

Michael Watson was born about 1798 in Georgia; died about 1865 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

At the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, Michael and Patsy (indexed on Ancestry.com as Dorsey) were living next to daugher Katherine and her husband, William P Roberts. Living in the Watson household were their four sons, and James Halbert, age 29, who would later marry Phoebe Eliza Irvine. Per marriage records and a photo of her grave marker, her first name was actually Pensy.

Michael married Pensy Elizabeth Raiford on 9 Dec 1819 in Jefferson County, Georgia. Pensy was born about 1798 in Georgia; died about 1855 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pensy Elizabeth Raiford was born about 1798 in Georgia; died about 1855 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Married:
Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997 shows a marriage of Michael Watson to Pency Raiford, 9 Dec 1819 Jefferson Co, Georgia.

Children:

Thomas B. Watson was born on 29 Nov 1825 in Georgia; died on 2 Dec 1896; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
1. Katherine J. Watson was born about 1826 in Georgia; and died.
Joshua H. Watson was born on 11 May 1828 in Georgia; died on 19 Feb 1866 in Limestone County, Texas; was buried in Union Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas.
Michael R. Watson was born about 1831 in Georgia; and died.
Arthur C. Watson was born about 1832 in Georgia; and died.
Jacob Moore Watson was born on 11 Feb 1835 in Georgia; died on 6 Sep 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.