WATTS.
Jacob Watts became the owner of more than eleven hundred
acres on the north fork of the Rivanna, near Piney
Mountain. He was one of the early Methodist ministers of
the county. He died in 1821, at the age of ninety years.
His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of the first Richard Durrett,
and his children William, John, Elijah, Fielding, Mildred,
the wife of a Bruce, Mary, the wife of Hezekiah Rodes, Frances,
the wife of Joseph Edmondson, Nancy, the wife of Henry
Austin, and Agnes, the wife of John Huckstep. The children
of Elijah were Sarah, the wife of Kenza Stone, who
removed to Bourbon County, Kentucky, Mildred, the wife of
James Dickerson, Elizabeth, the wife of John O. Padgett,
Nancy, the wife of Wiley Dickerson, and Frances, the wife
of James Malone.
David Watts, possibly a brother of Jacob, lived on the west
side of the South West Mountain, south of Stony Point. He
died in 1767. His children were John, David, Nathan, and
Susan, the wife of William Watson. David lived in the same
neighborhood, and died in 1817. His wife's name was Sarah,
and his children were Charles, who married Elizabeth Buckner,
John, Philip, David, who married Ruth, daughter of
George Twyman, Susan, the wife of Carver Thomas, Mary,
the wife of William Breedlove, Mildred, the wife of Richard
Breedlove, Frances and Nancy. Philip married a daughter
of John Brown, and lived west of Mechum's Depot. His
daughter America was the wife of Madison Kinsolving.
