Individual Details

There is a record of a william Watters in the 2nd Regiment (Thomas's Regt), Georgia Militia - he served as a Sgt and is thought to perhaps be this man.

Tax Rolls of Franklin Co, GA, 1823. There is something wrong with the filming as the pages are not in succession, so the District is not discernible.
William Watters paid tax on 250 acres, granted to himself, dittoed for bounded on Holcombe and on Foreman's Creek i Franklin Co. His tax was $6.

Land Patent issued on 8 Apr 1825 to Will: Watters of Perry Co, from the land office at Cahaba, for the NE quarter of Section 8, Twp 19, Range 9 - 79.925 acres

Exerp from Watters Genealogy by Henry Brittain Watters- William Watters, my fathers oldest brother, emigrated from GA to Perry County, AK with old Uncle Sam Watters, his brothers George, Anthony, Butler and other family relatives, among them Uncle Sam Bennett who married Aunt Suckey Watters, Uncle Thomas Oaks who married Aunt Sallly Watters, and Uncle James Wright who married Aunt Lucy Watters; all about 1818 A.D. Uncle Billy Watters married Betty Hinton and theri children were: john, Hardin, Harrison, George, William, Anthony, Jo Collins ,Thomas Jefferson, Susan, Emily and Betty.

FamilyTree on Ancestry:
Son of Joseph James Watters & Sarah (Collins) Watters...m.Elizabeth Hinton ca.1806 in Oglethrope GA, War of 1812 Vet, lived in NJ, Culpeper VA, Oglethrope GA, Dallas,AL & finally settled in Perry,AL abt 1824.. Watters Family Cemetery is named for him

Birth	15 Oct 1785	Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage	7 Apr 1805	Oglethorpe County, Georgia - Elizabeth "Betsy" Hinton
Death	18 Oct 1841	Perry County, Alabama
Burial		Watters Family Cemetery, Perry County, Alabama

Spouse

Elizabeth "Betsy" Hinton (1786 - 1872)