| b 11 Nov 1825, , , Haywood, North Carolina | ||||
| d 29 Jun 1913, , Sevier, Tennessee | bur , Sevier, Tennessee | |||
| | | ||||
| John Watson | ||||
| |b 1801 | | | |||
| |d 1871 | ||||
| | | ||||
| David Corn Watson | ||||
| |Rachel Ogle-1 + | |m 24 Dec 1846 | Samuel Conner | ||
| |, Sevier, Tennessee | |b 1785 | |||
| Susannah 'Susie' Conner | d 1837 | Samuel Swearingen, Jr. | > | |
| b 1810 | | | Samuel Swearingen, III | Mary Bolling | |
| d 11 Feb 1871 | Nancy Swearingen | b 1750 | ||
| b 1792 | Massey | |||
| d Jan1854 | b 1754 | |||
| 1 | < | David Joel Watson | 2 | < | John D. Watson | 3 | < | Sarah Elizabeth Watson | 4 | < | William Brusten 'Bert' Watson | 5 | Andrew E. Watson | 6 | < | Asa Lemons Watson | 7 | Nancy Jane Watson |
Serving with the Union army during the Civil War, David C. Watson enlisted in 1 October 1861 at Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee in Company H, 9th East Tennessee Cavalry and was discharged 11 September 1865 at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
On 21 September 1897 the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee adopted a church house site at the corner of Brother D. C. Watson's fields between the forks of the public road and the graveyard. It was ordered by the church that a committee procure a title for the house site. To which the following deed is recorded, 27 September 1897:
'We, D. C. Watson and wife Mary Watson have this day bargained and sold and do hearby transfer and convey to the Baptist Church at Shady Grove and their successors in office for the consideration of the love we have for said church. We make this deed as a gift. The following described parcel of land lying in the 13th District of said County (Sevier) and on the waters of Birds Creek -- Also said Church is to have the use of a spring on the South side of said branch'
On 9 August 1907, David C. Watson made a will to dispose of his property in the 13th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. In the will, he gave each one of his children '1/14 interest out of my estate, both real and personal.'
David is buried in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 263, 285. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 163, 187. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141. 'The Townsend Heritage', Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 60. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies,' Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 437. David C. Watson Civil War pension papers, US National Archives. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, 302.