Watson Family Correspondence
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of letters written by Elizabeth Patey Watson and her daughter, Elizabeth “Betty” C. Watson. Within the text, information is given about family members and familial association, daily life in Tennessee and Arkansas, and personal and family health.
Dates
- 1848-1854
Creator
- Watson family (Family)
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Elizabeth Patey, daughter of Kendall and Fannie Bradford Patey, was born in Worcester County, Maryland on October 25, 1792. Elizabeth Patey was married to Levin Watson, a, on January 13, 1817 in Worcester County, Maryland. Levin Watson, son of Levin, was born on February 5, 1786 in Accomac County, Virginia and was a Class Leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years and a veteran of the War of 1812. Once married, Levin and Elizabeth moved first to a farm in Nashville, Tennessee in 1819, and then to Hickman County, Tennessee by 1836. After living in Tennessee for a number of years, they took up residency in Olive Branch, Mississippi, before moving to Arkansas. Levin and Elizabeth Watson entered Arkansas farms into government records in 1848. In 1849, they purchased a tract of 160 acres in land recently surveyed and opened for settlement in what is now Woodruff County, Arkansas. According to the agriculture census of 1850 Levin Watson was listed as having 15 improved acres, 145 unimproved acres with a total value of farm land of $1000. Land was given to their three daughters’ husbands. Throughout their marriage, they had six children: William H., Kendall P., John A., Margaret Quincy, Elizabeth Colborn, and Susan Watson. Levin died in 1859 and Elizabeth after 1854.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by correspondent.
Acquisition Information
The Watson Family Correspondence was donated to the University of Arkansas Special Collections Department by Penny Culver, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, and Betty Waggoner of Imboden, Arkansas, descendants of the Watson Family, on December 19, 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Krista Jones; completed in October 2008.
- Title
- Watson Family Correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Krista Jones
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu