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From: Liz Marcello <>
Subject: Re: [TNDEKALB] Cantrell and Leagues
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 01:00:48 -0400


Hello Clyde,
I noticed that you mention a Watts Ridge. I am a Watts descendant. What
can you tell me about Watts Ridge? Was it named for some specific people
who lived there? I had never heard of it.
My Watts were in Jackson Co., TN in the very early 1800s, later in Smith,
DeKalb and Warren Counties. My g.grandfather was Isaac Pleasant Watts
(1821-1900) and he was married to Mary "Polly" Ellender Atnip
(1931-1867). He married (2) Nancy H. Patterson (b. 1841).
On my Parsley line, my g. grandfather, Judd Parsley (1823-1891) married
Talitha Lefever (dau. of Eli LeFever and Mary Steele. I have several who
married Lefever/Lafever, etc.
Thanks so much for any thing you can tell me.
Liz

On Sun, 30 May 2004 07:22:31 -0500 (Clyde LeFevre)
writes:
> Mr. Jones:
> This is very interesting information on the Leagues and related
> families
> of my ancestral neighborhood on the Caney Fork and the familiar
> immigration routes of our ancestors.
>
> As I'm sure you know, the League's farm on the Caney Fork was
> near
> where the new Hurricane Bridge crosses Center Hill lake. League
> Grove
> School was there and served the area prior to WWII. It's all under
> water, of course, since 1948.
>
> The Leagues had several slaves, who took their name and lived on in
> the
> community. I remember the log house of Lincoln "Lank" League which
> stood until the new highway cut off the top of the Watts Ridge. I
> always
> heard him spoken well of. Their connection with Edmund's descendants
> was
> the name designation, as a legacy of slavery.
>
> Like many families in our area, the Leagues came first to Buffalo
> Valley, then in Smith Co., now Putnam, and moved upriver. Others
> came
> directly to the area, which was then in White Co. I am genetically
> related to some of the families yuu mention, but not the Leagues,
> but
> they were relatives of relatives, so to speak.
>
> Clyde LeFevre
>
>
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