Named Entity Results, Winslow Cossoul Watson

Watson, Elkanah 1758- Agriculturist; born in Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 22, 1758; was apprenticed in 1773 to John Brown, a merchant in Providence, R. I., who in 1775 sent him with a large quantity of powder to Washington for use in the siege of Boston. At the age of twenty-one (1779) he was made bearer of despatches by Congress to Dr. Franklin, in Paris. He visited Michigan and explored the lake region, and also a route to Montreal, with a view to opening some improved way for its commercial connection with New York and Boston. In 1828 he settled at Port Kent, on the west side of Lake Champlain, where he died, Dec. 5, 1842. His unfinished autobiography, completed by his son, Winslow Cossoul Watson, was published in 1855 under the title of Men and times of the Revolution. Among his published writings were a History of the Western canals of New York; A history of the modern Agricultural societies; Agricultural societies on the modern Berkshire system, etc.

Watson, Fort, capture of Upon an ancient tumulus, almost 50 feet high, on the borders of Scott's Lake (an expansion of the Santee River), a few miles below the junction of the Congaree and Wateree, the British built Fort Watson, named in compliment to Colonel Watson, who projected it. In April, 1781, it was garrisoned by eighColonel Watson, who projected it. In April, 1781, it was garrisoned by eighty regulars and forty loyalists, under the command of Lieutenant McKay, when Marion and Lee appeared before it and demanded its surrender. Colonel Watson was on his way from Georgetown with a large force to assist McKay, and the latter promptly defied Marion and Lee. The latter had no cannon, and the stockade was too high to be sColonel Watson was on his way from Georgetown with a large force to assist McKay, and the latter promptly defied Marion and Lee. The latter had no cannon, and the stockade was too high to be seriously affected by small-arms. Lieutenant Maham, of Marion's brigade, planned and built a tower of logs sufficiently high to overlook the stockade, with a parapet at the top for the defence of sharp-shooters placed therein. This work was accomplished during a dark night, and at dawn the garrison was awakened by a shower of bul

Watson, Winslow Cossoul 1803- Author; born in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1803. He published Pioneer history of the Champlain Valley, giving an account of the settlement of the town of Willsboro, by William Gilliland, together with his journal and other papers, and a Memoir; The history of Essex county, N. Y., and Military annals of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, etc.