I am looking for detailed information on whom Watts Branch is named
after.  I believe that it might be named after a family who own land
there in the late 1800's but I have no proof of that.  For your
information Watts Branch is a stream that begins in maryland and ends
in Prince Georges County.  I really don't know much about the stream. 
My main purpose is to find out any information that might be available
about the family who it might have been named after.  I would like to
receive some proof of it, if it is available in the sense of links.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 03 Mar 2006 12:23 PST

Hi Stephen,

Please let me know if this information I was able to find suffices as
an answer to your question:

Index of Soldiers

"WATTS, William Wallace, born 1831 Macon Co., NC, s/o William G. Watts
and Anne A. "Nancy" Morrison; enlisted July 12th, 1862, Pvt., Co. D,
62nd Regt. NC; md. 1) Sept 25, 1850 Macon Co. NC to Eleanor M.
"Nellie" Moffitt, d/o James L. Moffitt and Catharine Mackey; md. 2)
Jan 10, 1878 Macon Co. NC to Adaline Carpenter; children with spouse
#1: Laura E. Watts, Columbus Watts, Julia Melissa Watts, Hester A.
Watts, James Thad Watts, Adolphus Bascom Watts; service record and
miscellaneous notes: Enlisted in 1862 and sent to the mountains to
guard the passes. Captured by Union troops on Dec. 30th, 1862 and
paroled back to Macon Co. Violated parole and rejoined his unit in mid
April 1863 (home for birth of his second son). Sept. 9, 1863 captured
with his unit at Cumberland Pass and sent to prisoner of war camp,
Camp Douglas, near Chicago. Survived prisoner of war camp, signed the
Oath of Allegiance, and discharged June 16, 1865. Returned home
safely, sired one more child, served as a founding father of Gillespie
Chapel Methodist Church, and he is probably bured in the cemetary
there. Unknown date of death. Watts Branch on the Cartoogechaye named
after him. Went by his middle name, Wallace."

US Genealogy Network
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ncmacon/civilwar/cwindexvz.html


Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by stephenh-ga on 03 Mar 2006 12:30 PST

No not really.  I am trying to get proof that they lived in PG county.
 And I guess why the stream of Watts Branch was named after them.  It
looks like it is a good suggestion that it might be named after him,
but I see no connection to Prince Georges County by what you have sent
me.  Please see what more you can find for me and let me know..

Perhaps it may be possible to search old property records in Prince
George's County to discover a Watt who owned land along the branch.

Have you tried contacting the Prince George's County Historical Society?

http://www.pghistory.org/