Thomas Hill Watts:
Born: January 3, 1819
Birthplace: Pine Flat Alabama
Father: John Hughes Watts 1781 – 1841
(Buried: Watts Cemetery Butler County Alabama)
Mother: Catherine Prudence Hill 1797 – 1866
(Buried: Watts Cemetery Butler County Alabama)
1st Wife: Eliza Brown Allen 1825 – 1873
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
2nd Wife: Eleanor “Ellen” Noyes 1825 – 1904
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Children:
Margaret Anne Watts
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Florence L. Watts Troy 1842 – 1922
(Buried: Saint Margaret’s Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Kate Watts Collins 1844 – 1913
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
John Wade Watts 1846 – 1913
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Eliza Allen Watts 1848 – 1862
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Thomas Hill Watts Jr. 1853 – 1905
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Butler Watts 1855 – 1856
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Alice Watts Troy 1857 – 1918
(Buried: Saint Margaret’s Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
William Hunter Watts 1860 – 1875
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Grace Montgomery Watts 1863 – 1866
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Minnie Garrett Watts 1864 – 1929
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1840: Graduated from University of Virginia – (With Honors)
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1848: Attorney in Greenville Alabama
1848 – 1861: Attorney and Planter in Montgomery Alabama
Supporter of Pro Union Democratic Party in the 1850’s
1855: Unsuccessful Know – Nothing Candidate for U.S. Congress
1860: Supporter of John Bell for President Campaign
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Alabama State Secession Convention
1861: Supporter of view of that all southern states should Secede
1861: Signer of the Alabama Ordnance of Secession
Opposed Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Arrested for disobedience of Orders in March
1862: Resigned as Colonel from Confederate Army on March 24th
1862 – 1863: Confederate States Attorney General
1862: Supporter of Conscription Act that was controversial
1863: Received support from Peace Party in his run for Governor
1863 – 1865: Governor of Alabama
1864: Requested an increase in state militia to restore order
1864: Attempted to end corruption in collection of food for army
1865: Arrested for treason at Union Springs Alabama on May 1st
1865: Held as Prisoner by the United States Government on treason
Occupation after War:
1865: Union Soldiers burned his entire Cotton Crop
Sold most of his lands to pay off his war debts
Leader in Democratic Party & campaign against Radical Reconstruction
1865 – 1892: Attorney in Montgomery Alabama
Alabama State Representative
President of Alabama Bar Association
Died: September 16, 1892
Place of Death: Montgomery Alabama
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama
