Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Pinkney Samuel Watts

Full Name: Pinkney Samuel Watts
Birth date: January 9, 1827
Death date: November 10, 1891

Terms of Service

House, 15th Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
House, 14th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) The community of Hardin, which was one of the earliest settlements in the area, was made the first county seat of newly formed Hardin County in 1858. The post office was discontinued in 1903. Handbook of Texas Online .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. P.S. Watts, State Preservation Board
Photograph. P.S. Watts, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Pinkney Samuel Watts, birth date 1/9/1827 in Mississippi; death date 11/10/1891 in Hardin County; spouse Minerva Sophronia Brown; story of involvement in "Founding of Saratoga, TX." TAYLOR and Allied Lines of Greene Co., AR family tree. Ancestry.com .
P.S. Watts, postoffice Hardin, Hardin County, farmer, born circa 1827 in Mississippi, moved to Texas 1853, age 47. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
Census of 1870 - P.S. Watts, Hardin post office, Hardin County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Mississippi, sheriff, living in household with Minerva Watts (age 34).
Census of 1880 - P.S. Watts, Hardin County, age 52, born circa 1828 in Mississippi, farmer, wife Minerva. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
P.S. Watts, death date 1/9/1827, death date 11/10/1891, burial in Old Hardin Cemetery, Kountze, Hardin County. Find a Grave .
WATTS, PINKNEY SAMUEL (1827-1891). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, pp. 59-60. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.