Richard P. Watters (d. 1862) was the son of Joseph Watters and his wife, a Miss Aycock, both of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Joseph Watters was a member of the Georgia State Legislature, a member of the committee on Indian affairs, and an ardent admirer of Andrew Jackson. He named his own plantation "Hermitage" after Jackson's home in Tennessee. A small settlement still exists there under the same name. Joseph and his wife were the parents of 10 boys, nine of whom served in the Confederate Army. The other son lost an arm firing a cannon at the Atlanta Military School in celebration of the election of Joseph E. Brown as Governor of Georgia. Richard served in the Rome Light Guards, 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment. He died of wounds received at the Battle of Sharpsburg in the fall of 1862.
From the description of Richard P. Watters correspondence, 1861-1862 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83414316
