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- ↑ "R.C. Watts on Supreme Bench". Keowee Courier. Pickens, South Carolina. January 17, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Death of Mrs. R.C. Watts". The Herald & News. Newberry, South Carolina. July 13, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
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