Summary

Owen Harden (96-108) —Wally and Bet Tucker were a runaway couple that took work with Watson. One day, without prior notice, the couple quit, demanding their pay from Watson. Watson’s consistent rule was not to pay workers if they left before the harvest. Furious that Watson will not pay them, the young couple left Chatham and built a small cabin on Lost Man’s Key, just north of the Harden house. Watson was in the midst of acquiring as much land as possible, with the intention of digging an oyster bar and dredge to create a protected harbor. Watson was attempting to register claims on many different plots up and down Lost Man’s Key, including the unregister plot Wally and Bet had just settled on. After purchasing the land, Watson found out Wally and Bet lived on it. The Hardens...