Show IT HAS TICKED FOR YEARS judge frederick W moore of the superior court la Is the poe bessor ot of an 90 heirloom in ID the shape of a watch that bat amount no of booey would buy says bay the cincinnati enquirer and besides its ita value as ai an heirloom it has hai a bistor 10 lo interest the as Is IB of the open face bullseye bull bulia s eye eje pattern As A with all old tyle style watches of she pattern monti mentioned oDed the outer case mut must be removed before it can be toe the 4 uter luter ease case ot ol this catob Is ia of hammered gold and all the he work oo on it was waa done by hand bund while thin Is apparent from the she work mans manship bip it to la further proved by the date on the inside which to la 1764 1754 there la in an inscription on the inside as follows follow daniel do de st lou servant to her majesty london lonyou 11 1 1 her majesty then was the he queen of george 11 II the then reigO reigning iDt king if ef england the authentic history of this valuable timepiece is this in tile years year 1754 william duke of cumberland the second son of ceorge 11 II was the commander a 0 the british armlet armies in the doutt campaign and in the campaigns against the prussians and russians aud when he be was at the head bead of the british brith b hanoverian and danish forces of men dr frederick Willi william alu a hanoverian was on hlo bin stad as aa surg eur geon eOD at the close of the campaign agriest the prussians and russians Russ laos the duke bad three watches made like toe the one cudire moore has ant aej ol of which it is one the rhe wabbe wa obe were presented to three i ot of the taft staff by him as aa a mark mara f it fi I his esteem went want to dr as ft a hanoverian one to a british B officer and oue one to a danish officer the presentations were made lu in 1765 1756 after the doctolis doc tois tots services er vices had bad ended in 1767 1757 and the duke had returned to london it was expected J he be succeed to 1 the he throne but the he birth of at a son on to his bis older elder brother cut him out in 1780 dr bob aartze and atie mohr families oame came to so this country and there were intermarriages inter marriages la in the famil faa alllen lep sou ad lo in atals way judge M K ore is 1 related to or rather descended from dr tso abut ab ut 1800 the families came to this fl state we ts going to germantown and the to this city the watch catob to io question has baa always been worn by members member of the family usually by the son BOO who bore abe name ol of frederick williaw william be abe name of the original owner the last one of that name who wore it IS was frederick william of green awn ship hip this county who died three or four years yean ago lie he was waa the last ol of the family to bear abe name dams of frederick W william wiiiiam but we name bail bad been perpetuated to judge moore as ac that iu in his name dame he was rightfully entitled to that bat watch and was presented to him a bori abort time ago by the widow OP 0 the law last man maa clo wore it to say ay that the judge la in proud of the treasure in ii to express it but mildly not only la in it a treasure trea eure as a an heirloom anu and a curiosity but he could not have hare a better piece of evidence evide oce of the kind ol of people irom from whom he Is ia descended there is IB an interesting inter eating history coic necked wito sect ler bior of the three watches mentioned the abe one preeL tad ted to the british ruf officer floor was worn by a member or of his family im ia this country during the colonial wars with the in dialls the man who wore it was captured and the watch was taken from him and worn by brant the indian chief afterward when brant wae 1089 captured by the americans the watch was recovered and was returned to the family otibe of ane british officer la in kaaland what became of the third watch the one d to the danish danilla officer the descendants of dr do not kno know though the watch now possessed posse saed by judge moore Is years old it keeps keep alood time it in full jeweled aud ud seems elarto so be la in almost perfect tte state of preservation |