born: abt 1779 in North Carolina or South Carolina
died: abt 1855 in Henry County, Alabama
1820 Jasper County, Georgia Census lists in John's household 3 males under 10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44. 
1850 Henry County, Alabama Census lists John H. Watley, 71, farmer, b SC; Elizabeth 40, b GA; Green C. 23, b GA; Masouria Calhoun 10 (probably a granddaughter, daughter of Polly Ann Whatley Calhoun)

Father: Michael Whatley, Jr.
Mother:  Hannah Rhodes

Spouse: Polly Blanks
Married 24 June 1803 in Green County, Georgia

Children:
1. Thomas Jefferson Whatley (b 2 September 1804 in Georgia) (m Nancy Wilkins)
2. William Blanks Whatley (b 28 July 1807 in Georgia)  (m Sassity [Jane V.] Davis)
3. Wiley H. Whatley (b 1809 in South Carolina)
4. Nancy Whatley?
5. John Wesley Whatley (b 26 February 1813 in Georgia) (m Henrietta Davis)
6. Michael B. Whatley (b 1818) (m Partheniah Davis)
7. Polly Ann Whatley (m A. M. Calhoun)

Spouse: Elizabeth James
Married 8 October 1821 in Jasper County, Georgia

Children:
1. James W. Whatley (b 1825 in Georgia) (m Cybinette/Cylvette Gissendaner)
2. Francis Marion Whatley (b 1827) (m Ruth Glover)
3. Greenberry C. Whatley (b 1829 in Georgia)
4. Caroline Whatley (b 1831) m Irvin Paramore