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Edwin C. Watters

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · GA · Dec 15, 2017 → May 18, 2021

1deal (issuers)
$10.5Mreported sold
26investors
2Form D filings
2017–2021years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:40 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Edwin C. Watters is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Dec 2017 and May 2021: Greater Community Bancshares, Inc. (Rome, GA — commercial banking — 2017–2021; $10.5M reported sold to 26 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Barry R. Henderson (2 shared filings), David J. Lance (2 shared filings), Frank A. Brown Jr. (2 shared filings), Kenneth W. Jones Jr. (2 shared filings), Martha Berry Walstad (2 shared filings) and 10 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Edwin. Each name links to their own page.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — none found.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

We compared 2 public filings for Edwin C. Watters and found 1 difference: Form D filed 20 days after the first sale.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Edwin C. Watters has not run yet — it is joining a line of 26,037 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:40 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Edwin C. Watters..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched — federal bankruptcy courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:40 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

1 difference found between the filings for Edwin C. Watters (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 28, 2021 – May 18, 2021

Form D filed 20 days after the first sale — Greater Community Bancshares, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Apr 28, 2021. The Form D was filed May 18, 2021 — 20 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 5 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

1 of 2 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $262,500; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 18, 2021 D
Greater Community Bancshares, Inc.
File 021-399812
$262,500$0$0Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 36155 ↗EDGAR ↗
Dec 15, 2017 D
Greater Community Bancshares, Inc.
File 021-300930
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Edwin C. Watters on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Commercial Banking

Greater Community Bancshares, Inc.

Rome, GA · Dec 15, 2017 → May 18, 2021 · 2 filings
  • May 18, 2021 · D · $10,500,000 sold of $10,500,000 · 26 investors · min. $100,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 15, 2017 · D · $2,000,000 sold of $2,000,000 · 14 investors · min. $100,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $10.5M from 26 investors (100% of the $10.5M target) as of the latest filing. Edwin is listed as director on 2 filings for this deal.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Commercial Banking / 506(b) (624 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

People around Edwin 15

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

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Paul B. Brock

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

FB
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Frank A. Brown Jr.

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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David J. Lance

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Robert L. Berry

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Martha Berry Walstad

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Barry R. Henderson

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

WT
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William B. Temple

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

KJ
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Kenneth W. Jones Jr.

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

BH
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Person

Brian Hawkins

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Wayne M. Robinson

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Peter M. Weber

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

M. Wayne Robinson

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

RS
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Russell S. Smith

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Donna E. McEntyre

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Beth L. Tilley

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Edwin C. Watters. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Edwin C. Watters by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Edwin C. Watters is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Greater Community Bancshares, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #190,931 of 374,652 in line (1,303 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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