WATKINS, Joseph
1820 - 1862 (42 years)-
Name WATKINS, Joseph Birth 4 Jun 1820 Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States [1] Gender Male Residence 1830 Pickens District, South Carolina [2] - Census lists one male between 40 and 50 (Henry-50), one female between 30 and 40 (Hannah-48 probably an error). Further, it reports that there was one male and one female 5-10, one male and one female 10-15, and one male and one female 15-20. Joseph would probably have been the one male in the 5-10 age group.
Residence 1840 Pickens District, South Carolina [3] - The household of Henry Watkins consisted of one male and one female between the ages of fifty and sixty (Henry-63) and (Mary Elizabeth-59), one female between 80 and 90 (Probably one of their mothers), one female between 20 and 30 and two males between 15 and 20 (one of these was probably Joseph Watkins since he would have been twenty and was not married until 1843).
Death 2 Sep 1862 Tennessee, United States [1] Burial Aft 2 Sep 1862 Long Creek Baptist Church, Oconee Co., South Carolina [1] Person ID I3644 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 1 Mar 2009
Father WATKINS, Henry Sr., b. 1780, Surry County, North Carolina, United States d. 1871, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States (Age 91 years) Mother JOHNSON, Hannah, b. 1782, North Carolina d. 1863, Oconee County, South Carolina, United States (Age 81 years) Marriage Bef 1804 North Carolina - An estimate based on the birth date and place of their first child, Hesket Watkins.
Residence 1830 Pickens District, South Carolina [2] - Census lists one male between 40 and 50 (Henry-50), one female between 30 and 40 (Hannah-48 probably an error). Further, it reports that there was one male and one female 5-10, one male and one female 10-15, and one male and one female 15-20.
Residence 1840 Pickens County, South Carolina, United States [3] - Census lists one male and one female between the ages of fifty and sixty (Henry-60) and (Mary Elizabeth-58), one female between 80 and 90 (Probably one of their mothers), one female between 20 and 30 and two males between 15 and 20 (this might include Joseph Watkins since he would have been twenty and was not married until 1843).
Residence 20 Aug 1850 Western Division, Pickens District, South Carolina [4] Farmer - Surname misspelled "Wadkins" in this census.
Residence 10 Jul 1860 2nd Reg., Pickens County, South Carolina [5] Farmer - Surname mis-spelled "Walkins"
Family ID F1115 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BROWN, Mary Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb 1824, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States d. 11 Apr 1915, Canton, Cherokee, Georgia, United States (Age 91 years) Marriage 2 Nov 1843 Lumpkin County, Georgia [1] Residence 20 Aug 1850 Western Division, Pickens District, South Carolina [6] Farmer Residence 10 Jul 1860 2nd Reg., Pickens County, South Carolina [7] Farmer - This citation is somewhat speculative since the surname was spelled "Wadkey", but his age, the list of his children, and the fact that he was listed just before his father and mother (as they were in the 1850 census), makes it reasonable that this Joseph and Mary E. Wadkey were, in fact, Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Watkins.
Children 1. WATKINS, James Tyler, b. 25 Oct 1844, Long Creek, Pickens County, South Carolina d. 11 Dec 1902, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 58 years) 2. WATKINS, Sarah Emerline, b. 25 May 1847, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknown 3. WATKINS, Unknown, b. 25 May 1847, Georgia d. 25 May 1847, Georgia (Age 0 years) 4. WATKINS, Amanda Jane, b. 25 Mar 1850, South Carolina d. 22 Apr 1887 (Age 37 years) 5. WATKINS, Mackey Brown, b. 25 Mar 1853, Georgia d. Aft 25 Mar 1853, Georgia (Age > 0 years) 6. WATKINS, John Nathan, b. 20 Jul 1855, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknown 7. WATKINS, Jemima Ann, b. 9 May 1858, South Carolina d. 11 Oct 1877 (Age 19 years) 8. WATKINS, William Carroll, b. 4 Oct 1860, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States d. 2 Jan 1861, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States (Age 0 years) 9. WATKINS, Joseph Emerson, b. 18 Mar 1863, Pulaski Twn, Oconee County, South Carolina d. 24 Jul 1929, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States (Age 66 years) Family ID F1114 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Sources - [S114] Miscellaneous, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~oldpend/porter/porg04.htm#152751.
- [S301] 1830 Federal Census, Pickens Dist., South Carolina.
- [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Pickens District, South Carolina.
- [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Western Divn., Pickens District, South Carolina Dwelling 339.
- [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Regt., Pickens District, South Carolina Page 127 Dwelling 979.
- [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Western Divn., Pickens District, South Carolina Dwelling 337.
- [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Regt., Pickens District, South Carolina Page 127 Dwelling 978.
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