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James Watkins

Male 1841 - 1924  (82 years)

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  • Name James Watkins  [1, 2
    • His son's death certificate names him as "Ben" Watkins. However, the informant for that certificate was Charles Marshall Watkins' wife Maud. The informant for James Watkins' own 1924 certificate was his son Charles Marshall Watkins.
    Born 8 Oct 1841  Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 6 Sep 1850  Sub Division 30, Floyd County,Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Watkins, John, 26, male, Georgia
    2. _____, Margaret, 26, female, Tennessee
    3. _____, James M., 9, male, [Alabama?]
    4. _____, Sarah Ann, 6, female, Alabama
    5. _____, John [W.?], 4, male, Alabama
    6. _____, Henry C., 9 months, female, Georgia
    7. Edington, Mary, 15, female, Tennessee
    8. Kelly, Newton, 18, male, Tennessee  
    Census 22 Aug 1870  Civil District 10, Concord (post office), Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1. Watkins, James, 23, male, white, farm hand, [no real estate value], personal $200, Georgia, cannot read or write
    2. _____, Mary, 23, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee, can read, cannot write
    3. _____, Martha, 6, female, white, at home, Tennessee
    4. _____, William, 3, male, white, at home, Tennessee
    5. _____, Cordelia, 8 months, female, white, Tennessee

    [One household between them and John Watkins household, his father; also on the page James Black, age 26, possible sibling of Mary Ann (Black) Watkins?) 
    Census 19 Jun 1900  Civil District 2, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    1. Watkins, James, head, white, male, October 1843, 57, married 38 years, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee, [occupation illegible], can read and write, renting house
    2. _____, Mary A., wife, white, female, September 1843, 56, married 38 years, 6 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
    3. _____, Charles M., son, white, male, June 1871, [marital status illegible], Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, [quarryman?] [blank reading/writing]
    4. _____, Maggie, daughter, white, female, July 1881, 18, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
    5. Robbins, Charles, grandson, white, male, August 1889, 10, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, at school, can read and write  
    Died 10 Apr 1924  Friendsville, Civil District 5, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Cerebral hemorrhage.
    Person ID I78  Morse-Watkins
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2014 

    Father John Watkins,   b. Abt 1825, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaret Edington,   b. Abt 1823, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Black,   b. Abt 1843, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1924, District 10, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married Abt 1862  [5
    Children 
    +1. Charles Marshall "Marsh" Watkins,   b. 4 Jun 1871, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1945, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2014 
    Family ID F25  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death certificate, James Watkins, 1924, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
    Death certificate, James Watkins, 1924, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
    Tennessee State Board of Health, death certificate no. 173, James Watkins (1924), Blount County; "Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2014); Tennessee, Death Records 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. Static url:…
    1850 Floyd County, Georgia, census, John Watkins and wife Margaret Edington
    1850 Floyd County, Georgia, census, John Watkins and wife Margaret Edington
    1850 U.S. census, Floyd County, George, population schedule, [no penned no.], p. 99 (stamped, verso), dwelling 476, family 476, John Watkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 69.
    1870 Knox County, Tennessee, census, James Watkins
    1870 Knox County, Tennessee, census, James Watkins
    1870 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 10, Concord (post office), p. 26 (penned),p. 193 (stamped, verso), dwelling 173, family 172, James Watkins household; digital image, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1541.
    1860 Knox County, Tennessee, census, John Watkins
    1860 Knox County, Tennessee, census, John Watkins
    1860 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, population schedule, Knoxville, p. 6, [no stamped no.], dwelling 557, family 524, John Watkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1259.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Tennessee State Board of Health, death certificate no. 1931, Charles Marshall Watkins (1918); "Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2014); citing Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

    2. [S19] Tennessee State Board of Health, death certificate no. 173, James Watkins (1924), Blount County; "Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2014); Tennessee, Death Records 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. Static url: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11669-999-89?cc=1417505&wc=M9S3-R5C:671644014 .

    3. [S27] 1850 U.S. census, Floyd County, George, population schedule, [no penned no.], p. 99 (stamped, verso), dwelling 476, family 476, John Watkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 69.

    4. [S25] 1870 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 10, Concord (post office), p. 26 (penned), p. 193 (stamped, verso), dwelling 173, family 172, James Watkins household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1541. .

    5. [S24] 1900 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 2, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheets 23A-B, pp. 23a-b (stamped), dwelling 439, family 605, James Watkins household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1582.