IV. William Joel Watkins, b. at "Do Well," Charlotte Co., Va., Jan. 4, 1808; d. St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 9, 1884; A.B. Hampden-Sidney College, 1825; post-graduate, Yale University (classmate of N. P. Willis) ; lawyer, planter, Mayor of St. Augustine for many years. He was a man of unusual mental ability, one who served the State unselfishly and untiringly during the difficult times of the reconstruction period, always just to white and black.
He married, May 11, 1831, Elizabeth Lightfoot Coles, b. Feb. 1812; d. Aug. 31, 1874; dau. of Hon. Isaac H. Coles and Mildred Lightfoot Carrington of "Springwood," Halifax Co., Va. Mildred Lightfoot Carrington was a dau. of Judge Paul Carrington, Jr., and his wife, Mildred Coles of "Sylvan Hill," Charlotte Co., Va. Children: ...
