Person:William Watkins (54)
William Joel Watkins
b.4 Jan 1808 Charlotte, Virginia, United States
d.9 Aug 1884 St. Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Dec 1799
  1. Agnes Woodson Watkins1800 - 1860
  2. Mary Carrington Watkins1803 - 1887
  3. Samuel Venable Watkins1805 - Abt 1866
  4. William Joel Watkins1808 - 1884
  5. Henry Watkins1810 -
  6. Richard Venable WatkinsAbt 1812 -
  7. Thomas Watkins1816 - 1901
  8. Clement C Watkins, M.D.1818 - 1850
  9. Isaac Read Watkins1821 - 1884
  10. Elizabeth Margaret Watkins1827 - 1896
  11. Jane Virginia Watkins1829 - 1863
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 May 1831
  1. Mary Coles Watkins1838 - 1886
  2. Joel Watkins
  3. Tucker Carrington Watkins1843 -
  4. Mildred Carrington Watkins1845 -
  5. William Watkins1847 -
  6. Elizabeth Lightfoot Watkins1847 -
  7. Isaac Carrington Watkins1853 - 1874
  8. Margaret Watkins1855 -
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Facts and Events
Name William Joel Watkins
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Jan 1808 Charlotte, Virginia, United Statesat Do Well
Marriage 11 May 1831 Virginiato Elizabeth Lightfoot Coles
Death[1] 9 Aug 1884 St. Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in Venable, Elizabeth Marshall (Elizabeth Marshall Venable). Venables of Virginia: an account of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Woodson Venable of Springfield, and of his brother William Lewis Venable of Haymarket, both of Prince Edward County, Virginia. (New York, New York: J.J. Little and Ives, 1925)
    66.

    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: ...

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