Person:Elizabeth Black (21)

From: WILLIAM BLACK and his descendants A genealogy of the descendants of William Black of Augusta County, Virginia and later of Clark County, Kentucky.

43.ANDREW BLACK was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, July 1, 1807. He married Margaret Lockridge of the same County. They continued to live in Kentucky until the fall of 1851 when they moved to Putnam County, Indiana and settled on a farm about one mile west of Greencastle. In 1882 he moved to Greencastle where he died Oct. 9, 1885. In the obituary published in the Greencastle Banner it says "Mr. Black was born near Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, being the youngest of seven children, all of whom preceded him in death, so that he was the last survivor of his father's family." His wife, Margaret, who was born August 2, 1811, died July 5, 1863. Both are buried in the Greencastle Cemetery.

128Ardenaborn Jan. 14, 1830 129Louisaborn Apr. 24, 1831 130Mary Annborn Dec. 4, 1833 131Elizabethborn Nov. 20, 1835 132Margaretborn Oct. 25, 1837 133Sarah A.born Aug. 11, 1839 134Ameliaborn July 20, 1841 135George W.born Sept. 27, 1843 136Robert M.born Dec. 16, 1845 137Janetteborn Nov. 2, 1847 138Virginiaborn Jan 1, 1849 139Andrewborn Feb. 6, 1852 140Edwin E.born Feb. 18, 1854

131. ELIZABETH BLACK was born Nov. 20, 1835. She married William Watkins, Nov. 15, 1859. She was killed, together with her only daughter, in a railroad wreck in 1901. She is buried in the Greencastle, Indiana, cemetery.

324Margaretborn 1864

324.MARGARET WATKINS was born in 1864. She married Clifton Cameron. She was killed, with her mother, in a railroad wreck in 1901. Buried in Greencastle, Indiana.

1860 Greencastle Ward 4, Putnam, Indiana Census Name: Elizabeth Watkins Age in 1860: 22 Birthplace: Kentucky Gender: Female Head of Household: Robert Renick Post Office: Greencastle Occupation: Lady Household: Robert Renick Greencastle Ward 4, Putnam, IN 38 1821 Indiana Male Louisa Renick Greencastle Ward 4, Putnam, IN 28 1831 Kentucky Female Henry L Renick Greencastle Ward 4, Putnam, IN 2 1857 Indiana Male William W Watkins Greencastle Ward 4, Putnam, IN 38 1821 Vermont Ma Elizabeth Watkins Greencastle Ward 4, Putnam, IN 22 1837 Kentucky Female

1880 United States Federal Census Record Name: E. Watkins Age: 42 Estimated birth year: <1838> Birthplace: Kentucky Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: W. W. Watkins Father's birthplace: KY Mother's birthplace: KY

1. ↑ Family Bible - Moore.
2. ↑ Handwritten Note.

   Handwritten Note. Photocopy of note in Laura's Moore Black's handwriting, given to Brenda by Janie Black Scheutz (2001)

3. ↑ 1850 KY Census.
4. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).
5. ↑ 1880 IN Census.
6. ↑ 1860 IN Census.
7. ↑ Mike Brickner.