Person:Reese Watkins (1)

Reese Watkins was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Records of Reese Watkins in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's

• Page 203.--17th February, 1758. Colonel James Patton's estate; appraised by Thomas Stewart, John Ramsey, Edward Hall. List of bonds, bills, &c., due the estate: Reece Watkins, 17th December, 1753. (Note: "Reece" Watkins was listed among many others, which probably indicates that Reese was granted land by Col. James Patton prior to his death in 1758).

• Page 252.--20th May, 1758. Jacob Patton's estate to Susan Patton, administratrix--To Edward McDonald, Joseph Love, Wm. Plummer, George Tar, Henry Campbell, Jno. Potts, Robt. Williams, Philip Watkins, Reece Watkins, John Walker, Christopher Cunningham, John Patton, Robt. Mountgomery, Robt. Looney, Wm. Lusk, Wm. Graham.

1.   Russell, Frank B. Reese Kelso Watkins: his ancestry and his descendants and collateral lines, Smith, Kelso, Cleveland, Bryan - Smith, Allison, Outlaw. (Moorestown, New Jersey: F.B. Russell, c1973).

   Reese Kelso Watkins, His Ancestry and His Descendants and Collateral Lines: Smith, Kelso, Cleveland, Bryan - Smith, Allison, Outlaw, Frank B. Russell, 1973. Hardback, 8-1/2x11, 200 pages, illustrated, bibliography, charts, family group sheets, and just page after page of photocopies of original source records. There is a separate index for other surnames, and another Watkins given name index. This book came off a houseboat and has a somewhat musty smell, and the cover appeared to have some dried mud on it that I tried to brush off. Now I'm not sure whether it is better or worse. The pages are clean, the binding is tight with no loose pages, and there are no markings, underlining, or highlighting, and it is a book with some wonderful research records. Contents include:
   
   Preface
   Coat of Arms and Explanation
   1. Reese Kelso Watkins and His Wife Jane Wright Smith; Pictures of them.
   2. Ancestors of Reese Kelso Watkins
   3. Descendants of Robert Watkins, Son of Cadwalader Watkins, First Generation
   4. Descendants of Reese Watkins, Son of Robert Watkins, First Generation
   5. Ancestors of Jane Wright Smith
   6. Descendants of Reese Kelso Watkins and Jane Wright Smith, First Generation & Picture
   7. Allied Lines of Reese Kelso Watkins (Kelso, Cleveland, Bryan and Smith)
   8. Allied Lines of Jane Wright Smith (Allison, Outlaw and Whitfield)
   9. Charts
   10. Family Group Record Sheets
   11. Documents:
   Land Deed of 1704
   Land Deed of 1725
   Plat of the Cadawalader Watkins' Land in "The Welsh Tract"
   Letter from National Library of Wales (not indexed)
   Road Petition of 1706
   Road Petition of 1719
   Map of the Virginia Frontier in 1756
   Map of Craigs Creek Settlement, Fincastle Community, Colony of Virginia
   1753 Will of Robert Watkins
   1757 Land Patent to Reese Watkins, Craigs Creek Settlement, Fincastle Community
   Land Grant, Survey and Entry to Reese Watkins in Wake Co., NC (not indexed)
   
   Documents of Robert Watkins, Son of Reese Watkins, Sr., & Grandson of Cadawalader Watkins
   a. Marriage Bond to Selah Bryan 1790
   b. Will of Edith Folsom 1791
   c. Smithfield, NC Land Deed to Kedar Bryan 1777
   d. Madison Co. GA Land Deed in 1809
   
   13. Letter from Phillip Watkins on 9 Dec. 1860
   14. Miscellaneous Documents:
   Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania
   Petition from Monroe County, Tennessee
   Quaker Marriage Certificate of William Roberts and Anne Jones
   Quaker Marriage Certificate of Robert Jones and Catherine Griffith
   15. Reese Kelso Watkins Memorabilia - Medical College Commencement
   16. Ibid - Guardianship Records
   17. Ibid - Ledger Accounts of Income and Expense
   18. Bible Record of Jane Smith Wright
   19. Bible Record of Teressa M. Kelso
   20. Map of S.E. Corner, Colony of Pennsylvania
   21. Student Notebook of Reese Kelso Watkins (1869-1871 at Medical School, Univ. of Nashville
   22. Newspaper Obituary of Reese Kelso Watkins, 1916
   23. Town of Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia
   24. Map of Settlement Area of Reese Watkins, Sr. - Oglethorpe County, Georgia
   25. Estate of Benjamin Watkins, Robert Watkins, Administrator (not indexed)
   
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2.   Two of the daughters of Reese Watkins, Sr married in Wake County NC in 1778 as shown by marriage bonds of Wake COunty as follows:
   
   Elizabeth Watkins married Sill Johnson
   Wake County, NC
   December 10, 1778
   Reese Watkins, security
   
   Martha Watkins married Christoper Orr
   Wake County, NC
   August 27, 1778
   
   Bible records of Martha Watkins Orr show that she was born March 16, 1761, see pages 12 and 13 of reference 1. In order of birth no doubt Elizabeth was the first child and her mother was no doubt Sarah Barber Watkins, a daughter of Elizabeth and George Barber, who died in 1750 and who's wife remarried in 1751 to Matthew Patton.
   
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