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Mary (Sandlin) Wilkins (1786 - 1881)

Mary Wilkins formerly Sandlin
Born in Kings Creek, York, South Carolina, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1805 in Kings Creek, York Co., SCmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 95 in Haines, Marion, Illinois, USAmap
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Biography

5 Mary SANDLIN. Born on 15 Aug 1786 in Kings Creek, York Co, SC.2,4 Mary died in Haines Twp, Marion Co, IL on 25 Sep 1881; she was 95.2 Buried in Sep 1881 in Bell Cem, Haines Twp, Marion Co, IL.2

Mary SANDLIN lived a long but technologically inexperienced life. According to her obituary in the Marion County Herald, "She lived to be 103 years old and died never having seen a railroad or a train although they [she and her husband] had been in the county for 30 years."

Another publication called "The Wilkins Clan" by Donald BRANSON, stated, "Granny Wilkins came from Tennessee with three or four children and some slaves in the early 1800's and settled in western Illinois [near what became the Mormon settlement of Navoo] in the early 1800's. The law got after them because they owned slaves, so she left there and moved to what was Coles Co., near Champaign, Illinois. The law got after her again so she set her slaves free and took her family & left overnight & came to Marion Co., where she settled on land where Spurgeon Lake is now."

According to the 1850 census, Mary is the head of household and owns real estate valued at $150. She has 3 sons and a daughter living with her. The census states that she is from North Carolina but other sources say she is actually from South Carolina.2 She is also marked down as not being able to read or write. By the time of the 1860 census, Mary owns real estate valued at $800 and her personal estate is valued at $45. Her sons and daughters have moved away, but not too far. Living next door to her is her son, Charles. Living with her is a young couple with the surname of BRAZEL. This name is common in the immediate neighborhood. At first I thought the woman--Elizabeth (22 from TN)--was her daughter. However, this info does not match up with the data I have found in the previous census records. So they are probably unrelated through blood but related through the proximity of the years. By the 1870 census, Mary is found living with William WILKINS and his wife Sarah (this would be William "Bill" the Third). She is still in Marion County--the Romaine Township. In this census she is listed as being from North Carolina, as well; she is 90 years old.

Mary was the mother of possibly 14 children. ( http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WILKINS/2001-05/0991279673 )

1850 - Living in Marion, IL. [1][2]


1860 - Living in Americus Twp, Breckenridge, KS [3][4] **Note: Breckenridge County changed to Lyon County in 1862.


Sources

  1. '1850 U.S. Fed Pop Census' Dist 11, Marion, Illinois Pp 8
  2. FamilySearch.org 1850 U.S. Census Sheets Dbase
  3. '1860 U.S. Fed Pop Census' Americus Township, Breckenridge, KS Pp 76
  4. FamilySearch.org 1860 U.S. Census Sheets Dbase


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Sandlin-174 and Sandlin-61 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. All information is the same. Thanks!

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