William Rowland Watkins (1855 - 1944)

Born 2 Aug 1855 in Pickens, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1944 at age 88 in Hackleburg, Alabama

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Biography

William was born in 1855. He married Martha Golden. Their family lived in Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina.^[1][2] He passed away in 1944. ^[3]

Census, United States

United States Census, 1900

Township 4, Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina,

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Rollie Watkins Head Male 43 South Carolina

Martha A Watkins Wife Female 44 South Carolina

Dick Watkins Son Male 19 South Carolina

Johnie C Watkins Son Male 15 South Carolina

Scot Watkins Son Male 11 South Carolina

Ethel W Watkins Daughter Female 9 South Carolina

Mary Etta Watkins Daughter Female 5 South Carolina

Jessie M Watkins Daughter Female 6 South Carolina

Nettie A Watkins Daughter Female 3 South Carolina

Source: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TJ-ZFP : accessed 23 December 2019), Rollie Watkins, Township 4, Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 5B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,539.

Research Notes

08/22/2014 William Roland Watkins and Levi Cochran and Mattie Ethel Watkins, a married couple, were witnesses at the marriage of Lettie Yielding and Eugene Scott Watkins. Ethel was Scott's sister and she was married to a Cochran.

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TJ-ZFP : accessed 23 December 2019), Rollie Watkins, Township 4, Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 5B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,539.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P8-X4Z : 27 July 2019), W R Watkins, Election Precinct 7, Marion, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-11, sheet 3A, line 23, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 59.
3. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Michelle Wiseman, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #137154015