Captain
Joseph
Jennings
"Church"
Fowlkes
Jr.
Born in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph A. Fowlkes
and Mary (Jennings) Fowlkes
Brother of
Jerusa Fowlkes, Thomas Jefferson Fowlkes, John Sterling Fowlkes, Thomas Archer Fowlkes, Lucy Fowlkes, Sterling Fowlkes, Elizabeth Fowlkes, William Fowlkes Sr., Austin Fowlkes and Sarah Fowlkes
Husband of
Mary (Craddock) Fowlkes
— married
29 Sep 1792 in Amelia County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 83
in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Captain Joseph Jennings "Church Jr." Fowlkes was born about 1761 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, Virginia.[1] Joseph is the son of Joseph Fowlkes and Mary Jane Jennings.[2] He married Frances Bass 18 June 1787 in Amelia County with consent being given by her father John, witnessed by Samuel Bruce and Armstreet Bruce, and security given by William Fowlkes.[3] After Frances' death, he married Mary "Molly" Craddock 29 September 1792 in Amelia County.[4][5]
Residence
- Fact: Residence (1830) Nottoway, Virginia, USA
Probate Records
- 20(?) December 1843: Joseph signs his Last Will and Testament[6]
- 4 December 1844: Inventory and appraisement of the estate[7]
- 3 June 1845: Account record submitted[8]
Sources
- ↑ Stephen Fowlkes, Just Plain Fowlkes: Our Lineage from Gabriel I (n.p.: n.p., about 2001), p. 20.
- ↑ Stephen Fowlkes, Just Plain Fowlkes: Our Lineage from Gabriel I (n.p.: n.p., about 2001), p. 20.
- ↑ Kathleen Booth Williams, Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia, 1735-1815 (s.l.: s.n., 1961.), p. 44. She cites volume F, page 2.
- ↑ Kathleen Booth Williams, Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia, 1735-1815 (s.l.: s.n., 1961.), p. 44. This marriage is also supported by the will of William Cross Craddock where "Daughter Mary Folks wife of Joseph Folkes" is mentioned. See Bel Hubbard Wise, Amelia County, Virginia, WIll Book 5, 1793-1799: With Additional Deaths and Heirs from the Order Book 20 (Weatherford, Tex.: Powell Pub. Co., 1990), pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Joseph Foulkes (c1728-before 3 September 1789), DAR Patriot Ancestor #A040967 (father of Joseph who married Polly Craddock).
- ↑ Nottoway, Virginia, Will book, v. 8, 1841-1847, Pages 233-34, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GY-39DB-4
- ↑ Nottoway, Virginia, Will book, v. 8, 1841-1847, Pages 279-81, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GY-39DT-Z
- ↑ Nottoway, Virginia, Will book, v. 8, 1841-1847, Page 300, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GY-39DR-P
See also:
- Ancestry Profile accessed 14 April 2018, profile for Joseph Jennings Fowlkes.
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Anonymous Hankins
Fowlkes-124 and Fowlkes-356 appear to represent the same person because: Birthdate needs reconciling, otherwise this is the same guy.
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