Born in North Carolina
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Elias Godwin
— married
30 May 1810 in Johnston, North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
John Daniel Godwin
Died
at age 88
in Crenshaw, Alabama
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Biography
Sara "Nanny" Watkins married Elias Godwin on 30 May 1810. She was buried in the Godwin Cemetery, Crenshaw, Alabama.[1] Sara' husband Elias died in 1847, she is in the household of son John in 1850.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YJ-832 : 14 February 2020), Elias Godwin, 1810.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPB-NL9 : 19 December 2020), Sarah Godwin in household of John Godwin, Montezuma, Covington, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD6-KGR : 18 February 2021), Sarah Godwin in entry for Solomon Long, 1860.
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