Born in North Carolina, United States of America
Ancestors 
Daughter of Walter Watkins
and Anna (Wall) Watkins
Sister of
Lucy (Watkins) Griggs, Walter Watkins Jr, Joseph Watkins, William Hubert Watkins, Jeremiah Watkins [half], James Watkins [half], Mary Watkins [half] and Evelyn (Watkins) Kendall [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 54
in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States of America
Profile last modified
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Biography
Jessie (Watkins) Courtney is a part of US Black heritage.
Jessie was born in 1921. She was the daughter of Walter Watkins and Anna Wall. She passed away in 1976.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Q5-3M6 : accessed 25 July 2022), Jessie M Wadkins in household of James Wadkins, Black Jack, Richmond, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 4B, line 88, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1715; FHL microfilm 2,341,449.
- "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H47Z-L7ZM : 14 February 2020), Jessie Courtney, 1976.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103815752/jessie-courtney: accessed 12 January 2023), memorial page for Jessie Courtney (1921–6 Apr 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103815752, citing Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Joni (contributor 47050877).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
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~3.12%
Jamaal (Wall) Abdul-Awwal
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