Person

John Crittenden Watkins (Whitley County, KY, Circuit Court clerk, attorney, and farmer)

b. 1829? d. 1878-07-18

Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and court clerk. Whitley County, Kentucky, native. Son of Becker Watkins and Nancy Watkins. Married to Sarah J. King Watkins. Father of W. F. Watkins, Harriett J. Watkins, E. E. Watkins, and Thomas S. Watkins. Farmer for John Berry in Whitley County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk of the Whitley Circuit Court in Whitley Court House in 1863. Farmer in Whitley County in 1863. Clerk of the Whitley Circuit Court in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, District 2, p. 423A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Wats Creek, p. 398A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 12.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Whitley County, KY, October 1863, p. 399.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994058, Whitley County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994058, Whitley County Deaths.

KYR-0001-004-0087.

Citation

Watkins, John Crittenden. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197757 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as John Crittenden Watkins (Whitley County, KY, Circuit Court clerk, attorney, and farmer). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (3)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Watkins, John Crittenden. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Watkins, John Crittenden, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Watkins, John Crittenden, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Watkins, John Crittenden.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Watkins, John Crittenden and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.