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Washington Watkins (Lyon County, + Caldwell Co. KY, farmer and merchan)

b. 1804?

Lyon County and Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Susan S. Young Watkins in Trigg County, Kentucky, on April 12, 1832. Father of Lucinda Watkins, William S. Watkins, Maria J. Watkins Sarah Watkins, Mary E. Watkins, John W. Watkins, Virginia C. Watkins, and Eudora Watkins. Married to Mary Hays Watkins. Father of Nidella Watkins, Martha B. Watkins, James C. Watkins, and Jefferson W. Watkins. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1840. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 15.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 393A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 811.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 703.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 41.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994046, Logan, Lyon, McCracken County Deaths, p. 3092.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994046, Lyon County Births.

Citation

Watkins, Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206962 (November 15, 2026).

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