Deborah WATKINS b. 29 Apr 1824 Virginia d. 17 Dec 1859 Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States: Kith 'n Kin

1824 - 1859 (35 years)

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Name	Deborah WATKINS
Birth	29 Apr 1824	Virginia [1]
Gender	Female
Misc	19 May 1846	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States [2]
	Disowned for marrying out of unity
	Address: Short Creek MM
Death	17 Dec 1859	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States [3, 4]
	Cause: Heart disease
Burial	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States [4]
	Address: Short Creek Friends Cemetery
Person ID	I9130	Watkins
Last Modified	8 Jul 2019

Father	John White WATKINS, b. 1 Jun 1781, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 8 Jun 1852, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 71 years)
Mother	Elizabeth JOHNSON, b. 1784, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States d. 5 Aug 1851, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States (Age 67 years)
Marriage	28 Mar 1807	Western Branch, Isle of Wight County, Virginia [5]
Misc-Fam	19 Sep 1807	Sussex County, Virginia, United States [6]
	Quaker meeting reassignment
	John & wife, Elizabeth, received on certificate from Western Branch Monthly meeting, Va., and referred to care of Seacock Particular Meeting.
Residence	1820	Sussex County, Virginia, United States [7]
	Farmer
Misc-Fam	20 Oct 1821	Sussex County, Virginia, United States [6]
	Requested indulged meeting
	'John W[hite Watkins], member of Seacock Particular Meeting, requested an indulged meeting in his own home for himself and family; request granted 1822, 1 mo'
Misc-Fam	17 Apr 1830	Sussex County, Virginia, United States [6, 8]
	Granted certificate to transfer
	'John W[hite Watkins] and wife, Elizabeth, and children: Angelina, Lucinda, Robert, William, Susannah, Elizabeth, Deborah, Lydia and John, granted certificate to Short Creek Monthly Meeting, Jefferson County, Ohio.' "Never comfortable with the practice of slavery, the Quaker population of Sussex nestled along Seacock Swamp and its vicinity decided to remove to free territory after 1820. One of them, John W. Watkins, served as county surveyor from 1817 to 1830. He sold his plantation in Sussex in 1829. ... The destination for most of the former masters and their freed chattels was Jefferson County, Ohio, where Watkins died in 1851." Source: Williams, Gary M., Sussex County Virginia
Residence	Aft 17 Apr 1830	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States [9]
Residence	1840	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States [10]
Family ID	F505	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Samuel GILL, b. 1817, Virginia d. 1863, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States (Age 46 years)

Marriage Bef 19 May 1846 Jefferson County, Ohio, United States

Residence 24 Jul 1850 Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States [11]

Children

	1. Joseph John GILL, b. 21 Sep 1846, Barnesville, Belmont, Ohio, United States d. 23 May 1920, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States (Age 73 years)
	2. Hannah E GILL, b. Jan 1849, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States d. 1938, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age ~ 88 years)
	3. Debra GILL, b. Abt Jan 1850, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Samuel Cushing GILL, b. Abt 1851, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States d. 17 Aug 1909, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 58 years)
	5. James Watkins GILL, b. Jul 1852, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States d. 4 Mar 1940, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States (Age ~ 87 years)
	6. Anne L GILL, b. 1854, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States d. 1925, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States (Age 71 years)
	7. Mary E GILL, b. Abt 1859, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F2276 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Oct 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 29 Apr 1824 - Virginia
	Marriage - Bef 19 May 1846 - Jefferson County, Ohio, United States
	Misc - Disowned for marrying out of unity,Address: Short Creek MM - 19 May 1846 - Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
	Residence - 24 Jul 1850 - Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
	Death - Cause: Heart disease - 17 Dec 1859 - Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
	Burial - Address: Short Creek Friends Cemetery - - Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States

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Sources

[S343] Genforum.com.
Information transcribed from this Bible to Genforum March 13, 2000 at which time the bible was being appraised for sale.
[S358] Hinshaw, Volume IV, Short Creek MM, Page 300.
[S360] U S Census Mortality Schedule 1860-1880, Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio 1860.
[S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 61500709.
[S9] 1930 United States Census, AFN:JCSR-S3.
[S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 143.
[S128] 1820 United States Federal Census, Sussex County, Virginia.
Census reported John W. White

One free white male under 10: Robert (6)
One free white male 10-15: Lambert (13)
One free white male 26-45: John (39)

Three free white females under 10: Angelina (abt 10), Lucinda (8), Susanna (1)
One free white female 26-45: Elizabeth

In addition there were three free colored males and four free colored females in the household.
[S444] Sussex County, Virginia: A Heritage Recalled by the Land, 103-104.
[S129] 1830 United States Federal Census, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, OH.
[S124] 1840 United States Federal Census, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, OH.
[S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll M432_699; Page: 398B; Image: 34.