Thomas Hardin WATKINS

HAIRSTON.org ID#1317, b. 1810, d. January 1880
Father*Thomas WATKINS1
Mother*Magdalene DUPUY1
Birth*Thomas Hardin WATKINS was born in 1810 in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia. The 1850 census shows North Carolina as birthplace and the 1870 census shows Virginia. His daughter Judith's death certificate, filled out by his daughter Mary, states that he was born in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia.2,3 
He was the son of Thomas WATKINS and Magdalene DUPUY.1 
Marriage*Thomas Hardin WATKINS married Laetitia HAIRSTON, daughter of Col. Samuel HAIRSTON and Judith Sparrell SAUNDERS, on 10 January 1837.4,1 
Census 1850*Thomas Hardin WATKINS appeared on the census of 15 August 1850 in Henry, Virginia.3
Death Spouse*His wife, Letitia Hairston, died on 22 November 1858. 
Census 1860*He was Head of Household on 31 July 1860 in Henry, Virginia.5
Census 1870*He appeared on the census of 16 August 1870 in Horse Pasture, Ridgeway, Henry, Virginia.2
Death*He died in January 1880 in Ridgeway, Henry, Virginia; Thomas H. Watkins, died Jan 1880, born in Virginia and both parents born in Virginia, died of pneumonia and was a resident of Henry County for 1 year.6
Census 1880*He appeared on the census of 22 June 1880 in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia.7
DeathHe died on 20 September 1890 in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia.8

Family

Laetitia HAIRSTON b. a 1809, d. 22 Nov 1858
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S3026] Rev. B. H. Dupuy. The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and His Descendants. Louisville, KY.: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1908.
  2. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  3. [S1850] 1850 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  4. [S67] Dodd, Virginia Anderson, Henry County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1778-1849, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenvile, S.C. 1955.
  5. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S269] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880.
  7. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  8. [S109] Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912 Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
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