Robert Johnson WATKINS

1814 - 1872  (58 years)

• Name	Robert Johnson WATKINS
  Birth	23 Feb 1814	Southampton County, Virginia, British America   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1820	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [3]
  Residence	1830	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States   [4]
  Misc	24 Jan 1837	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	Granted certificate to Goshen MM
  	Address: Short Creek Monthly Meeting
  Death	8 Jun 1872	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [6]
  Burial	Aft 8 Jun 1872	Goshen Friends Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio   [7]
  Person ID	I3706	Watkins
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2010

  
  

  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   [8]
  Misc-Fam	19 Sep 1807	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [9]
  	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   [3]
  	Farmer
  Misc-Fam	20 Oct 1821	Sussex County, Virginia, United States   [9]
  	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   [9, 10]
  	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   [4]
  Residence	1840	Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States   [11]
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia F. COWGILL,   b. 1 Feb 1818, Wayne Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States d. 20 Aug 1901, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1837	Ohio   [2, 12]
  Residence	19 Aug 1850	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [13]
  	Farmer
  Residence	23 Jun 1860	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [14]
  	Farmer
  Residence	8 Jun 1870	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [15]
  	Farmer
  Children	1. Thomas Cowgill WATKINS,   b. 19 Jan 1838, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 8 Mar 1870, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 32 years)   2. Deborah Ann WATKINS,   b. 6 Apr 1840, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 22 Jan 1880, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 39 years)   3. Mary WATKINS,   b. 10 Nov 1841, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 15 Jun 1881, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 39 years)   4. Louisa WATKINS,   b. 26 Aug 1843, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 5 May 1870, Lucas County, Ohio, United States (Age 26 years)   5. John White WATKINS,   b. 7 Oct 1845, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 24 Sep 1906, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 60 years)   6. Albert WATKINS,   b. 7 Oct 1847, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 9 Sep 1852, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 4 years)   7. Henry C. WATKINS,   b. 2 May 1850, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 26 Aug 1852, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 2 years)   8. Mary Elizabeth WATKINS,   b. 30 Mar 1852, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 31 Mar 1924, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 72 years)   9. Robert Johnson WATKINS,   b. 26 Apr 1854, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 12 Mar 1912, Rice County, Kansas, United States (Age 57 years)   10. Sarah Evaline WATKINS,   b. 30 May 1856, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 21 Nov 1860, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 4 years)   11. George Washington WATKINS,   b. 23 Feb 1858, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 23 Nov 1860, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 2 years)   12. Lydia Alice WATKINS,   b. 26 Jun 1860, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 3 Jun 1876, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 15 years)   13. Edward Horace WATKINS,   b. 14 Aug 1862, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 1 Jan 1935, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1830 - Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States Misc - Granted certificate to Goshen MM,Address: Short Creek Monthly Meeting - 24 Jan 1837 - Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 19 Aug 1850 - Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 23 Jun 1860 - Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 8 Jun 1870 - Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Death - 8 Jun 1872 - Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Robert Johnson Watkins (1814 - 1872) Husband of Lydia F. Cowgill Watkins
  		Robert Johnson Watkins (1814 - 1872)

  
  

  Headstones

  Robert Johnson Watkins (1814 - 1872) Husband of Lydia Cowgill Watkins

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] 1930 United States Census, AFN:JCSS-JT. [S104] History of Logan County and Ohio, Page 679 Biographical Sketches. [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. [S129] 1830 United States Federal Census, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, OH. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume IV, Short Creek MM, Page 300. [S56] Family records, AFN:JCSS-JT. [S100] Cemetery Record, Listed in records of Logan County, Ohio Genealogical Society, Researched by Debbie Bleger. [S9] 1930 United States Census, AFN:JCSR-S3. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 143. [S444] Sussex County, Virginia: A Heritage Recalled by the Land, 103-104. [S124] 1840 United States Federal Census, Mt Pleasant, Jefferson, OH. [S9] 1930 United States Census, AFN:JCSS-K1. [S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio Dwelling 225. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census, Monroe Twn, Logan, OH Dwelling 790. [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census, Monroe Twn, Logan, OH Pg 7.