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 Virginia. The 1850 census shows North Carolina as birthplace and the 1870 census shows Virginia.2,3 
He was the son of Thomas WATKINS and Magdalene DUPUY.1 
Marriage*Thomas Hardin WATKINS married Letitia 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 County, 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 County, Virginia.5



Census 1870*He appeared on the census of 16 August 1870 in Horse Pasture, Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia.2


Death*He died in January 1880 in Ridgeway, Henry County, 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 County, Virginia, Thomas Hardin Watkins died in January 1880 and is listed in the June 1880 census because he was alive on January 1, 1880.7

Family

Letitia HAIRSTON b. a 1809, d. 22 Nov 1858
Children

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, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1976.
  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.
Last Edited3 Mar 2022