Watts, William

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Title: Watts, William
Gender: Male
Biography: William Watts was the youngest son of Johnson Watts and Susannah Davis. He married later in life, and censuses show he and Mary Ann (Whitaker) Watts had three children. He maintained slave holdings for each Boone County (Ky.) census from 1830 till 1860. He lived until 1879.
Member: Watts family
Birth date: circa 1808
Place of birth: Kentucky
Father: Watts, Johnson
Mother: Davis, Susannah
Life event(s): Marriage: 16 Sep 1849; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Whitaker, Mary Ann
Child(ren): Watts, William C.; Watts, Thomas J.; Watts, Owen S.
Death date: 1879
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Watts Cemetery (Bullittsville, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: Pickens, Matilda; unknown, Ellen [11]; unknown, George [27]; Pickens, Matilda; unknown, Ellen [11]; unknown, George [27]
Description: Enslaved held in 1830: Males, under 10, two; Males, 10 thru
23, three; Males, 24 thru 35, three; Females, under 10, two; Females, 10 thru
23, three; Enslaved held in 1840: Males, under 10, two; Males, 10 thru
23, one, Males, 24 thru 35, two; Females, under 10, three; Females, 10 thru 23,
two; Enslaved held in 1850: Male, 40 years old, black; Female, 34 years old, black; Female, 32 years old, black; Female, 20 years old, black; Female, 16 years old, black; Female, 10 years old, black; Female, 6 years old, black; Male, 3 years old, black; Female, 1 year old, black; Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 26 years old, black; Female, 2 years old, black; Female, 9 years old, black; Female, 5 years old, black; Male, 7 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #34010590; Boone County Will Book A, page 103
Source(s): Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885; Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; Find A Grave.com; Boone County Will Books

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--W

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Items with "Relationship: Watts, William"
Title	Class
Pickens, Matilda	Person
unknown, Ellen [11]	Person
unknown, George [27]	Person

Items with "Child(ren): Watts, William"
Title	Class
Watts, Johnson	Person