Individual Details

The Watkins family came to Virginia with Captain John Smith when the colony of Jamestown was founded. After the war for independence (the Grandfather of J.R.Watkins - William Watkins) moved to South Carolina, where James Watkins was born and reared, and where J. R. Watkins was also born."

Birth		Virginia
Death		Died at age 89: Watkins DAR worksheet of Gertrude Watkins Walker., widow of Robert walker. - Georgia

Spouse	Ann DeShoemate ( - )
Child	James W. Watkins (1788 - 1880)