Individual Details
Elijah Durrett Watts
(1804 - July 3, 1884)
1830 Albemarle County, Virginia census: WATTS, Lucy; one male 20 to 30 years old (Elijah Watts), one female 60 to 70 years old (Lucy).
1840 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township: WATTS, Elijah D., one male 30 to 40 years old (Elijah Watts); one femal 70 to 80 years old (Elijah's mother, Lucy Watts).
1850 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #1012/1012, taken 18 November 1850: E. WATTS, 36, male, farmer, Real estate $600, Virginia.
1860 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #636/635: Elijah WATTS, 54, male, farmer, Real estate $1200, personal estate $1300, Virginia.
1870 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #129/127: Elijah WATTS, 64, male, white, farmer, Real estate $3000, personal estate $150, Virginia.
1880 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #35/36: Elijah WATTS, white, male, 73, bachlor, farmer, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia.
Elijah Durrett Watts wrote his will 28 December 1883 in Randolph County, Missouri. His obituary was published in the Moberly Daily Moniter, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, Thursday, July 3, 1884.
NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Some researchers have shown a marriage of Elijah Watts to Margaret Simpson. This appears to be incorrect, as the 1880 shown him as a bachelor. According to Lori Linnell, who has done much research on this branch of the Watts family: "This Elijah Watts never married. Margaret Sampson was the second wife of his Uncle Elijah Watts (son of Jacob Watts and Elizabeth Durrett). The older Elijah Watts left a will naming Margaret in his will. He married her 27 November 1823 in Orange County, Virgina. I think someone got it mixed up along the line and transposed the date of 1823 to 1832 and assumed it was the younger Elijah Watts. The younger Elijah Watts died in 1884, left a will, and is buried next to his mother, Lucy, in Randolph County, Missouri."
1840 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township: WATTS, Elijah D., one male 30 to 40 years old (Elijah Watts); one femal 70 to 80 years old (Elijah's mother, Lucy Watts).
1850 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #1012/1012, taken 18 November 1850: E. WATTS, 36, male, farmer, Real estate $600, Virginia.
1860 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #636/635: Elijah WATTS, 54, male, farmer, Real estate $1200, personal estate $1300, Virginia.
1870 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #129/127: Elijah WATTS, 64, male, white, farmer, Real estate $3000, personal estate $150, Virginia.
1880 Randolph County, Missouri census, Union Township, Dwelling/Family #35/36: Elijah WATTS, white, male, 73, bachlor, farmer, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia.
Elijah Durrett Watts wrote his will 28 December 1883 in Randolph County, Missouri. His obituary was published in the Moberly Daily Moniter, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, Thursday, July 3, 1884.
NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Some researchers have shown a marriage of Elijah Watts to Margaret Simpson. This appears to be incorrect, as the 1880 shown him as a bachelor. According to Lori Linnell, who has done much research on this branch of the Watts family: "This Elijah Watts never married. Margaret Sampson was the second wife of his Uncle Elijah Watts (son of Jacob Watts and Elizabeth Durrett). The older Elijah Watts left a will naming Margaret in his will. He married her 27 November 1823 in Orange County, Virgina. I think someone got it mixed up along the line and transposed the date of 1823 to 1832 and assumed it was the younger Elijah Watts. The younger Elijah Watts died in 1884, left a will, and is buried next to his mother, Lucy, in Randolph County, Missouri."
Events
| Birth | 1804 | Albemarle County, Virginia | |||
| Death | July 3, 1884 | Milton, Randolph County, Missouri | |||
| Burial | July 4, 1884 | Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri |
Families
| Father | John Watts (1756 - 1823) |
| Mother | Lucy Dalton (1761 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Watts (1779 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Nancy Maria Watts (1780 - 1846) |
| Sibling | William Thomas Watts (1783 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Tyree Dalton Watts (1785 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Thomas Watts (1787 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Matilda Watts (1788 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Nelson Watts (1790 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Garrett Watts (1791 - 1846) |
| Sibling | David Watts (1793 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Mildred Watts (1797 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Mahala H. Watts (1798 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Robert Harrison Watts (1801 - 1879) |