Census of 1870 - J.J. Watkins, Nacogdoches County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Laura. Census of 1880 - Jesse J. Watkins, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, age 52, born circa 1828 in Tennessee, laborer, wife Laura.
Census of 1900 - Jassie J. Watkins, Nacogdoches County, age 72, born December 1828 in Tennessee, saw milling, wife Laura.
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Jesse Watkins, birth date 12/25/1828, death date 8/31/1911, burial in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County.
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Death notice, "Jesse J. Watkins Dead," 8/31/1911, p. 7. "Jesse J. Watkins, Nacogdoches, Texas . . . served this and Angelina county many years ago two terms in the legislature."
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