Celia Fokes

✦ direct ancestor — my children's 4×-great-grandmother · Jarrell line, the Woodall–Ramsay side — their mother's people

Marriage & children

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1850 and 1860 U.S. censuses, population schedules, Jefferson County, Georgia, household of Silas Watkins (FamilySearch index entries; images not opened)

1860 census, 83rd District, Jefferson Co., Ga., p. 339, FamilySearch 1:1:MZM2-JBC; 1850 census, Jefferson Co., Ga., FamilySearch 1:1:MZYT-K14

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[FamilySearch INDEX ONLY, read 12 Oct 2026 (register K1013); the images were not opened.] 1860: Silas Watkins, born about 1811, North Carolina; Cealy, 40; Elizabeth C., 18; Mills B., 16; Martha A., 14; Silas I., 12; John E., 8; Henry A., 6; William G., 5; Cealy C. V., 3. No Eben (the enumeration date was not checked). 1850: Silas Watkins; Celia, 31; Elizabeth, 8; Mills B., 7; Amanda, 5; Ira, 3.

1870 U.S. census, population schedule, District 83, Jefferson County, Georgia, page 41 (NARA M593; image via FamilySearch)

1870 census, District 83, Jefferson Co., Ga., p. 41, dwelling 367, family 402, Silas Watkins; FamilySearch 1:1:MC3Z-CWT

[Read on the image 12 Oct 2026 (register K1012): names, ages, occupation and birthplace. No relationship column in 1870.] Silas Watkins, 59, farmer, born North Carolina; Clarra, 50, keeping house; Elizabeth, 28; Silas J., 23; John E., 20; Henry A., 17; William G., 15; Viana C., 13; Ebenezer [middle initial T. or Y.], 10.

1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Wadley, Jefferson County, Georgia, enumeration district 65, sheet 257A (NARA T9; image via FamilySearch)

1880 census, Wadley (ED 65), Jefferson Co., Ga., sheet 257A, household of Silas Watkins; FamilySearch 1:1:M8GC-PYH

[Read on the image 12 Oct 2026 (register K1011): names, ages and the relationship column; the birthplace and parent-nativity columns taken from the FamilySearch index only.] Silas Watkins, 65, farmer; Rebecca, 60, Wife; Lizzie, 30, daughter; William, 24, son; Vianna, 21, daughter; Ebin, 18, Son. Neighbouring household: Henry Watkins, 30, and Hettie, 26.

Georgia, County Marriages, Jefferson County, page 280: Silas Watkins and Celia Fokes, 29 November 1840 (FamilySearch index entry; image not opened)

Jefferson Co., Ga. marriages p. 280, Silas Watkins x Celia Fokes, 29 Nov 1840; FamilySearch 1:1:FWHK-D32

[FamilySearch INDEX ONLY, read 12 Oct 2026 (register K1014); the register image was not opened.] Groom: Silas Watkins. Bride: Celia Fokes. Date: 29 November 1840. Jefferson County, Georgia, page 280.

Research notes

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Research note · 12 Oct 2026

AUDITED 12 Oct 2026 - CELIA (FOKES) WATKINS, born 26 Sep 1820 (Find a Grave index, Colemans Chapel, K1014), married Silas Watkins in Jefferson County, Georgia, on 29 Nov 1840 (marriage index, K1014). She is the wife in his household as Celia, 31, in 1850 and Cealy, 40, in 1860 (both index only, K1013), and as Clarra, 50, in 1870 (K1012). The 1880 census names his wife Rebecca, 60 (K1011). That is read as the same woman, for the reasons set out in [3420] Eben's note, which is where the argument for her as his mother is made. Only [3420] is attached as her child in this tree. Her death date and her parents are not yet read.

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