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Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER

F, b. 16 December 1837, d. 14 February 1904
Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER|b. 16 Dec 1837\nd. 14 Feb 1904|p164.htm|Jesse WEAVER|b. 8 Mar 1802\nd. 26 Oct 1867|p420.htm|Rebecca SANFORD|b. 17 Jun 1806\nd. 10 Jan 1888|p421.htm|Henry WEAVER|b. c 1770\nd. Oct 1842|p277.htm|Abigail Gregg|b. c 1780|p2748.htm|William SANFORD|b. 7 Jan 1777\nd. a 1860||Barbara R. SNIDER|b. c 1789\nd. a 1860||

Relationship=2nd great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
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      Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER also went by the name of Dolly.
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER was born on 16 December 1837 in Alabama, daughter of Jesse WEAVER and Rebecca SANFORD.1,2
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of Jesse WEAVER and Rebecca SANFORD in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.3
     Dorothy married Daniel Henry WATTS, son of Abraham WATTS and Lucelia HERRIN, on 24 November 1858 in residence of Jesse Weaver, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The ceremony was performed by H. P. Hudson, justice of peace.4 She and Daniel Henry WATTS were methodists and attended Andrews Chapel Methodist Church.5
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER and Daniel Henry WATTS appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 25 August 1860 in Collins Beat, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as David H. Watt [Daniel], a farmer, age 31; Deliah E. Watt [Dorothy], a seamstress, age 21; and Nancy J. R. Watt, age 7 months. All were born in Alabama. The value of their personal property was $100. Living next door was Dorothy's sister, Malinda Isabella, and her husband, Joshua Moses. Their daughter, Sarah, would later marry Daniel's brother, Phillip.6
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER appeared on a census, enumerated 1866, in the household of Daniel Henry WATTS in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.7
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER and Daniel Henry WATTS appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 10 July 1870 in 15th Precinct, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Daniel Watts, a 40-year-old farmer with real estate valued at $184.00. He state that he was born in Alabama but the birthplaces of his parents are not given. Living with him are his wife, Dorothy, age 31; daughter, Rebecca, age 10; son, John, age 8; son, George, age 6; son, Joshua, age 4; and twins Louis and Bethona, age 3 months. Living next door were Rufus and Sarah Herring and Daniel and Barbary Snider.8
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER and Daniel Henry WATTS appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1880 in Smallwoods, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Daniel Watts, age 53, farmer; wife Dollie, age 45; son Garner [John], age 19, farm laborer; son George, age 17, farm laborer; daughter Thansy, age 15; son Brad, age 13; and daughter Lina, age 11. All were born in Alabama. The birthplaces of Daniel and Dorothy's parents is not listed.9
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER appeared on a census, enumerated 6 June 1900, in the household of Brad WATTS and Martha A. Skinner in Keoppels Beat, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.10
     Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER died on 14 February 1904 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 66. At the time of her death, Dorothy lived on the 40 acres homestead purchased by Daniel in 1889.11

Last Edited=23 Mar 2008

Children of Dorothy Elizabeth WEAVER and Daniel Henry WATTS

Citations

  1. [S133] Unknown record type, Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
  2. [S673] Daniel H. Watts' Family Bible, Birth records.
  3. [S286] 1850 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Jesse Weaver household #114, pg. 148.
  4. [S361] Tuscaloosa County Marriages: Book 1855-1859, pg. 449.
  5. [S353] George Randall Watts, "Watts Genealogy," e-mail to John K. Brown, To get there, take I-59 east to Coaling exit 79 and US Hwy 11. Turn left and go to Keene's Mill Road. This will take you to Andrews Chapel.
  6. [S294] 1860 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, David H. Wats household No. 1605, Collins Beat, pg. 563.
  7. [S314] 1866 Alabama State Census, Tuscaloosa County, schedule 1, Daniel Watts household, pg. 21.
  8. [S259] 1870 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Daniel Watts household No. 219, pg. 356.
  9. [S264] 1880 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Daniel Watts household #345, Smallwoods, Beat 13, ED 157, Sheet 38, Line 1.
  10. [S532] 1900 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Joshua B. Watts household 133, ED 119, Sheet 10, pg 548.
  11. [S11] Old Snyder Cemetery, Tombstone Inscription, Author's Personal Collection, Prattville, Alabama.

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