Edward Watts
- Name
- Edward Watts
- Alternate Names
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Attorney General Watts
E. Watts
Gen. Watts - Race
- White
- Record(s) Seen In
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4
- Birth Register - 1853-1885 - pp. 1-66
- Death Register - 1853-1881
- Common Law Orders - A - May 1838 - May 1840
- Page and Line Number
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IAS 2: PP. 331-335
IAS 3: PP. 338-341, 549
IAS 4: PP. 9-34
BR: PP. 17, L. 208; PP. 22, L. 181-187; PP. 13, L. U1-8; PP. 13, L. 2, 11; PP. 28, L. 226-236; PP. 48, L: 19
DR: PP. 8, L. U1-U6; PP. 9, L. 7 PP. 15, L. 63; PP. 12, L. 75
CLA: PP. 18 - Date(s) Seen in Records
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IAS 3: 1858-1860
IAS 4: January 17, 1863
BR: 1855; May 1856; January 1857; May 1857; July 1857; August 1857; September 1857; December 1857; April-June 1858; Sept-October 1858; December 1858; 1862
DR: 1855; July 1856; 1858; October 1857 - People Enslaved
- Robert
- Louisa
- Fanny
- Winny
- Jim
- Ann
- Julia
- Rhody
- Louisa
- Lucy
- Rachel
- Mary
- Horace
- Peyton
- Jincinth
- Unrecorded Named Boy
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- Unrecorded Named Girl
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- Unrecorded Named Boy
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- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Unrecorded Named Girl
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- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Edmund Rideout
- Nannie Rideout
- Tom M. Comb
- Maurice
- Tom Jr.
- Jim Whale
- George Booker
- Louisa
- Harriet
- Henry
- Louis
- Amy
- Unrecorded Named Man
- Ishmael
- Mary Sims
- Ben
- Jimmy
- Laura
- Baldwin
- Lewis
- Mary
- Edward
- Janetta
- Hal
- Rideout
- Nancy
- Dolly Ann
- Green
- Bowyer
- John
- Polly
- Mat
- Sarah Jane
- Jesse
- Patterson
- Rose
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Nancy
- Booker
- Jeff
- Laura
- Priscilla
- Jim
- Anthony
- Sarah
- Phillis
- Patsy
- Jerry Burwell
- Magdalen
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Julia
- Joshua
- Betsy
- Daniel
- Winny
- Katy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Judy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Richard
- Lucy Sims
- Burwell
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Patience
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Bob Larellen
- Anica
- Serena
- Matilda
- Cyrus
- Edward
- Griffin
- Bob Johnston
- Nancy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Maria
- Lizzy
- David
- Jerry (Little)
- Unrecorded Named Woman
- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Unrecorded Named Woman
- Carey
- Priscilla
- Henry
- Willie
- Peggy
- William Brown
- Martha Ann
- John
- Mary
- Mary
- London
- Georgiana
- Godfrey
- Burwell
- Charles
- Joshua
- Sam
- Lucy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Fanny
- Howard
- Daniel
- Winny
- Norvill
- Alice
- James Fleming
- Absolom
- Hester
- George Henry
- Charlotte
- Jim Crack
- Carter
- Hannah
- Sally Ann
- Cicily
- Catherine
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Ellen
- Julius
- Missouri
- Granville
- Hester
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Martha
- George Bluehead
- William Anthony
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Mary Fanny
- Grace
- Isabel
- William
- Letitia
- Ailsey
- Wilson
- Sally
- Jim Edwards
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Rhoda
- Ann
- Lydia
- Lavinia
- Jimmy
- Laura
- Phebe
- Parmelin
- Mary
- Lucy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Louisa
- Louisa
- Winny
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Lucy
- Jinny
- John
- Eliza
- Sukey
- Annett
- Charlotte
- George Hawkins
- Harrison
- Henrietta
- Darly
- Ned
- Matilda
- Jim Polk
- Absolom
- Jerry Werty
- Wilson
- George
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Unrecorded Named Girl
- Allen
- Sam
- Bock
- Jim
- Patty
- Additional Information
- Edward Watts was the husband of Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts.
- Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts
- Edward Watts is the father of James Breckinridge Watts, Mary Scott Watts, Col. William Watts, Ann W. Holcombe, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts, Edward Watts Jr., Letitia Gamble Watts, Alice W. Morris, Emma Gilmer Watts, and Henrietta Carter Watts.
- William Watts
- Ann Watts Holcombe
- Letitia W. Rives (Mrs. Rives)
- Alice Watts Morris
- Henrietta Carter Watts
- The document listed in IAS Book 2 is a complaint against Edward Watts filed by William L. Morris. This complaint was filed on behalf of Martha Watts, who would have been Edward's sister. Edward inherited his father's land after his death, as did his sister Martha. Martha owned twenty enslaved people, but when she was sent to live with her mother, Edward took it upon himself to manage her affairs. He then hired more enslaved people than Martha initially owned. The court decided that by hiring more enslaved people he was living above his means. While Martha was away, Edward controlled the land that Martha's enslaved people occupied. During the time he was in control of the land, he increased the amount of enslaved people from 23 to 43. The value of the enslaved people went from $3,500.00 to $23,000.00.
- Martha Watts
- William L. Morris
- In IAS Book 2, the first division of enslaved people was divided between a Mrs. Saunders and a Mrs. Morris, who was his daughter Alice.
- Mrs. Saunders
- Edward Watts made hire agreements with the following individuals:
- William Feather
- C. L. Cocke
- Bradley
- John M. Ferguson
- Fitzgerald
- Henry Houty
- John Houty
- H. Garst
- Benjamin Keagy
- Mrs. France
- In the IAS Book 3, Edward Watts bequeathed Fanny to Henrietta Carter Watts and Henry to William Watts.
- In the settlement of estates of Edward Watts, an entry states, "By payment to negroes for work" and valued at $56.50 in April 5, 1860.
- In IAS Book 4, the partition of the lands and other property of Edward Watts states that the enslaved people who would be dispersed among five of Edward Watts's children. A value of $160,850.00 was placed on all of these enslaved individuals.
- Throughout the multiple documents associated with Edward Watts and his family, there are multiple individuals named with the exact or similar names. There could also instances where the individual was not given a name in the birth register and was named in another document, but there is not enough information to confirm whether or not those individuals are the same. This means that there could be repeated entries under certain names, but there was no way to distinguish these individuals from one another simply based on the records.
- In IAS Book 4, Edward Watts is associated with a girl named Virginia who was in jail in Roanoke County. Virginia is listed as having been "confined" in the Roanoke County jail for being "insane." The document says that, "having once committed an act of violence, it is not thought safe to let her go at large." The document also reads that one of the five heirs of Edward Watts would pay the executor one fifth part of the expense of Virginia's clothing and "maintenance" while she remained in jail. This totaled up to "$300 per annum or $60 for each to pay."
- Virginia
- In Common Law Book A, a motion was made by Edward Watts to be exempt from paying taxes and other fees on the people he enslaved: Rose, Patty, Lydia, Phillis, Jim, and Bock.
Part of Edward Watts