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Hiram Watkins City

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Hiram Watkins City

Birth
Death
1896 (aged 58–59)
Burial
Payton, Blanco County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Blanco County History-pg 479-1880 Census; black,male,age 42,farmer, cannot read or write, born in La.,Parents born in Virginia.
From Mt. Hobeb Baptist Church Book;, Hiram Watkins, a slave, was freed in La and took the name of his master, CITY, he then became Hiram City. He moved to Payten Colony where he met his wife, Rachel Hines or Hinds.
The CITY'S were a part of the colony for many years, wife and children.Born in Louisiana. Census: 1880. Daughter Mahalia E. City White Born 6-Jan-1886 in Peyton Colony, Blanco County, Texas; died 3-Nov-1937 in Grayburg, Hardin County, Texas. Find-a-Grave Id # 153648923. Children: Lucy F, Mary A, Albert, Tumpie, Sam Lee, London, Wesley. Moursund Book Blanco County History; 1880 Census, page 479, No 97.
Blanco County History-pg 479-1880 Census; black,male,age 42,farmer, cannot read or write, born in La.,Parents born in Virginia.
From Mt. Hobeb Baptist Church Book;, Hiram Watkins, a slave, was freed in La and took the name of his master, CITY, he then became Hiram City. He moved to Payten Colony where he met his wife, Rachel Hines or Hinds.
The CITY'S were a part of the colony for many years, wife and children.Born in Louisiana. Census: 1880. Daughter Mahalia E. City White Born 6-Jan-1886 in Peyton Colony, Blanco County, Texas; died 3-Nov-1937 in Grayburg, Hardin County, Texas. Find-a-Grave Id # 153648923. Children: Lucy F, Mary A, Albert, Tumpie, Sam Lee, London, Wesley. Moursund Book Blanco County History; 1880 Census, page 479, No 97.


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