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Pvt Joel Watkins

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Pvt Joel Watkins

Birth
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
20 Feb 1865 (aged 33–34)
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Watkins, Joel
PVT, I, 60th North Carolina
Captured; 05/15/64
Resaca, Georgia
d. 02/20/65
Pneumonia

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
He was listed as:
Absent, sick 11/15/1862 (place not stated)
Returned 12/11/1863 (place not stated)
Under arrest 12/11/1863 Dalton, GA
Returned 1/15/1864 (place not stated)
On rolls 3/15/1864 (place not stated)
POW 5/15/1864 Resaca, GA
Confined 5/19/1864 Nashville, TN
Transferred 5/21/1864 Louisville, KY
Confined 5/25/1864 Alton, IL
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: 8/1/1862 from company D to company I
He also had service in:
"D" Co. NC 60th Infantry (Died of pneumonia)


Son of Joel Wadkins and Rebecca Tabitha Pardue. Born in 1831 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He had the following siblings:

John Wesley Wadkins (1833 – 1880)
William David Wadkins (1838 – 1922)
Rebecca Wadkins (1841 – 1920)
Robert Henry Wadkins (1843 – 1923)
Thomas Wadkins (1844 – ?)
James Leland Wadkins (1847 – 1926)
William Franklin Wadkins (1855 – ?)

Joel was married to Jane Simmons (1840 - ?). Together they had two children:

John Wadkins (1858 – ?)
Columbus Wadkins (1859 – ?)


Watkins, Joel
PVT, I, 60th North Carolina
Captured; 05/15/64
Resaca, Georgia
d. 02/20/65
Pneumonia

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
He was listed as:
Absent, sick 11/15/1862 (place not stated)
Returned 12/11/1863 (place not stated)
Under arrest 12/11/1863 Dalton, GA
Returned 1/15/1864 (place not stated)
On rolls 3/15/1864 (place not stated)
POW 5/15/1864 Resaca, GA
Confined 5/19/1864 Nashville, TN
Transferred 5/21/1864 Louisville, KY
Confined 5/25/1864 Alton, IL
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: 8/1/1862 from company D to company I
He also had service in:
"D" Co. NC 60th Infantry (Died of pneumonia)


Son of Joel Wadkins and Rebecca Tabitha Pardue. Born in 1831 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He had the following siblings:

John Wesley Wadkins (1833 – 1880)
William David Wadkins (1838 – 1922)
Rebecca Wadkins (1841 – 1920)
Robert Henry Wadkins (1843 – 1923)
Thomas Wadkins (1844 – ?)
James Leland Wadkins (1847 – 1926)
William Franklin Wadkins (1855 – ?)

Joel was married to Jane Simmons (1840 - ?). Together they had two children:

John Wadkins (1858 – ?)
Columbus Wadkins (1859 – ?)



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  • Maintained by: Middle TN
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Nov 30, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10006658/joel-watkins: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Joel Watkins (1831–20 Feb 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10006658, citing Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Middle TN (contributor 49002435).