Sterling Watkins family papers, 1825-1987, bulk 1825-1931.

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Sterling Watkins family papers, 1825-1987, bulk 1825-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223388385

The collection consists of Watkins family members' papers. It is primarily letters written to Sterling Watkins by his family. Also included is a paid receipt of Sterling's, an 1836 indenture and sale of land between Sterling Watkins and Sarah Jones, a child's school essay on felt hat-making, Goldie Watkins' teaching certificates, and some genealogical charts. A notebook likely belonging to Ethalinda Watkins includes minutes of the Union Literary Society, plays, hymns, and scripts for mock trials on temperance, ignorance, and the history of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Newspaper clippings provide details on the annual Beech Settlement homecoming dinners, the life and death of Goldie May Watkins Madry, and the death of Harry B. Madry.

1 manuscript box, 2 oversize manuscript folders.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7041072

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Watkins, Sterling.

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Beech Settlement in Rush County, Ind. was established by African Americans from North Carolina and Virginia in the 1830s. Among the first families were the Roberts, the Jeffries, and the Watkins. The Watkins family purchased land, cleared it, planted crops, and built houses, churches and schools. Sterling Watkins migrated to Beech Settlement from Greenville County, Virginia. The Watkins family became one of the most prosperous of the Beech settlers. Along with Sterling Watkins, other Watkins fam...

Watkins, Washington.

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Madry, Goldie May.

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Madry, Harry B.

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Union Literary Society.

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Watkins family.

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