Washington W. Wilks

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Washington W. Wilks (Wilkes)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Death: June 04, 1860 (63)
De Kalb, Alabama, USA
Place of Burial: Wilks Family Cemetery, Painter, DeKalb County, Alabama,
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev. Minor Wilkes, Jr. and Phoebe Wilkes
Husband of Catherine Wilks
Father of Ann B. Wilks; Richard Jackson Wilks, Sr; William Wilks; Martha Jane Wilks and Jane Sartin
Brother of Emality Wallace (Wilkes)

Managed by: Donna Gayle Rogers
Last Updated:

About Washington W. Wilks

Washington B Wilks was born on July 9, 1796 in Virginia. He was the son of Minor Wilkes Jr. and Phoebe White. He married Catherine Kitty Christopher Wilks on 11 Feb 1819 in Granville, North Carolina, USA . They had eleven children.
They moved to Person county, North Carolina around 1820 then they moved their family to DeKalb County, Alabama around 1851 or 1852.

Washington died 4 Jun 1860.

Washington and Catherine are buried in the Wilks family Cemetery in the Painter, Geraldine, DeKalb County, Alabama area in unmarked graves along with other members of their family.

This cemetery is not easy to find as it is on private property.

His grave is an unmarked Grave.

This cemetery is Wilks/Wilkes family.

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Washington W. Wilks's Timeline

1796
July 9, 1796
Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
1820
August 1820
Virginia, USA
1821
1821
North Carolina, USA
1829
1829
Virginia, United States
1830
July 23, 1830
1840
1840
Age 43
Person, North Carolina, USA
1843
November 30, 1843
1860
June 4, 1860
Age 63
De Kalb, Alabama, USA
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Wilks Family Cemetery, Painter, DeKalb County, Alabama,