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listed as Benj. Wilks with 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60 and 1 female 15-20, 1 female 50-60. 3 in agriculture.

Improved land: 30 acres; Unimproved land: 190 acres; Value $300

in hh 417 429 Francis Wilkes, Age: 30, Male, Farmer, $300, VA; Caroline, Age: 24, Female, AL; [18 NOV 1850 page 260A] Martha, Age: 6, AL, Attended school; Pinkney, Age: 4, Male, AL; Richard, Age: 1, Male, AL; Elizabeth Freeman, Age: 12, Female, AL, Attended school. in hh 422-435 were Caroline's parents Ro[bert] E. Carr and wife Elizabeth.

Improved acres: 50; Unimproved acres: 170; Value: $550.

in hh 613 613 as Francis Wilks, Age: 41, Male, Farmer, VA; Emily C., Age: 33, Female, AL; Martha A.E, Age: 16, Female, AL; James P., Age: 15, Male, AL; Alfred R. N., Age: 10, Male, AL; Mary L., Age: 6, Female, AL; Charles S., Age: 2, Female?, AL; Robert H., Age: 7/12, AL. Nextdoor in hh 614 614 were Emily Caroline's parents, Robert E. Carr, Age: 77, Male, Farmer, NC; Elizabeth, Age: 65, Female, GA; Almarena, Age: 30, Female, AL; Willam O. Johns, Age: 13, Male, TN. Next door in 614 were Emily Caroline's parents, Robert E. Car, Age: 65, GA, Elizabeth, Age: 65, GA, and sister, Almarina, Age: 30, AL.

Wilks, Frances to Farmer, Mary E. on 22 Dec 1862 by Fairis, Andrew, JP; married at residence of Mr. Farmer. [Other sources have a date of 15 DEC 1862 which must have been the date that license was issued.]

in hh 431 419 as Wilks, Francis, Age: 51, Male, White, Farmer, AL; Mary, Age: 34, Female, White, Keeping house, VA; Charles, Age: 12, Male, White, AL; Robert, Age: 10, Male White, AL; Wm, Age: 6, Male, White, AL; Sallie, Age: 3, Female, White, AL; Lucy, Age: 2, Female, White, AL.

in household as Fransice Wilks, Head, Married, White, Age: 61, VA, Farmer, VA VA; Mary Wilks, Wife, Married, Female, White, Age: 44, AL, Keeping house, NC SC; Charlie Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 22, AL, At home, VA AL; William E. Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 16, AL, Works on farm, VA AL; Sarah Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 13, AL, At home, VA AL; Lucy Wilks, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 12, AL, At home, VA AL; Fransice Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 9, AL VA AL; Levi Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 7, AL VA AL; Jessie Wilks, Son, Single, Male, White, Age: 3, AL VA AL.

named his wife Mary E. Wilkes as executrix, and two daughters, Sarah Richardson and Charlie Serena Caroline as alternates if the widow should be unable to serve. He bequeathed a horse and saddle to each son, some money to the daughters, and divided 1200 acres of land among them, all in Section 16, Township 2, Range 11 W. Recorded by Mary on 26 Aug 1903, listing all his heirs and where they resided. Other estate papers in 1904 list the 11 children's ages.

in hh 288 300 as Wilks, Francis, Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1819, Age: 81 Married: 38 years, VA VA VA, Farmer, Home: owner, free, farm, Farm 207; Mary E., Wife, White, Female, Born: Mar 1836, Age: 64, Married: 38 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, AL NC SC; Lucy, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Dec. 1867, Age: 33, Married: 6 years, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, AL AL AL; Levie G., Son, White, Male, Born: Dec. 1872, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer; Jessie, Son, White, Male, Born June 1877, Age: 23, Single, AL AL AL, Farm laborer. All could read write & speak English.

interred in Denson Graveyard, oldest in that part of county. [unable to find a Denson Graveyard in Lauderdale County, Alabama]