Isaac Watts Avent

1823 - 1900

Birth 8 Sep 1823 Chatham Co., NC

Sex Male

Died 18 Jan 1900

Buried Cokesbury Meth. Church, Harnett Co., NC

Headstones Avent, Isaac Watts
Status: Located. Notes: (1823-1900) Cokesbury UMC, Duncan, NC

Person ID I0217 avefamily

Last Modified 11 Feb 2008

Father William Avent, b. 8 Aug 1775, Chatham Co., NC

Mother Esther Watts Clegg, b. 23 Feb 1791, Chatham Co., NC

Family ID F059 Group Sheet

Family 1 Temperance Rollins, b. 11 Jan 1818

Married ABT. 1843 unknown

Children

Family ID F005 Group Sheet

Family 2 Chloe Hinton Becham, b. 5 Aug 1844

Married 14 Nov 1895 Harnett Co., NC

Family ID F006 Group Sheet

Photos Avent, Rev. Isaac Watts (1823-1900) of NC.
Methodist circuit riding preacher for over 50 years. Photo from "Methodism in the Upper Cape Fear Valley", by Franklin Grill.

Notes	prominent Methodist circuit rider. Click the 'Avent-related Photographs, Scans, Documents, etc.' link on the main page of this website for much more info on Isaac and his ministry. 1880 Census Census Place: Buckhorn, Harnett, North Carolina Source: FHL Film 1254967 National Archives Film T9-0967 Page 83D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Isaac W. AVENT Self M M W 56 NC Occ: Minister & Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC Temperance AVENT Wife F M W 59 NC Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC William PORTER Other M S W 22 NC Occ: Laborer Fa: NC Mo: NC Robert A. MIMS Nephew M S W 1 8 NC Occ: Attending School Fa: NC Mo: NC from gravestone: Rev Isaac Watts Avent B: 9/8/1823 D: 1/18/1900 Married to: Temperence Avent B: 1/11/1818 D: 6/3/1895 Chloe Hinton Avent Wife of Rev Isaac W. Avent Daughter of G.W. and S.E. Becham B: 8/5/1844 D: 4/25/1904