Lynn B. Watkins Explained

Lynn B. Watkins
Office:Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Term Start:April 19, 1886
Term End:March 2, 1901
Predecessor:Thomas Courtland Manning
Successor:Olivier O. Provosty
Birth Name:Lynn Boyd Watkins
Birth Date:9 October 1836
Birth Place:Caldwell County, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Relatives:John T. Watkins (brother)
Profession:Judge
Allegiance:Confederate States
Branch:Confederate States Army

Lynn Boyd Watkins (October 9, 1836 – March 2, 1901) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 19, 1886, to March 2, 1901.

Born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, Watkins served in the Confederate States Army and became a District Judge, in Louisiana in 1871.[1] His brother John T. Watkins was also a prominent attorney.

Watkins died in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 122.