Adkins My Family
THE THOMAS ADKINS FAMILY
Thomas Adkins born 1760 in Ninety-six
District, South
Carolina,later cahnged to Laurens District.
He married
Rutha Lynch 1,Jan.1782 in Laurens
District,South Carolina
by John Montgomery.{It is not known if all of
their
children where born in South Carolina} For by
Thomas's own
words in his appication for Veterans Pension
as a
Revolutionary War Vet.that he and Rutha moved
to Tennessee
and later to Whitley Co. Ky. Where he and
Rutha lived for
25 to 30 years,which would have been around
1803 or 1808
when they moved from Tenn. to Ky. He applied
for his
pension 21,Oct.1833. He was a farmer and
land owner. He
owned over 200 acres on Cane Creek. He
entered the
Revolutionary War at the age of seventeen.
Was captured by
the British and held Prisoner for sx
months,until he made
good an escape. Not much more is known about
Thomas
Adkins,only that he died 5 Aug.1845 in
Whitley Co. Ky. at
the young age of 85.
Rutha applied for his pension after his
death, due to
an Act passed by Congress the 17 June 1844
and 2 feb. 1848.
Rutha died at the young age of 94 years in
Whitley Co. Ky.
She applied for the pension 18,May 1853 and
she passed way
11,Aug. 1853. After her death the children
applied for the
pension. But as far as we can assertain nevr
recieved it.
Thomas and Rutha are buried South of
Williamsbur,Ky.{The
DAR,place a marker on the grave site of
Thomas.}
Burgess Siler lived about one half mile
from them,he
took their measurments when they passed and
made their
caskets.
Thomas and Rutha are my 4th Great
Grandparents. On my
Fathers side.
THOMAS AND RUTHA ADKINS
CHILDREN
{1} Jeremiah Adkins brn 1785,South
Carolina.Death 25 Aug 1854
Married 2 or 3 times not certain. First
wife
unknown
{2} Thomas Jr.Adkins brn. 1786,South
Carolina.date of death unknown
Married Alcy unknown.
{3} David Adkins,brn.29,July 1792 dth.24
July 1866.Married Susannah Beams brn. 30 Oct.
1797. Dth. 25 July 1861. they had six[6]
children.
{4} Talbot Adkins brn.1795 South Carolina or
Tenn. We know nothing more of him at this
time.
[5} Margaret brn.1798 in Tenn. or SC.date of
death unknown. Married Daniel Petrie brn.1801
in Tenn.date of death unknown.they had
four[4] Children.
{6} Jesse Adkins brn.ca 1803 Probably
Tenn.not sure
Died somewhere between 1824
and 1854.
Little is known about him at this
time
{7} Sarah{Sally}Adkins brn.1804 probably
Whitley
Co.Ky.
Married William Petrie,they had 2
children.
{8} Abner Adkins brn.1805 Whitley
Co.Ky.
Married Malinda Mahan. They had 4
children
{9} Luke Adkins brn. !808 Whitley
Co.Ky.
Married Sarah{Sally} Woolsey
11,Feb.1838.Not known
if any children where born of this
union.He was living in Edmonson Co.Ky
between 1837 &
1854
JEREMIAH ADKINS{my 3rd Great
Grandpa
Was the oldest of nine children bor to
Thomas and Rutha
Adkins. Born in South Carolina ca.1783. His
family move to
Tenn.while he was a young child. And grew to
manhood there.
Sometime between 1803 and 1805,he and his
fathers family
moved once again. To Knox Co. Ky. later
changed to present
day Whitley co. He would have been in his
early to mid
20's. At the time of the move to Ky. from
Tenn.he would
live the rest of his life working and living
in Whitley Co.
He was a farmer and a blacksmith all of
his adult life.
He inherited fifty three[53] acres of land on
Cane
Creek,from his father,following his death in
Aug.
1845.[Cane Creek is in Whitley Co.Ky.] In his
life he
aquired three hundred[300] acres of land on
the Cumberland
River,known as the Rhodes Place.When he died
25,Aug.1854.
He was buried in the Kiswick Cemetary in
Whitley Co.He was
71 years young.
[We know he was married at least twice.
His first wife
is unknown at this time and it is not known
if they
Divorced or if she passed away.But it is
believed that she
more than likey passed away due to
childbirth. The last
child being born in 1836.]
His second wife [as far as we can
ascertain] was
Valentine Ballen Duncan,known to family asn
friends as
Vally. We know that Jeremiah fathered at
least 15
children,that have been documented. His last
child was born
to Vally 3,July 1854,just one month and 22
das before his
death. This left Vally a widow havngto raise
all of her and
Jeremiahs children,for te oldest of then was
only
eleven[11] years of age and the youngest from
the previous
marriage was 18 years old.[Jeremiah was 32
when his first
child was born]
Jeremahs children by his first wife are
as follows:
{1} Rutha Adkins brn ca. 1815 in Knox
Co.Ky. She
married Wilbur Siler. Date of their deaths is
unknown.
{2} Elijah F.,brn ca. 1817 Knox Co.He
married three
time. His first wife was Caroline McCorty.2nd
wife Mary
Freeman. 3rd wife Amanda Barton Sexton.Dates
of deaths are
unknown at this time.
{3} Christopher Borden[Barton] brn 23
Mar.1821 Knox
Co. He married Elizabeth Jane Martin.He died
28,Aug
1899
{4} George Washington brn ca.1823 Knox
Co.Died 23,May
1856.
{5} Lewis brn ca.1828 Knox Co. Died
3,Dec.1907. He
married twice,first wife is unknown.Second
wife was Mary
Ann McCorty,brn 1,July 1829. Died 11,Sept.
1881. They had
11 children.
{6} Larkin brn ca.1834 Whitley Co.Ky.
Date of death is
unknown at this time.
{7} Elizabeth Adkins brn ca.1836 Whitley
Co.. Our
source states she ded 16 Sept 1859 and
another 11,Sept
1860.
Valentine Ballen Duncan Jeremiahs secnd
wife was born
ca. 1811,Knox Co. Her parents are unknown to
us. Jerry and
Vally were married 4 Sept 1840 In Campbell
Co.Tenn.,she was
29 years old at the time. [It is not known if
she had been
arried before or if Duncan was her family
name. But it is
believed that she was married previously.]
Vally and Jerry
at least eight[8] children. It is not known
at th time of
this writing when Vally died.
The Children of Vally and Jerry are as
Follows:
{1} Caroline Adkins brn ca. 1843 Whitley
Co. Ky. Date
of death unknown.
{2} Thomas J. brn 4 Mar.1845 Whitley Co.
Married
Orilla Patnal 28 Jan.1882 in Whitley Co.
Nothing else is
known about them at this time.
{3} Nancy Adkins brn ca. 1848 Whitley
Co. Married Robi
Rains 18 Oct. 1864.
{4} Jesse brn c. 1849 Whitley Co.
Married Charity ?
Date of death unknown.
{5} Joesph brn ca. 1850 Whitley Co. Date
of death is
unknown.
{6} Julia Adkins brn ca. 1852 Whitley
Co. Date of
death is unknow.
{7} Pauline Adkins brn ca. 1853 Whitley
Co. Married
John Klein 29 May 1882. John was born in
Scotland.
{8} Louisa Adkins brn 3 July 1854
Whitley Co. Date of
death is unknown.
[on the 1850 Whitley Co.census,at the
bottom of the
page under their children listed,were these
two children
listed Grandville,brn ca.1847 and Matilda
Jane,brn
ca.1849.]
On The 2nd day of September in the yrer
of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Nine, in the
County Of Whitley
in the State of Kentucky. The Whitley Circuit
Court,came
the case of Lewis Adkins, Plaintiff,against
Elijah Adkins
and other defendants in which the decree the
said Gillip
was made said Courts Commissinoer in saiid
case doth hereby
uphold,part,convey and transfer to the said
Lewis Adkins
and his heirs forever all the
rights,title,interest and
claims of the said Elijah Adkins and the
other defendants
in said suit as heirs of the late Jeremiah
Adkins,deceased.
A certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being in the
County of Whitley and the state of
Kentucky,on Cumberland
River and known as the Rhodes Place and
supposed to contain
three hundred[300] acres more or less,and is
the same land
conveyed to the late Jeremiah Adkins by
Adehsin Williams,a
Commissioner of the Whitley County Circuit
Court in the
case of said Jeremiah Adkins aganst Charles
Gattiff and
others under date of deceased 25th day of
August Eighteen
Hundred and Fifty Four to have and to hold to
the said
Lewis Adkins and his heirs or assigns the
said tract or
parcel of land forever free from the claim or
claims of six
defendants,heirs of the late Jeremiah Adkins
deceased afore
said.ELIJAH ADKINS,JOESPH ADKINS,CHRISTY
B.ADKINS,JESSE
ADKINS, RUTH SILER,PAULINE ADKINS,NANCY
ADKINS,JULIA
ADKINS,LOUISA ADKINS,and their said heirs
forever. In
witness where of I have here unto set my hand
as
Commissioner of said Court this second day of
September One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine.
[We don't know very much of the legal
matters.Why
didn't Lewis sue all of his siblings or his
Step Mother?
With continued searching maybe some day we
will know the
answer.]
{Point of Interest: The closest large
towns on the
Cumberlan River in Ky.are Corbin and
Williamsburg in
Whitley Co.}
The 3rd.child of Thomas & Rutha dkins.
David & Susannah Adkins children are as
follows.
(3a) James brn. 20June 1816 in Whitley
Co.,Ky.Dth.5Aug.1871. married Margaret
Sexton. Birth & death unknown.
(3b) Matilda brn.1818 in Whitley Co.,Ky.DoD.
unknown.Married Wiliam Price.bth. & dth.
unknown.
(3c) Susannah brn. 1818 in Whitley
Co.,Ky.Dth.unknown.Married George Lawson.Bth.
& Dth. unknown.
(3d) Malinda brn.1822 in Whitley Co.,Ky.Dth.
unknown. Married Francis Fanlkner.Bth. & Dth.
unknown.
(3e) Christina brn.1823 in Whitley
Co.,Ky.Dth. unknown. Married Joseph Gray
Siler. bth. & dth.unknown.
(3f) David Jr. 24 March 1824 in Whitley
Co.,Ky.eath 19 Dec.1883. Married Nancy
Faulkner.brith & death unknown.
The 5th child of Thomas & Rutha Adkns
Margaret Adkins & Daniel Petrie's
childrn.
(5a) Adam brn.1826,where unknown.death
unknown.
(5b) Sally brn.1830 unknown. death
unknown.
(5c) Rosan rn.1833 unknown death
unknown.
(5d) Jordan brn.1835 unknown.death
unknown.
The 7th child of Thomas & Rutha Adkins
Sarah[Sally] Adkins & William Petrie's
children.
(7a) Isaac brn, 1825 unknown.death
unknown.
(7b) Nelson brn.1841 unknown.death
unknown.
The 8th child of Thomas & Rutha Adkins
Malinda Mahan & Abner Adkins's
children
(8a) Christopher C. brn.1825 in Whitley
Co.,Ky.Death unknown
(8b) Nelson brn.1830 in Whitley Co.,KY.death
9July1864 in a Army hospital in
Nashville,Tenn. of dipthria.Married Jane
Williams on 5 Feb.1848.
(8c) Luke 1832 Whitley Co. Ky. died 9 July
1864 in Knoxville, Tenn. of wounds from the
battle field.{ What a great lost to Abner &
Susannah on that day. War is truely
HELL.}
(8d) Elizabeth brn.1833 in Whitley Co.,Ky.
death. One source has her deth as 16
Sept.1859,the other has it at 11
Spet.1860.She was either 26 or 27 at time of
death.
(1a) Rutha was born ca.1815 n Knox
Coonty, Kentucky,later changed to present
day Whitley County.She was the first born
child oj Jeremiah and first wife unknown to
us.She married Wilmer Siler.His date of birth
ca.1814.Death 31 March 1855.it is not known
where he is buried.He was the son of William
Siler,MG. and Nancy Teague.It is not known
the date Rutha died ,but she is buried in the
Kiswick Cemetery in Whitley Co. Wilmer was
only forty one[41] years of age at time of
death.
Rutha Adkins and Wilmer Siler had three[3]
children.they are as follows.
(1aa) Calvin Siler brn 22 Sept.1834 Knox Co.
later Whitely Co.,Ky.He married Charlotte
Bennett who w brn. in 1836,it i not known if
they had children. Calvin fought in the Civil
War on the side of the Union.He was mimmber
of Company A,8th Kentucky Regiment,killed at
the Battle of Dobbins Ferry on the 9th day
December 1862.
(1ab) Sarah Siler brn.ca.1837 in all
probality in Whitley County,Kentucky.Date of
death 1893 at the age of 56. She married Adam
Pitrie on the 25 Sept.1855.Adam was brn.in
1837,death unkown.It has been said they had
eight[8] children but as of this time I have
not been able to find any of them.
(1ac) Martha Siler brn.ca.1845in all
probality Whitley County, Kentucky.date of
death unknown.She married John
Brim.brn.ca.1837,date of death
unknown.Nothing more is known of these folks
at this time.
(2) Elijah Adkins the second child of
Jeremiah,wife unknown. Married Caroline
McCarty,or Perline {At this time I'm not
sure.The two sorurces I have differ in the
first names and dates of birth.Caroline brn.
1821 death unknown. Perline brn.1823 death
31Jan.1859 do to T.B.She 36.} Elijah and
first wife had seven[7] children,they are a
follows.
(2a) James M.brn.in 1842 death unknown.died
in Oklahoma,he married Cyntha Galliff At this
time I don't know any more these folks.
(2b) Emma E. brn.25 April 1844.Death 18 Dec.
1929,she was 85 years of age. At this writing
I've no information on her.
(2c) Mary Jane brn.6 March 1847 twin to
Joseph.Date of death unknown.She married
Joshua B. Freeman.At this time this is all we
know of them.
(2d) Joseph brn.6 March 1847 twin to Mary
Jane,died 20 March 1847. He lived only 14
days,cause of death unknown.
(2e) William brn.1849,date of death unknown.
Married Martha A. Clark. As of yet we know
nothing of these folks.
(2f) Amanda M. brn.8 Oct.1852 in Ky. date of
death unknown.Married Quincy Gray on 20 March
1873 in Whitley County,Kentucky.He was
brn.1856 the son of William Gray and America
Barton.Very little is known of these folks at
thie time.
(2g) Perline brn. 28 April 1857.death
unknown.Married J.Buchanan Word.25 May 1876
in Whitley Co.,Ky.J.B. was brn. 1856.That is
all I have on these folks at present.
Elijah's second merriage was 23 Aug.1866
in Whiyley Co.,Ky.to Mary Freeman brn.in
1839.She was the daughter of Seth Freeman.It
is not known if Elijah and Mary divorsed,or
if she passed away.For he was remarried
three[3] years two[2]mo.and five[5] days
later for the third and last time.There were
no children to this union.
Elijah's third marriage was 28 Oct.1869 to
Amanda Barton Sexton,who was married prior
and brough three[3] children to this
marriage. She and Elijah had two[2] children
The children are as follows.
(1) Alexander Sexton brn. in 1851.date of
death unknown.
(2) A.B.Sexton brn. in 1854. death
unknown.
(3) Susan Sexton brn. in 1859 death unknown.
( I hope at a later dat to know more about
these step children of Elijah's.)
Elijah and Amanda's children.
(2h) Laura brn.in Dec.1870.death 23 Dec.1961
at the age of 81years.She married
J.H.Early.At tthis time we know nothing more
of them.
(2i) Charles F. brn.1872.death
unknown.Married 8 Dec.1891 to one Rachel
Smith in Whitley Co.,KY.Rachel was brn.in
March 1874. The daughter of James Smith and
Sarah ? Smith.
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