 1763 - 1857 (94 years)
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| Name |
Parker Adkins [1] |
| Born |
1763 |
Franklin Co, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
11 May 1857 |
Raleigh Co, VA [2] |
- Parker Adkins' death record in a compilation of records gives his date of death as 11 May 1857. However, his military pension records show he died on 10 May 1857.
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| Buried |
Parker Adkins Farm Cemetery, Pluto, Raleigh Co, WV |
| Person ID |
I11623 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
8 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Jacob Adkins, b. 1725, Goochland Co, VA , d. 1810, Greenbrier Co, VA (Age 85 years) |
| Mother |
Judah, b. 1734, Halifax Co, VA , d. 1770, Shawano Co, VA (Age 36 years) |
| Married |
1758 |
Halifax Co, VA |
- (2nd wife of Jacob, son of William Adkins)
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| Family ID |
F25071 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Lefon, b. 1765, Franklin Co, VA , d. Bef 1850, Raleigh Co, WV (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
1 Mar 1792 |
Montgomery Co, VA |
| Children |
| + | 1. Grover Adkins, b. Est 1800-1802, Montgomery Co, VA |
| + | 2. Margaret Adkins, b. Est 1801, Montgomery Co, VA |
| + | 3. Larkin Adkins, b. Est 1802-03, Montgomery Co, VA , d. Est 1873, Raleigh Co, WV (Age ~ 187 years) |
| | 4. Mary Adkins, b. 1808, Montgomery Co, VA |
| + | 5. Rebecca Adkins, b. Est 1810, Montgomery Co, VA , d. Est 1835 (Age ~ 25 years) |
| + | 6. Robert Adkins, b. Est 1810, Montgomery Co, VA , d. Aft 1860 (Age ~ 51 years) |
| + | 7. Elizabeth Adkins, b. 1813, Greenbrier Co, VA , d. 20 Aug 1853, Pinch Gut, Raleigh Co, VA (Age 40 years) |
| | 8. Barbary Adkins, b. 1814, Montgomery Co, VA , d. Aft 1850 (Age 37 years) |
| + | 9. Rickells Adkins, b. Est 1815, Greenbrier Co, VA , d. 15 Aug 1892, Raleigh Co, WV (Age ~ 77 years) |
| + | 10. Nancy Adkins, b. Est 1816, Montgomery Co, VA |
| + | 11. Anderson Adkins, b. Est 1819, Montgomery Co, VA |
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| Documents |
 | 1850-VA Census, District 59, Raleigh County, VA
<< View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Parker Adkins (b.1763) & daughters, with sons Robert & Rickels and daughter
Elizabeth next door:
• Robert Adkins & Nancy Lilly Adkins with children
• Matthew Adkins & Elizabeth Adkins Adkins with children
• Rickels Adkins & Lovey Willis Adkins
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| Last Modified |
1 Sep 2022 |
| Family ID |
F25172 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Mary Ann, b. Abt 1830, d. 14 Jan 1887, Union Dist, Lincoln Co, WV (Age ~ 57 years) |
| Married |
11 Mar 1851 |
Raleigh Co, VA |
- Although Parker's military pension records gives the marriage date as 5 Mar 1851, according to their marriage record, the marriage of Parker Adkins & Mrs. Mary Ann ___ Willis took place on 11 Mar 1851 (license on 9 Jan 1851).
It is the opinion of Doug Couch, owner of this site (adkinshorton.net), that the following children were not children of Parker Adkins, even though the death record of one of them (Elizabeth) gives him as her father.
• Sarah Adkins, born 1851
• Elizabeth Adkins, born 1853
• Elizabeth Adkins, born 1857 or 1858
• Cumberland Adkins, born 1859
Reasons:
1. When Parker, born in 1763, married Mrs. Mary Willis in 1851, he was approximately 88 years old. It is very unlikely that he then continued to have children right up until his death in 1857.
2. Per his gravestone, Cumberland was born approximately two years after Parker's death. Caveat: Although Cumberland's gravestone gives his birth year as 1859, he appears with his "mother", Mary, and siblings in the 1870 census as being age 14; which would place his birth year around 1856.
3. Parker's last will and testament, issued by him and bearing his witnessed mark on May 9, 1857, included Mary, his then wife, and all his children (by Mary Lefon) as heirs, even including his granddaughter, Rebecca. However, no mention is made of these later children. If they were his children born before he died, he would have included them.
Possibility: These children were adopted and given a home and a life, but not inheritance. Such a possibility would also explain why his daughter Elizabeth, born in probably 1857, was cited as having Parker as her father. Her death certificate gives her birth year as 1858; which clearly would preclude his being her father, adoptive or otherwise. However, death certificate birth dates are sometimes the mistaken recollection of the person giving the information. The birth years of these children indicate they were not stepchildren at the time of Parker's & Mary's marriage, and adoption seems the most likely reason for their being cited as children of Parker and Mary.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Sarah Ann Adkins, b. 1851 |
| | 2. Elizabeth Adkins, b. 20 Dec 1853, Raleigh Co, VA , d. Bef 18 Jan 1857, VA (Age 3 years) |
| + | 3. Elizabeth Adkins, b. 18 Jan 1857, Lincoln Co, VA , d. 17 Jan 1945, Hamlin, Lincoln Co, WV (Age 87 years) |
| + | 4. Cumberland Adkins, b. 3 Jul 1859, VA , d. 9 Mar 1921, Lincoln Co, WV (Age 61 years) |
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| Documents |
 | Parker Adkins & Mrs. Mary Willis - 1851 Marriage Record
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 | 1870-WV Census, Griffithsville, Union Township, Lincoln Co, WV
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Mary Ann (__) Willis Adkins with children |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Family ID |
F27636 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Misc Data received long ago
REFN: 7044
Military: "War of 1812, Virginia Bounty Land and Pension Applicants",
Patrick G. Wardell;
Parker Adkins (BLW)
d. 10 May 1857, Raleigh Co. VA;
md.
(1.) Jane ____
(2.) 5 May 1851, Mary Ann Wills (P), Raleigh Co. VA,
shed. 14 Jan 1887, Union District, Lincoln Co. WV;
Mary Ann was previously married. (Roll 1) VA State Militia.
Parker Adkins b: 1763 in Franklin Co., VA
d: 11 May 1857 in Raleigh Co., VA
Alt. date: 05 November 1857 death
. +Mary Lefonm: 01 March 1792 in Montgomery Co.,
VA
*2nd Wife of Parker Adkins:
. +Mary Willis m: 05 March 1851 in Raleigh Co., VA
Obit:
Parker Adkins, 94 years old died May 11 (1857).
He was a farmer and son of Jacob and Judith Adkins and born in Franklin
Co. VA.
His wife was Mary Adkins.
Death reported by son, Rickles Adkins.
Parker Adkins was a Revolutionary War soldier, received pension.
Owned a farm in Richmond District and is buried on the farm.
He was married more than once, and no other children were mentioned in
Parker's will but Rickles.
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Spouses & Children
Mary LeFon (Wife)
Birth: 25 Dec 1768
Death: Before. 1850
Sex: F
Father:
Mother:
Marriage: 1 MAR 1792in Montgomery County (Giles), Virginia
Children:
Govey 'Grover' Adkins
Margaret Adkins
Larkin Adkins
Elizabeth Adkins
Mary Adkins
Rebecca Adkins
Robert Adkins
Anderson Adkins
Rickells Adkins
Nancy Adkins
Mary Ann Willis (Wife)
Birth: About. 1830
Death: 14 Jan 1887 in Union District, Lincoln County, West Virginia
Sex: F
Father: Unknown Willis
Mother: Sarah
Residence: 1870 Lincoln County, West Virginia
Marriage: 5 MAR 1851 in Raleigh County, (West) Virginia
Children:
Lauden Adkins
Elizabeth Adkins
Sarah Ann Adkins
***2nd husband***
James Adkins (Husband)
Birth: Before. 1834
Death: Unknown
Sex: M
Father:
Mother:
Marriage: BEF. 1859
Children:
Cumberland Adkins
James A. Adkins
Barbara (Wife)
Birth: About. 1814 in Virginia 1 2
Death: Unknown
Sex:F
Father:
Mother:
Marriage: 30 OCT 1852 in Raleigh County, (West) Virginia
Children:
Rebecca Adkins
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| Sources |
- [S18875] 1850 US Census, Raleigh Co, VA, p.80.
1820 Adkins, Parker VA [now WV] Cabell Co. p. 80
(cited as from Broderbund CD-314)
- [S18776] Will, Raleigh Co, WV Wills per Beckley Post-Herald, 26 Aug 1850.
ADKINS, Parker--born Franklin Co., Virginia, died ca. 1857 Raleigh Co., WV, will probated 1 June 1857; married Mary; settled on Pinch Creek, near Pluto, Raleigh Co., WV; children:
Larkin
Robert
Rickells/Richells
Anderson
Rebecca
Sias
Elizabeth
Barbary
Mary
Govey
Margaret--married -- RICHMAN
Nancy; married --- BENNETT
Raleigh County WV Wills
Beckley Post-Herald, Aug 26, 1950
(from online personal site)
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