Descendants of
Plesant Atkins/Adkins
Submitted by
Carl Murdock
Generation No. 1
1.
PLESANT1
ATKINS1
was born in Botecourt County VA, and died February 1841 in Lawrence
County Ohio. He married MARY
'POLLY'
FREEMAN
February 28, 1825 in Franklin Co., Virginia2,
daughter of WILLIAM
FREEMAN
and SARAH
PARKER.
She was born Abt. 1800 in Virginia, and died August 1851 in Lawrence
County Ohio.
Children of PLESANT
ATKINS
and MARY
FREEMAN
are:
i. JOHN2 ADKINS.
ii. ELIZABETH ADKINS.
iii. SARAH JANE ADKINS.
2. iv. GEORGE G. ADKINS, b. May 02,
1826, Bedford Co., Virginia; d. November 11, 1873, Fayette Twp.
Lawrence Co., Ohio.
3. v. WILLIAM ADKINS, b. September 05,
1831, Boyd Co., Kentucky; d. 1912.
4. vi. ALFRED PLESANT ADKINS, b. Abt.
1835, Ohio; d. 1926.
Generation
No. 2
2.
GEORGE
G.2
ADKINS
(PLESANT1
ATKINS)3,3
was born May 02, 1826 in Bedford Co., Virginia, and died November
11, 1873 in Fayette Twp. Lawrence Co., Ohio. He married ELIZABETH
'BETTY'
MILLER
August 20, 1851 in Lawrence Co Ohio, daughter of JACOB
MILLER
and ANNAS
MCKNIGHT.
She was born May 15, 1827 in Lawrence County Ohio, and died May 03,
1909 in Lawrence County Ohio.
Children of GEORGE
ADKINS
and ELIZABETH
MILLER
are:
i. JOHN W.3 ADKINS4,
b. January 01, 1853, Ashland, Kentucky.
ii. MARY ANN ADKINS4,5,6,
b. March 20, 1855, Burlington Lawrence County Ohio; d. June 29,
1942, Leatherwood Lawrence County Ohio; m. FRANKLIN PIERCE GIBSON,
November 19, 1879, Greenup county Kentucky; b. November 30, 1852,
Leatherwood Lawrence County Ohio; d. September 02, 1924, Leatherwood
Lawrence County Ohio.
Notes for MARY ANN ADKINS:
Mary Ann is buried at the Woodland
Cemetery at Ironton, Ohio
More About MARY ANN ADKINS:
Burial: buried at Woodland cem sec 16
Ironton, Ohio
More About FRANKLIN PIERCE GIBSON:
Burial: Woodland Cem sect 16 Ironton,
Ohio
iii. JERRY P. ADKINS, b. March 07,
1857.
iv. GEORGE F. ADKINS, b. May 02, 1859;
d. August 20, 1864.
v. JOSEPH M. ADKINS, b. September 10,
1861; d. August 28, 1864.
vi. LIZZIE ADKINS, b. February 20,
1864.
3.
WILLIAM2
ADKINS
(PLESANT1
ATKINS)7
was born September 05, 1831 in Boyd Co., Kentucky, and died 1912. He
married ANNA
HATCHER
June 05, 1853 in Lawrence County Ohio, daughter of CHARLES
HATCHER
and SARAH
MELVIN.
She was born 1828, and died 1905.
Notes
for WILLIAM
ADKINS:
William served during the civil war under General Thomas and took
part in the engagements at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge at
Chattanooga, TN.
I.R.
Oct 19, 1899 Wm Adkins of South Point was fined $26.50 in Squire
Henry's court last Thursday, for assaulting his nephew, Jerry
Adkins, with a club.
Children of WILLIAM
ADKINS
and ANNA
HATCHER
are:
i. MARY ANN3 ADKINS, b.
April 20, 1854, Willow Creek Lawrence co Ohio; d. 1910; m. WILLIAM
LLOYD BRUCE; b. June 03, 1848, Deering Lawrence co Ohio.
Notes for WILLIAM LLOYD BRUCE:
Information for descendants of Wm and
Mary Ann came Jerri Jackson
ii. MALINDA ADKINS, b. 1856; d. 1865.
iii. WILLIAM HENRY ADKINS, b. 1858; d.
1935; m. ALICE MCKEE.
iv. MILTON DARUS ADKINS, b. June 20,
1861, Lawrence Co, Ohio; d. 1928, South Solon Ohio; m. ZULETTA
BRUCE, February 28, 1885; b. October 27, 1868, Lawrence Co, Ohio; d.
September 07, 1936, South Charleston, Ohio.
v. LAFAYETTE 'LAF' ADKINS, b. October
04, 1863, Lawrence county Ohio; d. May 21, 1930, Lawrence county
Ohio; m. MARY 'IDA' IDALENE THOMPSON, May 16, 1886; b. April 1866,
WV/Va; d. August 05, 1927, Lawrence county Ohio.
More About LAFAYETTE 'LAF' ADKINS:
Burial: May 1930, Woodland Cemetery
Ironton Ohio
More About MARY 'IDA' IDALENE THOMPSON:
Burial: August 1927, Woodland Cemetery
Ironton Ohio
vi. CHARLES B. ADKINS8,
b. 1867, Lawrence Co, Ohio; d. 1956; m. (1) MINNIE BARBOUR, Wayne
County WV; b. 1870, WV; m. (2) JOSIE ROMANS.
4.
ALFRED
PLESANT2
ADKINS
(PLESANT1
ATKINS)
was born Abt. 1835 in Ohio, and died 1926. He married PRICIE.
She was born Abt. 1839 in Ohio.
Notes
for ALFRED
PLESANT
ADKINS:
Alfred
was a Union soldier during the civil war under General Sherman and
was present at the battle of Winchester and also at Lee's surrender
at Appomattox, Va.
Children of ALFRED
ADKINS
and PRICIE
are:
i. MARY3 ADKINS.
ii. WILLIAM ADKINS, b. Abt. 1859.
iii. ARABEL ADKINS, b. Abt. 1860.
iv. VIOLA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1863; m.
HENRY BUFFINGTON ADKINS.
v. SARAH ADKINS, b. Abt. 1865.
vi. LOUISA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1867.
Endnotes
1. Adkins Family History
author unknown.
2. Marriage Bond 28 Feb
1825 Franklin Co Va.
3. Hardesty Atlas.
4. 1880 Census, Lawrence
Co. Ohio.
5. Tombstone Woodland
Cemetery Ironton Ohio.
6. Death announcement
Tracey Brammer funeral home.
7. Family Chart OGS
Report Spring 1987 Pat Beatty (granddaughter of Wm Adkins).
8. Family information
from Russell Adkins (Charles grandson) rladkins@newwave.net 4 Mar
1998.
