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Descendants of Isaac Adkins

Generation No. 1

1. Isaac⁹ Adkins (Isaac⁸, Sherwood (Sherrod)⁷, William V.⁶, John⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas Adkins³ Sr., Henry² Adkins, William (Adkins)¹ Adekyn) was born 1805 in Clear Fork, Wolf Creek, Tazewell CO., VA. (Now Raleigh CO., WV)., and died Aft. 1850 in Carter CO., KY.. He married Elizabeth "Polly" Lusk 17 Dec 1824 in Tazewell CO., VA., daughter of Samuel Lusk, JR. and Sarah Bailey. She was born 1808 in Tazewell CO., VA., and died 1871 in Wagon train going west in Indiana...

Notes for Isaac Adkins:

ISAAC ADKINS, JR. WAS BORN IN 1805 ON CLEAR FORK OF WOLF CREEK IN TAZWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA (NOW RALEIGH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA), BUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS OF 1850, HE WAS BORN IN 1801, NOT 1805. (THE CORRECT BIRTH DATE MUST BE 1805, AS HIS PARENTS WERE MARRIED MAY 6, 1804).
ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS HIS PARENTS WERE ISAAC ADKINS, SR., BORN C. 1780 IN WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND HIS MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH (HAGER) HAGLER. ISAAC ADKINS, SR. AND ELIZABETH HAGER WERE MARRIED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA ON MAY 6, 1804.
HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS ON WOLF CREEK, TAZWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA UNTIL HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD (ANOTHER ARTICLE SAID HE WAS 24 YEARS OLD WHEN HE MARRIED) AND MARRIED POLLY LUSK ON 17 DEC 1824. POLLY LUSK IS THE DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL LUSK AND SARAH ANN BAILEY. SARAH ANN BAILEY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF RICHARD AND ELIZABETH BELCHER BAILEY (SINCE HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD WHEN HE MARRIED HE WAS BORN IN 1805, AND THE CARTER COUNTY, CENSUS STATES HE WAS BORN IN 1801, IS INCORRECT).
HIS GRAND PARENTS WERE SHERWOOD (SHERROD) ADKINS AND SALLY LUCAS, WHO WERE MARRIED AT CLEAR FORK OF WOLF CREEK, VIRGINIA, BUT BUT NOW IN 2002 RALIEGH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. (NOW WEST VIRGINIA SINCE 1863).
HIS GREAT-GRAND PARENTS WERE WILLIAM ADKINS, SR. AND ELIZABETH PARKER. (SEE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ADKINS FAMILY FROM WILLIAM (ADKINS) ADEKYN, BORN AROUND 1327, TO THOMAS ADKINS, SR. BORN FEBRUARY 6, 1584, IN ENGLAND, TO THOMAS ADKINS, JR. BORN C. 1610, TO JOHN ADKINS, BORN APRIL 7, 1639, TO WILLIAM ADKINS, SR. BORN C. 1660, TO WILLIAM ADKINS, SR. BORN MARCH 28, 1689, TO SHERWOOD (SHERROD) ADKINS BORN C, 1728, TO ISAAC ADKINS, SR. BORN C. 1780. TO ISSAC ADKINS, JR., BORN IN 1803, IN PROBABLY TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA, SINCE THIS WAS WHERE HIS PARENTS WERE MARRIED).
ACCORDING TO THE 1850 CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS ISAAC ADKINS JR. MOVED FROM TAZWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO SHANTY BRANCH, GRANT, WILLIAMS CREEK, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY IN 1835, SINCE THEIR THIRD CHILD, DANIEL WAS BORN IN CARTER COUNTY IN 1835, AND THEIR FIRST THREE CHILDREN: ELIZABETH BORN 19 NOV 1825, ELIZA ADKINS BORN 1827,
AND SARAH BORN IN 1830 IN TAZWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND IN 1835 DANIEL WAS BORN IN CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
WE DO KNOW THAT HE OWNED A FARM ON SHANTY BRANCH, LOCATED ABOUT ALF A MILE FROM WILLIAMS CREEK, GRANT, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THE RECORDS ALSO STATE, THAT HIS SON, WISER CARNELIUS ADKINS, WAS BORN ON
THE FARM, ON MARCH 10, 1840, AND THAT WISER PURCHASED A 400 ACRE FARM, NEXT TO HIS FATHER, WHERE HE WAS BORN, AND THAT WISER CUT THE POPULAR TULIP) TREE, IN PICKLE HOLLOW TO BUILD HIS HOUSE, IN 1897.
THE TREE THAT WISER CARNELIUS ADKINS CUT TO BUILD HIS HOUSE, WAS 50 YEARS OLD, AND WAS 200 FEET TALL, AND SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER AT HE BASE. THE ARTICLE ALSO, WENT ON TO SAY, THAT WISER PURCHASED HIS ARM IN THE EARLY 1890'S.
ACCORDING TO A BIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED ON THE CARTER CO., KY. WEB PAGE ON 9 JAN 2000, POLLY LUSK IS POLLY ELIZABETH LUSK DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL LUSK, JR. AND SARAH ANNE BAILEY OF TAZEWELL, VA., AND THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING
CHILDREN, JOHN BORN 1806, POLLY "ELIZABETH" 1808 AND MARRIED ISAAC ADKINS JR. N DEC 17, 1824, MARTHA 1811, MARRIED ROBERT GORMAN, HARRISON BORN 1813, ND MARRIED NANCY MATELDA HALL ON MARCH 19, 1858, IN CARTER CO., KY., AND DIED FEB 15, 1897, IN CARTER CO., KY., CHLOE BORN 1814, MARRIED CLAIBORNE SMITH FUSSELL BORN 1815 DIED 1850, IN CARTER CO., KY., JAMES BORN 1817, MARRIED LIZABETH HALL, JUNE 27, 1842, ANDREW BORN 1819, LYDIA IN 1820, WHITTEN IN 1821, WILLIAM IN 1823, SUSAN MARCH 22, 1825, MARRIED JAMES HALL ON FEB 15, 1843, AMUEL IN 1827, EMILY IN 1830 AND MARRIED ANDREW T. HALL. EMILY WAS THE ONLY CHILD THAT WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY ALL THE REST WERE BRON IN VIRGINIA.
ISAAC ADKINS AND POLLY "ELIZABETH" LUSK HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN, ALL WERE BRON IN CARTER CO., KY., EXCEPT THE FIRST THREE.
1. ELIZABETH ADKINS, BORN NOV 19, 1825, AND MARRIED JONATHAN GALLION.
2. ELIZA, BORN IN 1827.
3. SARAH, BORN IN 1830.
4. DANIEL, BORN IN 1835, IN CARTER COUNTY.
5. HENRY, BORN IN 1837, IN CARTER COUNTY.
6. WISER CARNELIUS, BORN MARCH 10, 1840, IN CARTER COUNTY, DIED OCTOBER 22, 1915, AT THE ADKINS HOME PLACE, CARTER COUNTY, AND MARRIED MARGARET JANE WILLIAMS, OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, GEORGIA, IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ON MARCH 17, 1859. IN ACCORDANCE WITH A NEWS PAPER ARTICLE HE LEFT HOME AT THE AGE OF 16 TO BECOME AN INDIAN SCOUT, AND HE PROBABLY MET MARGARET JANE WILLIAMS DURING THIS PERIOD, SINCE HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD, WHEN HE MARRIED IN 1859.
7. HARRISON, BORN IN 1843, DIED IN 1910, IN CARTER COUNTY, AND MARRIED NANCY "UNKNOWN" ADKINS IN CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
8. ANDREW BORN IN 1845, IN CARTER CO., KY.
9. MARTHA, BORN IN 1841, IN CARTER COUNTY.
10. WILLIAM, BORN IN 1848, IN CARTER COUNTY.
11. ANTHONY, BORN IN 1849, IN CARTER COUNTY.
12. CHARLES, BORN IN 1851, IN CARTER COUNTY.
THERE COULD BE MORE CHILDREN.
THE DATE ISAAC AND HIS WIFE DIED IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, BUT WE THINK HE IS BURIED IN THE ADKINS HOME PLACE CEMETERY, HIGH ON A HILL OVER LOOKING THE ADKINS HOME PLACE, LOCATED ON SHANTY BRANCH, AT GRANT, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY, OR HE COULD BE BURIED IN THE JOHNY HALL CEMETERY, LOCATED THREE MILES DOWN THE ROAD AT RUSH, CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
WE HAVE FOUND OUT FROM OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT POLLY LUSK ADKINS DIED ON A WAGON TRAIN GOING WEST TO MISSOURI WITH HER SON WISER ADKINS, AND THAT SHE WAS BURIED ON A FARM ALONG THE WAY AND THE FARMER BUILT HER CASKET OUT OF BOARDS HE TOOK FROM THE FLOOR OF HIS CABIN TO BUILD HER THE COFFIN. WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE OR WHEN SHE DIED, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE SECOND TRIP THAT WISER TOOK TO MISSOURI AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. SOME FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THAT WISER, SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR IN ARKANSAS, BUT I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY PROOF OF THE SERVICE AS OF 2002.

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM:
1. 1850 CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS.
2. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE TITLED " ONE TREE-ONE HOUSE", WRITTEN BY FRED UIGART, COURIER JOURNAL EAST KENTUCKY BUREAU, DATED AROUND 1960.
3. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH HIS SON, MY GRAND FATHER FRANK NEWBERRY ADKINS, AND HIS SECOND WIFE WIFE, ADA DAVIS ADKINS.
4. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH BELVA ADKINS LEADINGHAM, DAUGHTER OF FRANK NEWBERRY ADKINS, AND ANNA MARY STEWART ADKINS, FROM 1963 TILL 1995. BELVA ADKINS LEADINGHAM IS 95 YEARS OLD IN 2002.
5. COMPILED AND COMPUTERIZED BY PAUL LEADINGHAM, GREAT-GREAT-GRAND SON OF ISAAC ADKINS, JR. AND POLLY LUSK, OF FREDERICK MD., IN 1992.
6. UPDATED IN 1993 WITH INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE MORMON CHRUCH FILES IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
7. ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE APPALACHIAN QUARTERLY, IN JANUARY OF 1998, OF THE ADKINS FAMILY OF TAZWELL NOW RALEIGH COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
8. REVIEWED AND UP DATED IN JANUARY OF 1998 WITH NEW INFORMATION BY MELISSA MILLER'S E-MAIL OF THE APPALACHIAN QUARTERLY, AND BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE, MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM.

COPYRIGHT 2006 IN THE PAUL , LEADINGHAM AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

Notes for Elizabeth "Polly" Lusk:
1. SEE 1850 CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS FOR HER AGE. IT STATES SHE
WAS 42 YEARS OLD IN 1850.

More About Elizabeth "Polly" Lusk:
Burial: 1871, Unmarked grave on a Farm in Indiana.

Children of Isaac Adkins and Elizabeth Lusk are:

+	2	i.	Elizabeth¹⁰ Adkins, born 19 Nov 1825 in Tazewell CO., VA.; died 1904 in Webbville, Lawrence CO., KY..
	3	ii.	Sarah Adkins, born 1830 in VA..
	4	iii.	Daniel Adkins, born 1835 in Carter CO., KY..
	5	iv.	Henry Adkins, born 1837 in Carter CO., KY..
+	6	v.	Wiser Carnilues Adkins, born 10 Mar 1840 in Carter CO., KY.; died 22 Oct 1915 in Grant, Carter CO., KY..
	7	vi.	Martha Adkins, born 1841 in Carter CO., KY..
+	8	vii.	Harrison W. Adkins, born 1843 in Grant, Carter CO., KY.; died 1910 in Grant, Carter CO., KY. Buried in Hall Cemetery, Carter CO., KY..
	9	viii.	Andrew Adkins, born 1845 in Carter CO., KY..
	10	ix.	William Adkins, born 1848 in Carter CO., Ky..
	11	x.	Anthony Adkins, born 1849 in Carter CO., KY..

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