Born in Halifax County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Milton (Adkins) Atkins
and Jane (Lumpkin) Atkins
Brother of
Pleasant Alfred Adkins and Joseph Atkins
Husband of
Susannah (Meador) Atkins
— married
6 Oct 1830 in Franklin County, Va
Descendants 
Father of
James Meador Adkins, John Henry Adkins, Mary Jane (Adkins) Richardson, Lucy C (Adkins) Richardson, Joseph Harrison Atkins, Nancy E (Adkins) Bell, Susan Ann Margaret Elveria (Adkins) Bogess, Martha M Adkins, Sarah Rose (Adkins) Linn and Charles Brown Adkins
Died
at age 84
in Boydsville, Callaway, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Feb 2014
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Biography
The name is sometimes spelled "Adkins" and sometimes "Atkins". It is Atkins on his tombstone.
Parents:
- John Milton Atkins (1776 - 1861)
- Jane Lumpkin Atkins (1774 - 1851)
Spouse:
- Susannah Susan Meador Atkins (1807 - 1897)*
Children:
- James Meador Adkins (1831 - 1918)*
- John Henry Adkins (1834 - 1902)*
- Mary Jane Atkins Richardson (1836 - 1912)*
- Lucy C Adkins Richardson (1837 - 1916)*
- Joseph Harrison Atkins (1842 - 1925)*
- Sarah Rose Adkins Linn (1850 - 1933)*
- Charles Brown Atkins (1853 - 1933)*
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #80399527
- Burial: Millers Creek Cemetery, Millersburg, Callaway County, Missouri, USA
- Photo: Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite
- 1840 census for John Adkins from Franklin, Va Has persons of the right age to be John and Jane with children James, John, Mary, and Lucy.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D9-QXP : 12 April 2016), John H Adkins in household of John Adkins, Franklin county, Franklin, Virginia, United States; citing family 92, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ3-77V : 14 December 2017), John Adkins, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~6.25%
Louis Richardson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WJ9630791 [compare], Ancestry member RichardsonTipton59
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~3.12%
Louis Richardson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A727462 [compare], Ancestry member richardsonbrown59
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~3.12%
Jim Parsons :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T582641 [compare], FTDNA kit #846556
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T582641 [compare]
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~1.56%
Kelly Duggan :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A652684 [compare], Ancestry member Kwoodwardrn75
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~1.56%
James Wheeler :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Donetta (Adams) Pack :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lilliansgirl47
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~1.56%
Robert Mahan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robertmahan191
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~1.56%
Dennis (Vette) Roberts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A567739 [compare], Ancestry member dennisusmc
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~0.78%
David Roberts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A076404 [compare], Ancestry member texastincup
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~0.78%
Kristine (Roberts) Nordmeyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A770947 [compare], Ancestry member Willowpatillo
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Rejected matches › John Atkins (abt.1805-) › John Adkins (1806-1884) › Amos Adams (1804-1889) › John Keddy (1803-1887)
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Lets keep you info instead of mine for John Amos Adkins. Yours seems to be more complete than mine is.
Jim Parsons