William
M
Adkins
Born in York County, South Carolina, USA
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Aletha (Bennett) Adkins
— married
22 Jul 1858 (to 1882) in Chambers, Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
Ida Jane (Adkins) Green and Carrie Grace Adkins
Died
at age 73
in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2015
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Biography
When William Adkins was born on May 11, 1835, in York, South Carolina, his father, James, was 34 and his mother, Martha, was 31. He married Aletha "Letha" Bennett and they had seven children together. He then married Sarah A Adkins and they had six children together. He died on February 23, 1909, in Nauvoo, Alabama, at the age of 73, and was buried there.
MILITARY, Civil War:
- Name William Adkins
- Side Confederate
- Regiment State/Origin Alabama
- Regiment Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers
- Company C
- Rank In Private
- Rank Out Corporal
- Film Number M374 roll 1
- Other Records Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers
Sources
- 1840 United States Federal Census
- 1850 United States Federal Census
- 1860 United States Federal Census
- 1870 United States Federal Census
- 1880 United States Federal Census
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865
- Alabama Deaths, 1908-59; Volume 21, Certificate 10, Roll 1
- Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969; Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research (Spouse Lethe Bennett)
- Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1942; FHL Film Number 1290837 V. 4-5 (Spouse Lethe Bennett)
- Alabama State Census, 1850 & 1866
- Alabama, Confederate Pension and Service Records
- Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974; FHL Film Number 1894072
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; Film Number M374 roll 1
- U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- U.S. General Land Office Records
- U.S., Confederate Pensions
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Rejected matches › William Jake Adkins (1834-) › William Young Aitchison Jr (1837-1908) › William Atkin (1834-) › William Adam (1835-1910) › William J Adams (1837-1909) › William Atkin (1835-) › William Atkinson (abt.1837-) › William Adams (abt.1833-) › William Addison (bef.1835-)
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I don't believe Bennett and Martha are the parents of our William M Adkins born in 1835. I have also tried to connect with Bennett's line through DNA, and I do not get any matches.