no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

John Akers (1781 - 1855)

John Akers
Born in Montgomery, Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , , , , and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at about age 74 in Pike, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile managers: Nancy Sitzlar private message [send private message] and Sharon Ray private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 10 Apr 2012
This page has been accessed 1,271 times.

Contents

Biography

John was born in 1781 in Virginia and died between 1850 and 1860 in Pike County, Kentucky. It is thought that his death occurred around 1855 as the Index to Court Orders of Pike County, Kentucky states that in 1855 the court appointed Appraisers and an Administrator for the Estate of John AKERS.[1]

Spouse:

Rebecca RATLIFF, the daughter of Nathaniel RATLIFF and Martha FARMER, was born in 1785 in Montgomery County, Virginia and died from consumption in March 1860 in Pike County, Kentucky.[2]

Children:

Zelphy AKERS
On 19 December 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky, John AKERS gave his permission for the marriage of his daughter, Zelphy AKERS, to marry Caleb CLAY.[3] They were married on 23 December 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.[3]
Malindy AKERS
On 18 July 1826 in Pike County, Kentucky, John AKERS gave his permission for the marriage of his daughter, Malindy AKERS, to marry James CLAY.[4] They were married on 20 July 1826.[4]
Andrew AKERS
On 23 January 1828 in Pike County, Kentucky, John AKERS provided the necessary certificate for his son, Andrew AKERS, to marry Polly BRANHAM.[5] They were married on 24 January 1828.[5]
Patsey AKERS
On 4 November 1828 in Pike County, Kentucky, John AKERS gave his permission for the marriage of his daughter, Patsey AKERS, to marry Simpkins KEETHLY.[6] They were married on 6 November 1828.[6]

Research Progress

John AKERS

There is one direct statement of the age of John AKERS.
In the 1850 Census Record of Pike County, Kentucky, John ACRES[7] was enumerated as being 69 Years and born in Virginia. [Birth Estimate: 1781]

Death:

In the Mortality Census record of 1860,[2] Rebecca AKERS was listed as a widow at the time of her death. [Death Estimated Between 1850 and 1860.]

Rebecca RATLIFF

Birth

There are two direct statements of the age of Rebecca (RATLIFF) AKERS.
In the 1850 census record, Rebecca ACRES was enumerated as being 60 Years old and born in Virginia. [Birth Estimated: 1790][7]
In the Mortality Census record of 1860,[2] Rebecca AKERS was enumerated as 74 Years at the time of her death in March 1860. [Birth Estimated: 1786] Her birth was recorded as being in Virginia.

Sources

  1. ↑ Pike County, Kentucky, "Index to Court Orders A - K (1822 - 1938)," p. 111, John Akers, estate, 1855; digital images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-L3ST-K?cat=129530 : accessed 1 July 2020); citing Pike County Courthouse, Pikeville, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 839,482, image 64 of 554.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 14; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Pike, Kentucky; p. 1, line 1, Name: Rebecca Akers. [Ancestry.com has images]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clyde Runyon, "Marriage Bonds of Pike County, Kentucky 1822 - 1865," (By Author : Belfry, Kentucky, 1984), p. 15, file 98, Caleb Clay and Zelphy Akers, 23 December 1825.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clyde Runyon, "Marriage Bonds of Pike County, Kentucky 1822 - 1865," (By Author : Belfry, Kentucky, 1984), p. 21, file 128, James Clay and Malindy Akers, 20 July 1826.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Clyde Runyon, "Marriage Bonds of Pike County, Kentucky 1822 - 1865," (By Author : Belfry, Kentucky, 1984), p. 30, file 177, Andrew Akers and Polly Branham, 24 January 1828.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Clyde Runyon, "Marriage Bonds of Pike County, Kentucky 1822 - 1865," (By Author : Belfry, Kentucky, 1984), p. 34, file 194, Simpkins Keethly and Patsey Akers, 6 November 1828.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M652-MR7 : 12 April 2016), John Acres, Pike county, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing family 411, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 217; FHL microfilm 442,985.




Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message private message a profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

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:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments: 2

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Jeanne Howell
Akers-2349 and Akers-329 appear to represent the same person because: In compliance with the wikitree guidelines for merging profiles there is to be one profile per person. The Akers-2349 profile is the same individual as Akers-329. Difference in birth year, but no proof provided on Akers-2349 and the birth year was estimated from the 1850 census age of 69 years on Akers-329. Death date does not change as one does not list the date and the other is an after date to correspond with his enumeration in the 1850 census record. Same Wife, being merged separately. Same child to be merged separately.
posted by Jeanne Howell
Sharon Ray
Jeanne,

While I appreciate your efforts to merge my ancestor to his ancestor, there is no evidence to support that my John Akers is the same as the other John Akers. I have over the years identified more than one John Akers from that area including one that has the same year of birth. After 40+ years of research, I have not been able to find any evidence to confirm or support that they are the same. I have identified multiple John Akers who were born about 1781. But still not the same person. In fact, there is one that was born and died in the same years, but they are not the same person either. Their wives had the similar names. It took a very long time with a lot of researching to determine that they were different people.

I would suggest that you take the time to review the Genealogical Proof Standard. Meanwhile, I will prune my family tree and make it private. Then I will see what I can do to take it down. I've seen what has happened with Familysearch.org and my tree there was merged with so many different families that they literally merged my documented ancestors with their undocumented ancestors to the point that most of my family tree doesn't exist any more. They paid no attention to the documentation and made similar assumptions to yours. My tree, my documentation, my decades of research gone because someone assumed that they knew better than me and ignored my documentation.

The ideal of building a single tree sounds good but its only as good those who merge people. I believe that you had good intentions. This merge was simply the final straw for me.


Merging these two lines together because they have the same, or similar names and years of birth does not equal proof that they are the same people. If that was sufficient evidence, this tree would have been built back decades ago. I've had access to all the information that you had. The difference is that I refuse to assume that two people with common names are the same as two other people with the same or similar names are the same people.

posted by Sharon Ray

Rejected matches › John Ackers (bef.1782-)

Featured National Park champion connections: John is 12 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 14 degrees from George Catlin, 12 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 18 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 23 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 20 degrees from Kara McKean, 14 degrees from John Muir, 14 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 19 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

A  >  Akers  >  John Akers