Ralph Elkins Jr. (abt. 1730)

Born about 1730 in King George County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

see Elkins Genealogy https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~darburns/elkins/reports/chrono2.html

Parents

Ralph Elkin1680–1752

Frances Browne 1680–1757

Possibly married Margaret Gillespie [unconfirmed]

Ralph Jr was part of a militia raised from Fincastle County, Virginia in 1774 in response to Indian raids and attacks, and in 1775 he was paid 6 pounds 3 shillings for serving for 82 days.

Elkins Genealogy^[1]

• 1745 June 4 - King George County, VA - Maxfield Brown names daughter FRANCES ELKINS in will. She married RALPH ELKINS Sr per Geri Cook, see EE Vol III No 3 Page 83.
• 1745 King George Wills - Frances Elkins named in Will of Maxwell Brown, Prince William Co., VA Will Book, B-pg 100, 8 Nov 1753 names RALPH ELKIN Sr and son NATHANIEL. He is also in a court case-dismissed, in Amelia Co., VA in 1745. He is not referred to as Jr.
• 1749 Lunenburg County, VA Tithes:

RICHARD ELKINS

RALPH ELKINS SR

RALPH ELKINS JR

NATHANIEL ELKINS, son JESSEY ELKINS

(Sunlight on the South Side, Landon C Bell (per Geri Cook) See EE Vol IV No 4, Page 100

• 1747 Nov - Halifax County, VA - Surveyed for RALPH ELKINS, 300 ac on Smith's or Irwin Rivers. (See EE Vol IV No 4, Page 100).
• 1750 "SUNLIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE" Lunenberg Co., VA by Landon C. Bell. (Lunenberg out of Brunswick-1746) Taxable Tithes at Lunenberg Co., VA. William Caldwell's list:

Ralph Elkins From Falling Creek to Goose Creek

Ralph Elkins Jr. From Falling Creek to Goose Creek

Richard Elkins From Falling Creek to Goose Creek

• 1752 May Term - Halifax County, VA - RALPH ELKINS vs John Talbot on an attachment against defendant's estate, dismissed for reasons appearing to court. "Halifax County Pleas, #1 - May Term 1752 - March Term 1755," from Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Qtrly, VA Gen. Soc. Vol 24, No 1 Feb 1986 page 55.
• 1753 Nov 3 - King George County, VA - RALPH ELKINS of the Parish Brunswick, leases land in Prince William County, from George Mason lying at the head of Dogue Creek, Prince William County, Parish of Truto. ELKIN to pay yearly rent of 600 lbs tobacco in casque, Names wife, FRANCES ELKIN and son NATHANIEL ELKIN. Unpublished manuscript by Olive Elkin Story; Prince Wm Co Will Book B-P pages 48-52. See EE Vol IV, No 3, Page 88-89.

After 1753 Ralph Elkins deceassed...

• 1771 Fincastle County, VA - Jacob Norrick, assignee of Wm Withers, assignee of RALPH ELKINS, 100 acres at the mouth of Crab Creek settled 1771. from Mary B Kegley, Early Adventurers of the Western Waters, Vol II page 111. (Note - Crab Creek, a small right-hand branch of New River in the present county of Pulaski, by Gannett, Gazeteer of Virginia. bmt) EE Vol IV No 4 page 103.
• 1772 (abt) RALPH ELKIN JR. appears at Leatherwood with a well stocked farm in what was then Halifax Co. Leatherwood Creek and Leatherwood Village were the oldest settlements in Henry County.

Sources

1. ↑ Elkins Genealogy; https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~darburns/elkins/reports/chrono2.html

• 1737 -1770 Index to Deeds Pittsylvania Co., VA 1737-1770 From EE by Geri Cook (EE Vol IV No3) Ralph Elkins Page 79, 108, 167 [note- possibly included Ralph Elkins Sr]

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Greg Hicks for creating WikiTree profile Elkins-482 through the import of Hicks-Davis Family Tree.ged on May 10, 2013.