Piety Prudence (Sansing) Adkins (abt. 1786 - abt. 1879)

Born about 1786 in Bute County, North Carolina

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Died about Sep 1879 at about age 93 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Piety was listed, died at 104 years of age on the 1880 mortality schedule, but census ages from earlier years would put her at about 94. She is buried on some of the property, known as the Adkins Family Cemetery, about six miles North of Homer. Piety purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on February 7th, 1855, in Claiborne Parish. At this time, she was about 69 years old. This land was probably purchased with some of the money from Zaccheus' estate. She seems to have been much better off financially during this time than when she was in Georgia. In 1850, in Georgia, she owned nine slaves and in 1860, in Louisiana. she owned sixteen. She also owned one-half interest in a sawmill.^[1]

Piety Prudence Sansing Adkins was the daughter of Charles and Mary Sansing and was born in Bute Co. NC. Her husband Zaccheus F. Adkins died in York County, SC. She lived in York County, SC, and Henry County, GA before moving to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana in 1852. She and her children, Mary Ann Lewis, Elizabeth T. Merritt, William J. Adkins, Lemiah Christopher Columbus Adkins, and Jane Sansing all came to Claiborne Parish. Another son Lewis stopped in Mississippi and son Zaccheus F. Adkins died a short time before the move. His wife Nancy and his daughters Martha Jane and Sarah Prudence came to Louisiana with the rest of the Adkins families. ^[2]

Piety's daughters Lona Polina and Malinda F. Adkins both died in Henry County, Georgia^[2]

Piety purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on February 7th, 1855, in Claiborne Parish. At this time, she was about 69 years old. This land was probably purchased with some of the money from Zaccheus' estate. She seems to have been much better off financially during this time than when she was in Georgia. In 1850, in Georgia, she owned nine slaves and in 1860, in Louisiana, she owned sixteen. She also owned one-half interest in a sawmill. Piety was listed, died at 104 years of age on 1880, mortality schedule, but census ages from earlier years would put her at about 94. She is buried on some of the property, known as the Adkins Family Cemetery, about six miles North of Homer, Louisiana. ^[3]

She passed away in 1879.

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1. ↑ Source unknown
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #47645905
3. ↑ "Adkins Family" by Barney M. Hunter

• 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1830; Census Place: York, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 173; Page: 387; Family History Library Film: 0022507, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #681635 (accessed 22 February 2023), Pecty Adkins in York, South Carolina.
• 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1840; Census Place: District 490, Henry, Georgia; Roll: 43; Page: 339; Family History Library Film: 0007044, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1761064 (accessed 22 February 2023), Piety Atkins in District 490, Henry, Georgia.
• Primary

December 1826 Will of Charles Sansing, (probated December 1831 / Death November 1831) Henry County, Georgia. Piety is listed along with her mother Mary and her siblings.

1827 Estate / Probate file for her husband Zaccheus Adkins, York County, South Carolina: Detail Records of Estates; Author: South Carolina. Court of Ordinary (York District); Probate Place: South Carolina Title South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980

1830 York County, South Carolina Census: Detail Year: 1830; Census Place: , York, South Carolina; Roll: ; Page: . Web address http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1830usfedcenancestry&h=681635&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

1837 Property Taxes, Henry County, Georgia: Title Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892

1840 Henry County, Georgia Census: Detail Year: 1840; Census Place: District 490, Henry, Georgia; Roll: ; Page: . Web address http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1761064&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

1850 Henry County, Georgia (Free Schedule) Census: Detail Year: 1850; Census Place: District 42, Henry, Georgia; Roll: M432_73; Page: 203A; Image: . Web address http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18731169&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

1850 Henry County, Georgia (Slave Schedule) Census: Detail The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

U.S. General Land Office Records (1859 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana): Web address http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=blmlandpatents&h=800117&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

1860 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana (Slave Schedule) Census: Detail The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

1880 Federal Mortality Schedule; September 1879 death of Piety P. Adkins: Web address http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=usmortality&h=2082612&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Secondary

Gibson, L, “Generations: It’s More Than Just a History; It’s Our Legacy” (1995)

Gibson, L, "The Elijah Reed Story: Chronicle of an African American Family, 1739-1940";(Masters of Arts Thesis, University of Missouri Kansas City, 1999), a book that chronicles the Adkins, Biddle, Nelson, Reed, Sansing/Sensing/Saintsing, Walker, and Whitt families.

Gibson, L, "Black Tie White Tie Chronicle of An American Family:1739-1940" (2003;2006); a book that chronicles the Adkins, Biddle, Nelson, Reed, Sansing/Sensing/Saintsing, Walker, and Whitt families.