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Benjamin Franklin THOMAS Adkins, aka BFT or Tommy, was born about 1831 in Lawerence County, Kentucky to David Adkins and Sylvaneous Adkins. He married Kizzie Adkins, daughter of Littleberry Adkins and Delphia Adkins. Tommy settled in the Mud Creek area of Wayne County, West Virginia, with his brothers Green L. and Elliott, on land that his father received for Revolutionary War service.
Benjamin Franklin Adkins was born June 1832 at Beech Fork, Cabell County, Virginia to John Adkins and Elizabeth Childers. He married Nancy Bias in 1856.
Source:
Adkins, Ronnie, "The Adkins Family of Wayne County, West Virginia, Also Cabell, Lincoln and Boone", Bookcrafters, Virginia: 1990. Page 19, 63, 118, 131.
The US Census proves they are not the same person for they are living in different counties in 1860-
In 1860, Benjamin Franklin THOMAS Adkins is found in Wayne County, Virginia: Source: "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch ([https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25273-13268-58?cc=1473181 accessed 24 March 2016]), Virginia > Wayne > Not Stated > image 53 of 168; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
* Benj. F. T. Adkins, 29, farmer, b. Kentucky
* Kizziah, 25, b Virginia
* Alafare, 6, f, b Virginia
* Conwelsey (?), 4, m, b Virginia
* Lee, 2, m, b Virginia
Benjamin Franklin Adkins is found to be in Cabell County, Virginia in 1860 living next to Childers relatives (his mother's family). Source: Ancestry.com. [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4297367_00053?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iZj424&_phstart=successSource&pId=34241231 1860 United States Federal Census] [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
*Benjamin Adkins, 28, farmer, b. Virginia
*Nancy, 25, b. Virginia
*Amos, 3, b. Virginia
*Paralee, 2, b. Virginia
*Arnold, 8/12, b. Virginia
The marriage record for the Benjamin Franklin Adkins that married Nancy Bias shows his parents are John and Elizabeth Adkins- http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=559887&ImageNumber=159
I have been working to add sources to both profiles on WikiTree now that I have BFT Adkins to the right parents.