Hezekiah Adkins (1800 - 1866)

Born 16 Aug 1800 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Spears) Adkins — married 25 Dec 1819 in ,Cabell, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1866 at age 65 in Cabell, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Hezekiah was born on 18 Aug 1800 to Littleberry and Nancy (Adkins) Adkins. ^[1]

In the book, "The Adkins Family of Wayne County, West Virginia, Also Cabell, Lincoln and Boone," the author mentions the following: ^[1]

Hezekiah m 25 Dec. 1819 cc Nancy Spears b ca 1803 Cabell co. Hezekiah was given land (as were his older brothers and sisters) on the Beech Fork by his parents when they left that area to resettle on Lick Creek. He and Nancy set-up housekeeping here, however, after a few years they moved to the Lick Creek area also.

Hezekiah was given land (as were his older brothers and sisters) on the Beech Fork by his parents when they left that area to resettle on Lick Creek. He and Nancy set-up housekeeping here, however, after a few years they moved to the Lick Creek area also.

Hezekiah became a Miller (an occupation that served the entire Adkins family well for over two Hundred years) and ran a mill on Twelvepole for many years. This mill-the first to be built in the area that later became Wayne county-was built by Hezekiah 's uncle-Sherrod Adkins. It was located on Twelvepole across the creek from the mouth of Lick Creek.

’Hezekiah and Nancy are the Adkins progenitors of large portions of the Fry, Watts, and Ross families. Nancy d 1845 wc; she was buried in the Grave Hill cemetery located on Lick Creek. This cemetery was relocated in the 1970s to the newly formed East Lynn Community Memorial Gardens to make room for the East Lynn Lake. She is buried beside of Hezekiah in the part of the cemetery known as the Floyd Adkins section.

Hezekiah m(2) Lavina ca 1847. They are listed on the 1850 WC census living in the Stiltner-Lick Creek area. Hezekiah is listed as age 50 (occupationof Miller), Lavina age 38, Jackson age 16, Mitty age 14, Harmon age 12, Vice age 10, _ Johnson age 6. Jessee, Eliza, and Cainnon were married and living in close proximity. Aranetta was married and lived on the right fork of Little Lynn while Winchester was living with brother Jessee. They are also listed on the 1860 WC census with Hezekiah listed as age 61, Lavina as age 50, Harmon as age 21, and Johnson as age 16. Jackson, Mitty and Vicy had married in the 1850's and all were living in close proximity. There was no issue of the marriage of Hezekiah and Lavina.

There are numerous land records of Hezekiah in both Cabell and Wayne counties. The two most important are both Wayne co. records. The first is a deed to Robert Ross dated Sept. 1, 1845 and list Hezekiah and Nancy as heirs of Littleberry Adkins Sr. This deed also list all of Hezekiah's brothers and sisters. It is in deed bk A pg 49 1. The second and much more important to me and other direct descendants of Hezekiah is a WC chancery record dated about 1865 in chancery bk 1 pg 606-7. This record list all of Hezekiah's children and also the five children of Aranetta and James Madison Ross (Aranetta d WC July, 1857) as direct heirs.

Hezekiah d WC 2 March, 1867 (Hardesty has 1866-tombstone has 1867) and as mentioned above is buried beside of Nancy in the East Lynn Community Memorial Gardens.

CHILDREN OF HEZEKIAH AND NANCY (SPEARS) ADKINS:

• 13741 Jessee b 21 Nov. 1821 CC
• 13742 Winchester b ca 1825 CC
• 13743 Eliza b 1827 CC
• 13744 Aranetta b 1830 CC
• 13745 Cainnon b 1833 CC
• 13746 Jackson b 1834 CC
• 13747 Mitty b 1836 CC
• 13748 Harmon b 1838 CC
• 13749 Vicy b 1840 CC
• 1374(10) Johnson b 1844 WC

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Adkins, Ronnie, "The Adkins Family of Wayne County, West Virginia, Also Cabell, Lincoln and Boone", Bookcrafters, Virginia: 1990. Please note: this source shows the birth date of Hezekiah as 25 Aug 1800 on the line where he is shown as a son to his parents but is shown as 16 Aug 1800 when he is shown by himself.

See Also:

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (11 February 2018), Hezekiah Adkins and Nancy Spears, 1819; citing Cabell County, West Virginia, vol 1 p 21, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,887.
• Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (9 April 2016), Virginia > Wayne > Wayne county, part of > image 65 of 109; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (24 March 2017), Virginia > Wayne > Not Stated > image 153 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.).
• Find a Grave, database and images, accessed 17 October 2020, memorial page for Hezekiah Adkins (16 Aug 1800–2 Aug 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #52796162, citing Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Polly Fry Hagerman (contributor 47161889) .
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L4BN-YWW/arnetta-adkins-1829-1857