James Adkins (1815 - 1903)

Born 22 Jul 1815 in Adair, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Hines (Simpson) Adkins — married 13 Jan 1839 in Carroll, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1903 at age 88 in Bloodland, Pulaski, Missouri, United States

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Biography

From family history compiled by Thelma Roberta Haney Pruitt, granddaughter of James and Nancy.

He was born in Kentucky and came to Carroll County, Missouri. We don’t know if he came with his parents or alone but he was one of the early pioneer settlers of Carroll County and owned land there. The location was about 12 miles east of Carrollton and 3 miles west of what was then known as White Rock Quarry. Here he married Nancy Simpson and their children were born here on this place. He also owned land in the Wakenda bottoms. The land on the hill, north, is where their home was. He donated a portion of this land for the Adkins Cemetery, named for his family.

William Adkins sold a farm to James Adkins 1853

The James Adkins farm and the William Haney II farm joined. James’s daughter Sarah Jane later married William Haney II who was her second cousin on her mother’s side. Chester Haney had a note in his records saying that James Adkins father was William Adkins.

The family moved to Madison, IL to get away from southern Missouri until Civil War over, and then moved back to Missouri

James & his wife Nancy moved to Pulaski County, MO in 1870 and homesteaded 160 acres near Bloodland, a place called Smith Holler. Friendship Cemetery is located there.

James was born in 1815. James Adkins. He passed away in 1903.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Carroll county, Carroll, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) De Witt Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Robideaux, Pulaski, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Roubidoux Township, Pulaski, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Burial Friendship Cemetary, Ft Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, MO
• Fact: Residence Madison, Illinois Madison, Illinois
• Fact: DNA FTDNA Y-DNA results: Haplogroup I2a, descendant of Wm V Adkins b.1689 VA.

FTDNA Big Y (700) results Confirmed Haplogroup is I-FT369107

1850 Carroll Co census #416 James age 33 Farmer 0. KY; Nancy Adkins 30 F KY; Susan M 9 MO; Mary C 7 MO; John W 4 MO; James 2 MO and Nathaniel Martzor 24 M Farmer VA. (?) Parents birthplaces listed as Virginia

• Fact: Residence (1850) Carroll county, Carroll, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) De Witt Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Robideaux, Pulaski, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Roubidoux Township, Pulaski, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Burial Friendship Cemetary, Ft Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, MO
• Fact: Residence Madison, Illinois Madison, Illinois
• Fact: DNA and brief history FTDNA Y-DNA results: Haplogroup I2a, descendant of Wm V Adkins b.1689 VA. The family moved to Madison, IL to get away from southern Missouri until Civil War over, and then moved back to Missouri 1850 Carroll Co census #416 James age 33 Farmer 0. KY; Nancy Adkins 30 F KY; Susan M 9 MO; Mary C 7 MO; John W 4 MO; James 2 MO and Nathaniel Martzor 24 M Farmer VA. (?) Parents birthplaces listed as Virginia From family history compiled by Thelma Roberta Haney Pruitt, grandaughter of James and Nancy
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch The family moved to Madison, IL to get away from southern Missouri until Civil War over, and then moved back to Missouri

1850 Carroll Co census #416 James age 33 Farmer 0. KY; Nancy Adkins 30 F KY; Susan M 9 MO; Mary C 7 MO; John W 4 MO; James 2 MO and Nathaniel Martzor 24 M Farmer VA. (?) Parents birthplaces listed as Virginia

From family history compiled by Thelma Roberta Haney Pruitt, grandaughter of James and Nancy.

He was born in Kentucky and came to Carroll County, Missouri. We don’t know if he came with his parents or alone but he was one of the early pioneer settlers of Carroll County and owned land there. The location was about 12 miles east of Carrollton and 3 miles west of what was then known as White Rock Quarry. Here he married Nancy Simpson and their children were born here on this place. He also owned land in the Wakenda bottoms. The land on the hill, north, is where their home was. He donated a portion of this land for the Adkins Cemetery, named for his family.

William Adkins sold a farm to James Adkins 1853

The James Adkins farm and the William Haney II farm joined. James’s daughter Sarah Jane later married William Haney II who was her second cousin on her mother’s side. Chester Haney had a note in his records saying that James Adkins father was William Adkins.

James & his wife Nancy moved to Pulaski County, MO in 1870 and homesteaded 160 acres near Bloodland, a place called Smith Holler. Friendship Cemetary is located there.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 January 2023, 05:07), entry for James Adkins (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M5GP-2KL ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 January 2023, 05:07), entry for James Adkins (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M5GP-2KL ); contributed by various users.

Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38H-63J : accessed 12 October 2017), James Adkins, Roubidoux Township, Pulaski, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 3A, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,882.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK6-93YJ : 13 December 2015), James Adkins, 1903; Burial, Fort Leonard Wood , Pulaski, Missouri, United States of America, Friendship Cemetery; citing record ID 39455476, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.