Isom
Adkins
Born about in Montgomery, Giles, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Littleberry Adkins
and Nancy Ann Adkins
Brother of
Jesse Adkins, Hezekiah Adkins, Littleberry Adkins Jr., Christina Rachel (Adkins) Fry, Dicy Adkins, Priscilla (Adkins) Fry and Levisa (Adkins) Napier
Husband of
Mary (Miller) Adkins
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Letha Ann (Adkins) Thompson and Asbury Adkins
Died before
before about age 95
in Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Profile managers:
Carl Dickason 
[send private message], Pattie Plummer-Everett [send private message], and Rick Lear [send private message]
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Biography
Isom was born about 1795 in Virginia. He married "Polly" Mary born ca 1800 and together they had several children. He apparently migrated to Boone County, Virginia and is reported in the 1850 and 1860 US Census records.
In the 1860 census Isom (age 62) was in Boone, Virginia, United States.[1]
Slaves
In the 1860 census Isom was a slave owner in Boone, Virginia, United States.[2]
Sources
- ↑
1860 Census:
"United States Census, 1860"
citing Page: 65; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005171515; FHL microfilm: 805336; Image number: 69; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01828-4
FamilySearch Record: M4B1-J2Z (accessed 8 August 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSX-9KBT
Isom Adkins (62) in Boone, Virginia, United States. Born in Montgomery Co Virginia.Name Sex Age Occupation Birth Place Isom Adkins M 62 Montgomery Co Virginia Mary Adkins F 57 Montgomery Co Virginia Isom Adkins M 22 Kanawha Virginia - ↑
1860 Census:
"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
citing Page: 2; Line: 2; Digital film/folder number: 005171756_006_M9DF-SRX; FHL microfilm: 000805387; Image number: 3
FamilySearch Record: WKYM-B4W2 (accessed 8 August 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSZ-QGB
Isom Adkins in Boone, Virginia, United States.Name Sex Age M 60 F 48 F 14
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 April 2020, 06:19), entry for Isom Adkins(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M8J4-K22); contributed by various users.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 April 2020, 01:35), entry for Isom Adkins(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2PJ-STP); contributed by various users.
- WV Culture Isom Adkins Wayne County Death Index http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4224094&Type=Death
- Wayne County, West Virginia, "Deed book, v. A 1842-1848," Film 581327, Image Group Number 8218901, image 258 of 295. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSG6-NW69?i=257
- Henning, Elma and Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History, 1979, Gateway Press, Inc, pg 396
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Rick Webb
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #B73026 - William Mullins :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #AM39533
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~4.69%
~12.50%
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~1.56%
Theresa (Frye) Floyd :
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lea Isaacs :
23andMe, GEDmatch BD1784093 [compare], yourDNAportal LEA58d09951
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XA9302723 [compare], Ancestry member Lea_Isaacs_1974
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~1.56%
Ruth Finley :
23andMe, GEDmatch CK5161715 [compare], yourDNAportal MEGd8660739
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~1.56%
Ronda (Davis) Beller :
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gary Bias :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Joe Michael Branstetter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Joe_Branstetter
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~1.56%
Rick Lear :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TH7769962 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Chaunessa Reynolds :
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~1.56%
Dan Jenkins :
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~1.56%
Lori Collinsworth :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Carolyn (Swisher) Sichting :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Greg Napier :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936918 [compare], Ancestry member gnap64
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T806889 [compare], FTDNA kit #2956
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~0.78%
Mary Violet (Maynard) Thornsbery :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeffrey Lear :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A774096 [compare], Ancestry member jeffrey_r_lear
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~0.78%
Cindy (Trogdon) Foltz :
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Tawana Perry :
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~0.78%
Charles Thorp :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AE491323L2 [compare]
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~0.78%
Carla Moon :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Glenda Adkins :
AncestryDNA
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Categories: Boone County, Virginia, Slave Owners
I see you manage many Isom Adkins' profiles. It's tough to find information when family surnames get handed down through the years. The Isom Adkins match you suggest has no documentation that Adkins- 5895 migrated to Boone County, West Virginia. He is not listed in Boone County Record of Deaths. Family Search ID LZVL-P1B [Isom Adkins son of Harmon Adkins & Nancy Estep. I agree, Mary Miller isn't proven, yet. Research may be found, soon. Please be patient until I've completed this profile research. Assistance and sharing information via message or email is an appreciated way to correct profiles. Thanks, R. Lear
I do realize that it is confusing and even Ronnie mentioned that. But since his research in 1990, nothing has come to light to shed any better understanding of the men. Y-DNA would not help either because all of the Isom’s descend from William Atkinson and ATDNA is too far away from this generation to be of any help.
His mother is Delphia. Nan was most likely a nickname and not an abbreviation of Nancy.
[edited]
edited by Pattie (Breed) Plummer-Everett
Source: Adkins, Ronnie, "The Adkins Family of Wayne County, West Virginia. Also Cabell, Lincoln and Boone." Printed by Bookcrafters, Frederickburg, Virginia: 1990. Page 59.
1372 ISOM ADKINS
Isom b on the Sinking Creek of the New River, Montgomery (Giles) County Va. or Beech Fork of Twelvepole, Kanawha (Cabell 1809, Wayne 1842) County Va. (W.Va. 1863). It is not known to whoa Isom married. Most family researchers have her name as Mary 'Polly' Miller, however, the Mud River branch of the family have an Isom b about the same time and they are carrying him as the one who married 'Polly' Miller. Although Isom's wife's name was Mary ' Polly'(listed on land records) I do not believe she was the Polly Miller that married an Isom Adkins in CC 2 Jan.1827. One reason for this belief is the fact that the date of this marriage does not fit into other dates and facts of Isom. For example: the 1830 CC census has Isom aged 30 to 40, one male less than 5, one male 5 to 10, 1 female less than 5, one female 10 to 15 and one female 20 to 30 (Polly). These children do not fit an 1827 marriage. There are numerous land records of Isom and Polly in both CC and WC including the following: Isom was given 40 acres on the Beech Fork by his father' CC deed bk 3 pg 372; Isom bought 60 acres on Lick Creek from his uncle Sherrod, CC deed bk 3 pg 700; and the year 1826 saw Isom sell land on Alford's Creek to Thomas R. Swann, CC deed bk 4 pg 191 while Isom and Polly are listed as heirs of Littleberry in WC deed bk A pg 491.
At this time in our family history there were several Isom's and at least three married Mary 'Pollys' making it near impossible to place them. When I was typing the Manuscript for this book this page was left blank in the hope that I could find more information on this Isom. He does not appear on any Wayne, Cabell, Boone or Lincoln in or after 1850 nor does he appear on Lawrence or Boyd County, Kentucky, however he was in the area as he is listed as the administratror of his father's estate. As a result of much research I believe he is the Isom mentioned in the Adkins Family Pamphlet of 1955. The writer is speaking of Isom the brother of Littleberry Sr. however, I Believe the years had sort of blended these two Isom's together. The Isom mentioned in the pamphlet was a dealer in Ginseng and furs and owned several stores in the Raleigh, Kanawha county area. Littleberry's Isom had a son named Cumberland and the Isom mentioned in the Pamphlet had a son named Cumberland. Hopefully some descendant may take this information and make the proper connection.
CHILDREN OF ISOM AND MARY 'POLLY' ADKINS
As the final typing is taking place I have been unable to find additional information.
edited by Pattie (Breed) Plummer-Everett