Welcome Amos Akins (1877 - 1945)

Born 19 Mar 1877 in Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, United States

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Died 19 Mar 1945 at age 68 in Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, United States

Biography

Welcome Amos Akins was born 19 March 1877 in Bulloch County, Georgia, the son of William Robert Akins and Frances Mae Hart Akins^[1].

From Find a Grave

Bulloch Co GA Amos' father-in-law Greenberry Barnes built a large millpond and gristmill in 1883 (upper Mill Creek)^[2]. He left it to his sons (to run and take care of his widow and sister with) when he died but by 1910 Amos and Maggie owned it. They advertised a large party there in the newspaper.

He died 19 March 1945 and was buried in Upper Mill Creek Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia^[1].

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #69715895
2. ↑ Akins' Mill Pond

Bibliography

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69715895/welcome-amos-akins: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for Welcome Amos Akins (19 Mar 1877–19 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69715895, citing Upper Mill Creek Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Tim Jones (contributor 47356506).
• Akins' Mill Pond
• Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4MR-91Q : 24 December 2014), W Amos Akins, 19 Mar 1945; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Bulloch, Georgia, certificate number 19705, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.