George William Elkins (1816 - 1865)

Born 1816 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee

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Died 1865 at about age 49 in Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri,

GEORGE WILLIAM ELKINS was born in 1816 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to PHERALY and WILLIAM ELKINS

He married JULIA ANN AISLEY

CHILDREN:

Martha W. Elkins Nowlin 1839–1888 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91333048&ref=acom

Johnny Benton Elkins 1843–1937

Mary Catherine Elkins 1847–1888

GEORGE WILLIAM ELKINS 1848–1890

Pheraly Elkins 1850–

Religion 1845 • Willow Springs, Missouri - Methodist Circuit Rider around Willow Springs, Missouri about 1845-1850

Occupation 1845-1850 • Willow Springs, Missouri - Methodist Circuit Rider

Residence 1850 • HAWKINS COUNTY, TN - ELKINS 389A-394A

Military 1863 • 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate Infantry Sgt.

He died in 1865 in Aurora, Missouri, at the age of 49

Missouri Infantry CSA

11th Missouri Infantry CSA Commanded by Col. Simon P. Burns, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Murray and Maj. James Phillips.

This unit was first organized by Col. DeWitt C. Hunter as the 8th Missouri Infantry but later reorganized and redesignated to prevent its confusion with Mitchell's 8th Missouri Infantry (commanded by Col. Charles S. Mitchell). Burns'/Hunter's original regiment (designated as the 8th Missouri Infantry) saw action at the Battle of Helena and during Shelby's Missouri/Arkansas raid of Sept/Oct. 1863. As designated the 11th Missouri Infantry, this regiment engaged the Federals during the Red River Campaign, Battles of Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry among others.

Last Name First Name/MI State Unit Sub Unit Rank:

Elkins Robert MO 11th Inf. Co. F

Elkins William MO 11th Inf. Co. F Sgt.

Elkins Samuel MO 10th Inf. Co.G16th Missouri Infantry (Mounted) CSA

Commanded by Col. Sidney Drake Jackman, Col. Josiah H. Caldwell, Col. Levin M. Lewis, Lt. Col. Pleasant W. H. Cumming and Lt. Col. Jesse P. Herrell. Organized August 31, 1862 as the 7th Missouri Infantry, redesignated as the 16th Missouri Infantry on April 1, 1863. (Not to be confused with Col. Cyrus Franklin's 7th Missouri Infantry.)

The 16th Missouri Infantry fought at the following engagements: Battle of Helena, Red River Campaign, Battle of Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry. It surrendered on May 26, 1865 under Gen. E. Kirby Smith's Department of Trans-Mississippi.

Last Name First Name/MI State Unit Sub Unit Rank:

Elkins George MO 16th Inf. Elkins John MO 16th Inf.

http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/mounits/11mo-infantry.htm

Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I

Name ~ ELKINS, WILLIAM Conflict ~ Civil War Name of Unit ~ 11th Missouri Regiment Infantry Volunteers Company ~ F DETAILS Name: Elkins, William Rank: Sergeant Conflict: Civil War Side: Confederate Type of Unit: Infantry Name of Unit: 11th Missouri Regiment Infantry Volunteers Company: F Commander: Captain Burns Record Group: Office of Adjuntant General Series Title: Index of service records, Confederate, 1861-1865Box: 100Reel: s730

Name: ELKINS, WILLIAM Rank: Sergeant Conflict: Civil War Side: Confederate Type of Unit: Infantry Organization: Missouri Volunteers CSA Name of Unit: Burn's 11th Regiment Infantry Volunteers CSA Company: F Record Group: Office of Adjutant General Series Title: Record of Service Card, Civil War, 1861-1865Box: 25Reel: s906

http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/results.asp?txtName=Elkins,%20William&selConflict=All&txtUnit

'THIS IS THE WAY I HEARD IT' by Vasta RogersWhite, 7-7-88 She listened as her grandmother and other old Civil War widows retold the old stories of the Civil War.

Vasta White's Great-Great Grandpa, William Elkins was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian (no proof as of yet). he was a Methodist circuit rider around Willow Springs, Missouri about 1845-1850. Great grandfather, George William was already in the war when George enlisted. He was only 17 years old, but large for his age. He decided to leave the farm and family of two sisters, Mary and Martha and a young brother, Johnnie. They lived neighbors to the Jesse James family. (Jesse James was born on September 5, 1847 in Kearney, MO) The Jayhawkers and slackers would go around hanging the young men who they thought were 18 years old, when they themselves were slackers, stealing and robbing from whomever they pleased. The story goes that grandpa told his mother that he was going to the main road where the troops would be marching through. Sure enough, as he nears the road he can hear the clanging of the men's bayonets and the wagons. He joins up with them and to his surprise he finds that his father is with this unit. The father and son are now together, fighting side by side. They were taken prisoners near Cario, Illinois on the mighty Mississippi. As night falls, they make plans to escape, knowing full well they would be killed if taken to the island that lay between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. When they bed down and the guard gets to the other end of the line, they make their move. As they sneak through the darkness, one of them steps on a rotten limb. The noise alerts the guard and he fires his gun which alerts the other guards and they try to recapture them. They hid in the bushes and brambles until all was clear, then they made their way southwest toward Willow Springs, Missouri. The weathers was cold and blustery, and no food could be found for three days except a frozen pumpkin and one nubbin of corn. They came to an old friends house, who was a northerner. The family invites them in and the man goes down into the cellar and brings up a basket of apples. Great grandfather and grandfather ate apples until supper is ready. There was ham meat, cornbread, vegetables, a large supper. Grandfather ate too much. A small cabin was down in the field with a fireplace. The man takes bedding and wood to the cabin making the father and son comfortable. Great grandfather and Grandfather, Geprge Elkins are warm and full for the first time in many days. The next morning great grandfather is sick from eating too much on an empty stomach. The weather is cold and a skiff of snow blankets the ground. The man encourages them to stay on in the cabin until the snow melts for fear that the soldiers could track them in the snow. Food is provided for them. When the snow melts, the men start toward home at Willow Springs. Here Great Grandfather Elkins died. Some say he starved to death, but we know that he probably ate too much on an empty stomach. He was in a weakened condition from the long hard battles and his imprisonment. He is buried at Willow Springs. A highway runs right over the springs that Grandmother Elkins herself had set out the willows to protect her milk and butter. Grandpa had put a rail fence around it to keep the livestock out. Two graves are said to be beside the spring. One is probably Great Grandfather Elkins.

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