Born in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Kirkman Jr.
and Eliza Jane (Osborne) Kirkman
Sister of
Evelina (Kirkman) Shelton, Delphina (Kirkman) Shelton, Louisa Jane Kirkman, Andrew Virgil Kirkman, Naomi (Kirkman) Shelton, Nancy C Kirkman, Cicero Kirkman and Sara Elizabeth Kirkman
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 73
in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Nov 2014
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Biography
Rachel was born in 1844. She was the daughter of William Kirkman and Eliza Osborne. [1]
She married James Adkins and in 1880 was living with her husband and children at Westfield Surry, NC. [2]
She passed away in 1917 at the age of 71. [3] [4]
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Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6C-L4W : 12 December 2017), Rachel Kirkman in entry for Wm Kirkman, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXR-Q3W : 11 September 2017), Rachal Adkins in household of James Adkins, Westfield, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 177, sheet 122C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0983; FHL microfilm 1,254,983.
- ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F36R-8ZB : 17 July 2017), Rachel Adkins, 20 Feb 1917; citing Surry, North Carolina, reference p 397, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,161.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #61505708
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~3.12%
Thomas Shelton
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