Henry Gilmer Adkins

Notes:

!DEATH:Rigg Website, Rigg Website

Henry married Zilpha Jane Collins Abt 1854. Zilpha was born 4 Jan 1833, Nashville, Tennessee; died 17 Sep 1904, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri; was buried , Adkins Cemetery Henry County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

1. Missouri Ann Adkins was born 27 Jan 1854, Warrenton, Missouri; died 2 May 1918, Kansas City, Missouri ; was buried , Mount Washington Cemetery Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
2. John T Adkins was born 22 May 1855, Henry County, Missouri; died Dec 1925, Henry County, Missouri; was buried , Bear Creek Cemetery La Due, Henry County, Missouri.
3. Henrietta Josephine Adkins was born 22 Nov 1858, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri; died 11 Apr 1918, Montrose, Henry County, Missouri; was buried , Montrose Cemetery Montrose, Henry County, Missouri.
4. Zilpha Herodias 'Rhoda' Adkins was born 25 Dec 1868, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri; died 6 Jun 1910, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri; was buried , Adkins Cemetery Henry County, Missouri.
5. William Adkins was born 31 Jul 1869, Missouri; died 31 Oct 1871.
6. Living

Notes:

Herodias and John Ward moved to Missouri; See letter from
Sarah "Sally" Philpott Reynolds dated 3/25/1831 to her
daughter Herodias in Missouri.
*************
Julie Trout
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwtrout&id=I248

They had moved to Taylor, ?Warren Co.,? MO by March 1831, possibly very recently because her mother asks for a quick reply to her letter and wants to know "whether you are pleased with the country." Three names are listed at the bottom of a letter written by Hery's mother in 1831. (The names are written in different ink and a different hand.) The names are: E lesethabeth (sic) Virginia Adkins, Herodias Adkins, and Henry Adkins. Since John W. Adkins is Hery's husband, my guess is that John was listing his wife and children's birthdates. Therefore, Henry Adkins was born the 13th of December (no year given).

In this same letter from Sarah Reynolds to John and Herodias, Sarah mentions that "Joseph Atkins his wife and the whole family have lately returned again to the neighborhood." I don't know if this Joseph is a brother, father, or other close relative to John, but he probably is related in some way or Sarah wouldn't have mentioned it.
[Joseph Adkins is John Ward Adkins' eldest brother-Mary Frances Eggleston]

John Ward Adkins and Herodias Reynolds were married on November 10, 1828 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Even though it has been stated that Henry Gilmore was born in Virginia in 1833, that has been proven false because Sarah Reynolds wrote a letter to Herodias telling her of her fathers death in March 1831 and sent to Taylor PO in Warren Co., Mo. John?s first known land purchase in Warren Co. is in Sept. 1832. All children appear to have been born in Warren Co., Missouri.
JOHN ADKINS MILITARY SERVICE: ML LAND WARRANT NO. 32428 FOR LAND IN WARREN CO., MO.
In my records from 30 years ago (now 2012) I have a note that on July 15, 1849 John Ward Adkiins received land in Warren County Missouri under "M.L. Warrant No. 32528", this land was received in Warren County and he was the only John Adkins there to my knowledge. In the 1950's a Reverend Herbert Zeiler came to be the pastor of the little Brethern Church in Fairview Township of Henry Co., Mo. He was immensely interested in genealogy and he had all the members working on their genealogy. I still have some of the papers from the time he was here and gained a good deal of information from them. I was only about ten years old when the Rev. served the church, but I still remember him. On the John Ward Adkins and Herodias Philpot paper written by either Rev. Zeiler or one of the family, it is written that John fought in the MEXICAN WAR OF 1846 & 1847.
The following is also written on this paper:
"John Ward Adkins of Virginia and his wife Herodius (Philpot) Adkins migrated to Missouri in the early 1830's and settled at Warrenton in Warren County. John fought in the Mexican War of 1846 & 1847. Later in the 1850's the family moved to Henry County, Missouri when Sarah Ann was 8 months old and settled on the farm that was located one mile east and one mile south of LaDue (Henry Co.) Mo. where they built a frame house. The Philpot family was prominent in Virginia History throughout the Colonial days and down through the Revolutionary War, to the forming of the United States government. John and Herodius had five children all born in Warren Co., Mo. On October 10, 1870 (John would have been about 62) there was a dispute that had been going on for months over some hogs and road right-of-way between John W. Adkins and a Mills and a Bysor. They had their guns and fired and Mills was killed instantly. The situation got hot but no one was arrested. The authorities couldn't find out if Bysor or Adkins shot Mills but Adkins left the country and sent from Arkansas a deed to the widow Mrs. Mills for 40 acres of land in Henry County.

John married Herodias Philpott Reynolds 10 Nov 1828, Henry County, Virginia. Herodias (daughter of John Devin Reynolds and Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott) was born 6 Nov 1808, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 17 Oct 1877, Henry County, Missouri; was buried , Adkins Cemetery, Henry County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Herodias was named by her mother, Sarah Philpott, for her
sister, Herodias "Holly" Philpott. Herodias is called
"Hery" by her mother in a letter dated 25 Mar 1831
notifying her of her father's death.

!BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

!DEATH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Notes:

!NAME:Eileen Adkins, Adkins, Eileen, email dated Jan. 18,
2011

Henry married Elizabeth [L5FR-GS3] Rossett 7 Oct 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born 1783, Virginia; died 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Henry Adkins (1782-1867 )and Elizabeth Rossett(1785-1875)daughter of Sam DeRossett and a woman from the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians name not recorded from Catahoula, Louisiana...Henry and Elizabeth are my great grandparents x4 Henry is the son of William III and brother of Owen .

Notes:

Married:
Elizabeth Rossett is the daughter of Sam Rossett; surety
for marriage, William Reynolds
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy


Children of HENRY ADKINS and ELIZABETH ROSSETT are:
...i....JOSEPH ADKINS, m. BATHINA MARTIN, January 18, 1830.
184....ii....NANCY ADKINS, b. Abt. 1801.
...iii....AGNES ADKINS, b. Abt. 1804; m. HENRY GIBSON,
August 26, 1833.
185....iv....WYATT ADKINS, b. Abt. 1804, Pittsylvania Co.,
Virginia; d. 1869, Grant County, Indiana.
186....v....ANDERSON ADKINS, b. August 05, 1806,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. March 01, 1876,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
187....vi....JOHN WARD ADKINS, b. Abt. 1811; d. Warren
County, Missouri?.
188....vii....CALEB ADKINS, b. Abt. 1820, Pittsylvania
County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1893.
189....viii....ELIZABETH M. ADKINS, b. June 1823,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1903, Pittsylvania
County, Virginia.
...ix....HENRY ADKINS, b. Abt. 1825; m. NANCY BLAND NAPIER,
November 22, 1850; b. Abt. 1833, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia. In 25 October 1850 census for Northern District,
Pittsylvania Co. VA, next door to Henry and Elizabeth
Adkins, are Henry Adkins Jr., age 25, laborer, and wife
Nancy, 17.
190....x....JACKSON ADKINS, b. Abt. 1819.


!MARRIAGE:Eileen Adkins, Adkins, Eileen, email dated Jan.
18, 2011

Notes:

DAR Patriot Index Lookup
PHILPOT, CHARLES THOMAS; A090845
Child/Child : SARAH PHILPOTT m. JOHN DEVIN REYNOLDS
Service: MARYLAND Rank: SERGEANT
Birth: 11-20-1753 CHARLES CO MARYLAND
Death: 2-29-1836 HENRY CO VIRGINIA
Pension Number: *S5924
Service Source: *S5924
Service Description:
1) CAPTS ENEAS CAMPBELL,MONTJOY BAILY
2) COL JOHN GUNBY
Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805
DOD apparently listed in chancery suit

['Modern' headstone replaced by Mrs. Ruth Marlowe, (Ruth Mae
Reynolds) granddaughter, along with a marker for Allen
Gilmer Reynolds and wife Martha Ann Jackson.-mfe]

Sarah Ann Philpott
Buried: Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., Va.
Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston
Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh


John Devin Reynolds is the 2nd son of Joseph M. Reynolds and his wife, Margaret Devin. Named for his Uncle John, and his Mother's Maiden name [Devin], he was born in 1783. He died 18 Mar 1831. His death was not an easy one. He writhed in agony from what we know today, as kidney stones, and after 9 days, finally succumbed to his exhaustion. His wife, described his agony and mortification in a letter to her daughter, Herodias in Missouri.

Because John's father, Joseph M. Reynolds had two wives, he enjoyed the company of 17 siblings. Eldest brother, Hugh is beginning his family in the same year his father produces his final heir.

Absolute documented proof, and multiple dna matches, confirm the father of Joseph M. Reynolds, and grandfather of John Devin Reynolds, is Hugh Reynolds of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Pittsylvania County Virginia.

John married Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott 19 Jul 1808, Henry County, Virginia . Sarah (daughter of Charles Thomas Philpott and Elizabeth Garrett) was born 1 Oct 1784, Frederick County, Maryland; died Abt 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia C.S.A.; was buried , Worlds Cemetery Callands, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Ann Philpott is buried with her husband John Devin
Reynolds in the Reynolds/Adkins Cemetery in Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia


Name:
Sally Philpott is the sister of Cassandra Philpott who is a dna match on GEDMATCH to Mary Frances Reynolds.

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Notes:

http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/AdkinsFamily.html

WILLIAM ADKINS (WILLIAM, WILLIAM V., JOHN THOMAS, JOHN THOMAS, THOMAS, HENRY) was born September 21, 1760 in Henrico County, Virginia?, and died October 22, 1848 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia. He married MARY ANN HARTMAN Abt. 1780 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1765.

Notes for WILLIAM ADKINS:
Will of William Adkins
Wills, Inventories & Accts. vol. 1-A p. 142 ... Dated April 8, 1847 probated Oct. 28, 1848 ?I, William Adkins of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia being of sound mind and in good halth make my last will and Testament in manner and form as follows--
...I give to my son Henry Adkins and his heirs forever the following land to wit, beginning in my line adjoining where he now lives at the fence and around the land he is now in possession of it being a part of my track and thence following the fence around to a pair of draw rails thence up the path to the ridgepath leading from my house to Capt. Hopkinses Dec'd,then down a hollow to a branch in an old field and down the branch to the Creek thence up the same to the Spring that said Henry formerly used continuing up said branch to my back line and along the same to the beginning.
... 2ly I give to my son Owen Adkins and his heirs forever the following land, to wit; beginning at the same place where Henry's new line is to begin thence along between my son Henry and myself to the road leading from my house to the Lynchburg road, thence down said road to a corner in my old line near a field now used by my daughter Sally Gibson, thence to the fence of the said field and along said fence in to an old field not inclosed until it corner oposite an old fence row leading from some pines near the path and so on down said fence row to the head of a hollow and down the same to the creek and up the creek to the land herein before given to my son Henry and along his line to the beginning.
... 3ly, I give to my daughter Sally Gibson and her heirs forever the following land to wit, beginning at the fence around the feald in which she now lived where my son Owen's new line leaves the said fence and thence along the fence to a line between her and my son William and thence along the lain and through the lower side of an old feald crossing the ridge road to trees I have choped as a line to Peek's old field and through the old field by two marked trees on a ridge and so on to two marked trees below the aple orchard on the branch thence up the same and along my back line to the line hereinbefore directed to bound the land given to my son Owen and along that line to the beginning.
... 4ly I give to my son William Adkins and his heirs forever the land whereon he now lives it being all the remaining part of my land on that side of the creek not herein given to others.
... 5ly It is my will and desire that Coleman Renands shall
have and enjoy the land and other property hereinafter mentioned for and during his life and at his death to his lawfully begotten children if he leave any and in case he does not, then to my children herein before mentioned and there heirs forever to wit, I give under the limitations as aforesaid to said Coleman Renands who I hereby recognise as my son and henceforth desire that he shall be called Coleman Adkins the following land, to wit, beginning on the creek between John T. Muse and myself at the mouth of a branch thence along the North side of a crop fence runing near a spring formerly used by Sally Reynolds and so onto the woods and thence along a new chopped line to a branch above William Adkins'; spring and thence up said branch to a new chopped line and along said line to the ridge road and thence along said road and my back line to the land herein before given to my son Henry and thence down his line to the creek and thence down the said creek to the beginning.
... 6ly It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter appointed sell upon a credit of one and two years all the residue of my land lying on the West side of Turkey Cock creek and also upon a reasonable credit sell all the perishable part of my estate.
... 7ly I give to Suky Smith one hundred dollars and I give
to Betsy Carter one hundred dollars and I give to Sally Gipson Thirty dollars.
... 8ly I give to my son Coleman Adkins upon the terms
limitations and conditions contained and provided for in
the fifth clause of the will the following property to wit;
one Negro girl named Siza and her future increase and one
horse bridle and saddle worth sixty dollars. I also give
him fifty dollars worth of cows and hoggs and six head of
sheep, I also give him one hilling hoe, one plow, and pare
of gear one pole axe and if he continues to live with me
till my death I give him fifteen barrels of corn and four
Hundred weight of Pork.
... 9ly I give to my following children to be equally
divided between them and there heirs forever all the
residue of my estate of every sort and kine, to wit; I give
one sixth part to my daughter Suky Smith, one sixth to
Betsy Carter, one sixth part to Sally Gipson, one sixth
part to my son Henry Adkins, one sixth part to William
Adkins, and the other sixth part to Owen Adkins, and lastly
I do hereby constitute and appoint my friend Vincint
Witcher Executor to this my last will and Testament hereby
revoking all other or former wills by me made writen on two
sheets and subscribed on the sixth page ;this eighth day of
April in the year of our Lord 1847.
William Adkins seal
... Witnesses
...A.H. Moorman
...W.A. Dickinson
...H.S. Muse
At a Circuit superior court of law and chanery continued
and held for Pittsylvania county the 28th day of October
1848 this last will and Testament of William Adkins dec'd
was presented in court and proven by the oaths of A.H.
Moorman and H.S. Muse two subscribing witnesses and ordered
to be recorded and on the motion of Vincent Witcher the
Executor in said will named who made oath and with A.H.
Moorman & H.S. Muse his securities entered into and
acknowledged a bond in the penalty of ten thousand dollars
conditioned according to Law certificate was granted him
for obtaining probat of said will in due form.
Teste
... Wm. H. Tunstall Clk.

Estate Settlement of William Adkins dec'dd (1848)
Accounts Current vol. 18 pp. 160-162
Date of confirmation October 20, 1851
Accounts of Executor and Legatees
1. To Susan Smith one of the legatees of William Adkins
dec'dd
November 27, 1849 paid in terms of will $100.00
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund $230.00
1851 to balance due Susan Smith 2.63 ½
TOTAL: 332.63 ½
2. To Nathan Carter in right of his wife Elizabeth Carter
Nov. 27, 1849 paid in terms of will 100.00
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 250.00
TOTAL paid by confirmation: 350.00
3. Sarah Gibson
Nov. 27, 1849 paid in terms of will 30.00
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 219.22
1851 balance due Sarah Gibson 13.41 ½
TOTAL: 262.63 ½
4. Henry Adkins
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 232.19
1851 balance due 2.63 ½
TOTAL: 232.63 ½
5. William Adkins
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 232.19
1851 balance due .44 ½
TOTAL: 232.63 ½
6. Owen Adkins
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 230.00
1851 balance due 2.63 ½
TOTAL: 232.63 ½
_____________________________________
His grave is among several other "sunken" graves marked
with initialed fieldstones located in a wooded area on the
property of Oscar Berger outside of Chatham, Virginia. Take
Rt. 626 to Cooper's old store. Turn left on Rt. 649.
Cemetary on back of farm now (1984) owned by Oscar Burger.
Tombstone inscription:
Wm Adkins
Birth Sept. the 21st 1760
DC Oct. the 22nd 1848

See ADKINS BOOK
Adkins Land of York to Beech Fork
AUTHOR: Ronnie Adkins
PUBLICATION: 3540 South Georgetown Drive Montgomery, AL
36109-2232;(334)-272-3813;
radkins@civic-center.ci.montgomery.al.us

OLD SURVEY BOOK NO. 1 page 7 PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
William Atkinson 200 A on both sides Pig River Surv'd Mar.
31 1747 at a gum on the Lower side of Pig River and
thenceN10E90p. to a red Oak N65W137p to a Beech on a branch
S10W204p. crossing a branch to a red oak S10E110p. to a red
oak on Pig River and thence down the same & across it to
the beging.
William Atkinson 150A on both sides Pig River Surv'dd
31Mar. 1747 beginning at a red oak on the upper side s'd
river thenceN81W48p. crossing s'd River to a maple on
Harping Creek S89W184p. crossing s'd Harping Creek & the
River to a white Oak N8W96p. crossing a Branch to a pine
N60E70p. to a red oak E98p to a red oak S64E70p. to a pine
S10E103p to the begin.

From Williams, Kathleen. Marriages of Pittsylvania County,
Virginia; 1806-1830. 1980
4. 18 August 1806. George Smith and Lucky Adkins. ( Sucky?
OrSuk?
Sur. William Adkins. p. 145 (p. 42 in marr. register)
5*. 15 July 1809 Owen Adkins and Isabel Harris, dau. of
John Harris who consents.
Sur. James Hines.
p. 3 (p. 46 of marr. reg.)
6. 21 May 1810. Charles Gibson and Sarah Atkinson, dau. of
William Atkinson. Sur. Nathaniel Carter. Thomas Geo. Gibson
consents. Married by the Rev. Joseph Hatchett.
p. 62 ( p. 48 of marr. register)

* Owen's first marriage. Second as follows:
19 September 1825. Owen Atkinson(Adkins) and Fanny Campbell.
Sur. Jacob Zink. p.6(p. 82 of original register)

Children of WILLIAM ADKINS and MARY HARTMAN are:
...i....RHODA ADKINS, m. JESSE POLK, January 29, 1799.
70....ii....HENRY ADKINS, b. Abt. 1782, Pittsylvania
County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1867, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia.
71....iii....OWEN SANFORD ADKINS, b. November 1786,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. May 15, 1885,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
72....iv....ELIZABETH ADKINS, b. Abt. 1788.
73....v....SUSAN ADKINS, b. Abt. 1790.
...vi....SARAH ADKINS, b. Abt. 1792; m. CHARLES GIBSON, May
21, 1810.
74....vii....WILLIAM S. ADKINS, b. Abt. 1795, Virginia?.
75....viii....ANNA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1797; d. February 09,
1862.

!NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

William married Mary Anne 'Polly' Hartman Abt 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Mary was born Abt 1765; died Bef 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Slaves of Joseph Reynolds are named as follows: Eliza Seamore; Charles Seamore, David B., Richard and Rob.

Diary of Rev John Cuthbertson 1751-1791 records Marriage of Hew Reynolds and Mary ? at Wm. Nieley's and later the Baptism of Joseph son to Hew Reynolds.



Oaths of Allegiance 1777 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
NOTE: Hugh Reynolds and his son Joseph are found on this 1777 list. Hugh's son William, is not, The record for William Reynolds is found in Virginia Court Records, page 125, also dated 1777. Joseph's Baptism of 15 Aug 1759 gives us his age. William is shown on court records in 1788 when he inherits the land of his grandfather, William Neeley. Both Joseph and William are Qualified as Executors (Book 6/170 Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Court Records 1787-91)
Another record dated 22 Mar 1796 for William Reynolds and Charles Lewis must be our William, as the other William Reynolds of Culpepper has died in 1791. No connecton has been documented for William of Culpepper having any connection to the Hugh Reynolds family. -Mary Frances Reynolds

Name:
Capt. Hankins List ~ Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA SECTION IV page 592-593 Lived along Tomahawk Creek.

Joseph married Margaret "Peggy" Devin 21 Aug 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of William Devin, Sr. and Sarah Smith) was born Abt 1759, Prob Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Abt 1798, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

YOB from FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley
YOB & POB from Ancestral File

!MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

Is listed as deceased in her Father's Will dated
25.Nov.1800.

++++++++++++++
YOM from Notes of Nancy Reynolds, aunt of Sandra June Reynolds

Notes:

Married:
21 Aug 1780 Marriage Bond - Margaret Devin and Joseph Reynolds surety Edward Hodges. (Devin file at Piedmont Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07 May 1985)

Charles married Elizabeth Garrett 14 Feb 1780, Frederick County, Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of John Philpott Garrett and Elizabeth Hackney) was born 1753, Charles County, Colonial Maryland; died 1793, Henry County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elizabeth Garrett was married to Mr. Jeremiah Mocoboy [Mockbee] before she married Charles Thomas Philpott. She is the daughter of John Garrett.




Elizabeth Garrott, dau of John Garrott who died in 1775/1776 first married Jeremiah Mockoboy (aka Mockbee). He was the son of Brock Mockbee & Rachel Gore, according to your notes. Elizabeth must have married him in 1776 or 1777 and he died during the same time period. Couldn't have lived long after their marriage which makes sense because she didn't have any children by him. Jeremiah was living in Frederick County in 1775/1776 when he was listed as a member of the Associators at Frederick County, Maryland (along with John Garrott and Thomas Odell and Charles Thomas Philpott). By the way, I once told you that John Garrott Sr. was a member of the Associators. I can't prove it but I think it was actually John Garrott Jr. The name on the list did not have Sr. or Jr. which, as you know, usually indicates that there was only one living. JG Sr. probably died the end of 1775. I think the list was made in 1776 and covered a time period that included both 1775 and 1776, though I'm not certain of it.