Nathaniel Adkins

  General Notes:

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com by Steven A. Williamson:
Nathaniel is listed in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on a 1782 tax list.

Evidence contained in Pittsylvania County deeds shows that Nathaniel belonged to one of the Adkins families descended from William Adkins (Bef. 1695 - Aft. 1773). Nathaniel lived on Bareskin (Bearskin) Creek (near Chatham), next to the land of Thomas HODGES, Joseph STANLEY, George ROBINSON, and Simeon JUSTICE. Thomas Hodges and Joseph Standley were witnesses to the 1784 will of William Adkins. Richard Atkinson and Owen Atkinson (son of William) also owned property on Bearskin Creek. Owen's father William's will does not list any son Nathaniel, thus Nathaniel was probably Richard's son.

Sometime between 1792 and 1795, Nathaniel apparently moved to Montgomery County (if the identification is correct), but in 1797 he is back in Pittsylvania. By 1820, though, he was in eastern Kentucky, living next to Jesse Adkins (son of William Adkins Jr & Lydia Owen), Absalom Thacker and other Pittsylvania families, such as the Justices.

Nathaniel appears to have had two or three other children. He may have been the father of Nathaniel G. Adkins who married Martha Henry on February 5, 1811 in Pittyslvania County. That Nathaniel apparently died before 1818 in Green Co, KY, after which Martha remarried to Samuel Brooks. Secondary sources show Martha as a daughter of Francis Henry and Mary LaPrade.

Sources:
1) Pittsylvania Co, VA Deeds: pg. 283 Feb. 1774 Surveyed for Owen Adkins on 80 ac. of land on branches of Bearskin Cr. and bounded as follows Viz. Beg at Richard Adkinson's Corner White Oak in Owen Adkinson's line thence along Rich'd Atkinson's line to Thomas Hodges Corner White Oak.
2) 1782 Pittsylvania Co, VA tax list (pg 41): Atkinson, Nathl 06-00 (6 whites, 0 blacks).
3) 1789 Pittsylvania Co, VA Personal Property Tax list A, pg 02: Nathaniel Adkins, 1 white above 16 (other Adkins on same page: Richard (exempt from levy), John, Jesse, William, Henry)
4) PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA. DEEDS 1774-1778 Page 287. Nov 19, 1792 from George Robinson of P, to John Hubbard of P, for 50 pounds, a certain tract of land in P on Bareskin Cr containing about 50 acres with a mill thereon standing, and bounded by Thomas Hodges, Hoppers Spring, the Mill Pond, Nathaniel Atkinson. Signed - George Robinson. Wit - none. Frances, the wife of the said George, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Nov 19, 1792.
5) 1795 Montgomery Co, VA Personal Property Tax List (Hoge's District): Than ADKINS 0001 (no whites age 16-21; 1 horse)
6) Pittsylvania Co, VA Deeds: 2 Sep 1797 Issac Stanley sells his land, his part of his fathers estate, to Elizabeth Justice adjoins Nathaniel Adkins and Jesse Hodges. Witnesses: Nathaniel Adkins and Nathaniel Thacker. (the Elizabeth Justice ref'd to is Elizabeth nee Turley, widow of Simeon)
7) Pittsylvania Co, VA Deeds: 5 Sep 1797 Joseph Stanley [Jr] of Montgomery County, Va., sells his part of his father's estate to Nathaniel Thacker. Witnesses: Peter Thacker, Randel Thacker, Nathaniel Adkins and Elizabeth Justice.
8) 1800 Pittsylvania Co, VA Personal Property Tax list A (taken 23 April): Nathaniel Adkins 1 16+ white, 1 horse, 12 cents (near Jesse & Henry) - is this Nathaniel Sr or Jr?
9) The 1810 Census, Floyd Co, KY: no Nathaniel Adkins listed
10) The 1820 Census, Floyd Co, KY: Adkins, Nathaniel 010001 00001 00 0 (one white male 45+, one white male 10-16, and one white female 45+) - who is the young man born 1804-1810?; listed next to Absolom Thacker and Jesse Adkins
11) 1823 Pike County Tax List: Adkins, Nathaniel
12) Ronnie Adkins "Adkins, Land of York, Surrey County, England to Beech Fork, Wayne County, West Virginia" pp 4, 736 (doesn't list Nathaniel)
13) "Justice-Thacker, a Pictorial History", written and compiled by Paul W. Chaney and Glen E. Adkins (doesn't list Nathaniel's father)

Nathaniel married.