Jesse Adkins

  General Notes:

The 1830 Federal Census for Pike Co., Kentucky records in page 365 the following heads of household:
Jesse Adkins, Sr. (70-80), 1 female (50-60), 1 female (10-15), 2 females (5-10).
Winright Adkins (50-60), 1 male (20-30), 1 female (50-60), 1 female (20-30), 1 female (15-20)
Henry Adkins (30-40), 2 males (5-10), 2 males (<5), 1 female (20-30)
Winston Adkins (20-30), 1 female (20-30), 1 female (<5)
William Adkins, Sr. (40-50), 1 male (10-15), 2 males (5-10), 1 male (<5), 1 female (30-40), 2 females (15-20), 2 females (10-15), 1 female (5-10), 2 females (<5)
Elisha Adkins (15-20), 1 female (15-20), 1 female (10-15)
Milton Adkins (20-30), 1 female (15-20)
Spencer Adkins (40-50), 1 male (5-10), 1 male (10-15), 1 male (15-20), 1 male (20-30), 1 female (30-40), 2 females (<5), 2 females (5-10)
It is feasible that Jesse has sons Winright, William, and Spencer.

There is a Jesse Adkins listed in the 1840 Pike Co. census but he is 30-40 years of age. He is living next door to Winright Adkins (60-70) and is most probably Winwright's son, and Jesse's grandson.

By 1850 the census records Winright (75 - VA) and Sarah [Mullins] (70 - NC) Adkins in Pike Co., Kentucky. On the same page (page 443) is Jesse Adkins (55 - VA) with his wife Elizabeth Adkins (27 - KY) and son Hiram Adkins (9/12 - KY); also Henry Adkins (51 - VA) with his wife Elizabeth Adkins (48 - VA) and apparent children Winston Adkins (21 - KY), Owen Adkins (18 - KY), Henry Adkins (15 - KY), Judy Adkins (12 - KY), Jesse Adkins (9 - KY), and Reuban Adkins (4 - KY).
The previous and next pages of the census record list additional Adkins families including Winwright Adkins (25 - KY) with his wife Sarah Adkins (24 - KY) and their children Clavinda (5 - KY), Henry (3 - KY), and Elizabeth (1 - KY), and one can conclude through the given names (Owen, William, Henry, Jesse) and states of birth that this is the Adkins clan of Pittsylvania Co., VA and that they came to Kentucky about 1820.

  Research Notes:

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com by Steven A. Williamson:
Jesse signed an Oath of Allegiance in Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1777.

He appears to have remained in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on the land willed to him by his father. By 1810, though, he had moved to Floyd County, Kentucky, and lived in that part of the county that fell into Pike in 1823. He appears on a number of land transactions in Floyd between himself and Moses, Elijah, Spencer Adkins, as well as William Taylor and John Graham.

Late in life, Jesse married Anna Morgan. In Floyd County Deed Book A, we find: "3, April 1818: Articles of Agreement between Alexander Lackey, administrator of David Morgan, decd. and William J. Mayo, Guardian of the heirs of William Morgan, Decd. WITNESS: Alexander Lackey oblidges himself to maintain and to support Anna Adkins, late Anna Morgan, during her life time. To pay all costs incured by Morgan's heirs against Jesse Adkins and all expense in getting the negroes out of the possion of said Adkins. William J. Mayo oblidges himself to give said Alexander Lackey all that part of the personal estate which is coming to the heirs of William Morgan, decd. out of the estate of David Morgan, decd., which said Ann Adkins was entitled as her dower right before she married said Jesse Adkins."

Sources:
1) Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA: William Witcher's List: Jesse Atkenson, Moses Atkenson, Morris Atkinson, Henry Atkinson
2) 1782 Pittsylvania Co, VA heads of household: Atkinson, Jesse 3 white, 0 black
3) 1783, 1784, 1785 heads of households, Pittsylvania Co, VA
4) A List of the changes of Property of the Land in Pittsylvania for the year 1784: Joseph Atkins 100 ac. to Benj Dunkin, Jesse Atkins 30 ac. to Luther Hopper; Rodger Atklinson 2591 ac. Over charged
5) 1787 Pittsylvania Co, VA tax list: Jesse ATKERSON Self; 1 Black under 16; 2 Horses; 1 Cattle. List published Feb 11, 1788.
6) 1789 Pittsylvania Co, VA tax list: Adkins, Jesse 1 16+ white male, 1 horse (note also Nathaniel and William Adkins)
7) 1790 Pittsylvania Co, VA heads of households: 6 whites
8) 1800 Pittsylvania Co, VA Personal Property Tax list A (April 23): Jesse Adkins 1 16+ white, 1 horse, 12 cents (note also Nathaniel)
9) The 1810 Census, Floyd Co, KY: Adkins, Jesse 2 white males 16-26, 1 white male 45+ (b. bef 1765) (no females listed in household)
10) 1810 Floyd Co, KY tax list: Adkins, Jesse
11) The 1820 Census, Floyd Co, KY: Adkins, Jesse 000001 00000 0100 0000 0010 (listed next to Adkins, Nathaniel) - note 1 female slave age 26-45 - see Morgan case
12) 1823 Pike Co, KY tax list: Adkins, Jesse
13) The 1830 Census, Pike Co, KY: Jesse Adkins, Sr. Males: 0000000001000 Females: 0210000100000 Family Total 5 (Jesse born 1750-1760)
14) Charles C. Wells, "Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky 1800-1826" (Baltimore, 1983): pp 9, 16, 17, 38, 43, 45, 120, 297
15) James Alan Williams, "Circuit Court Records 1808-1824, Floyd County, Kentucky" pp 208, 216, 252, 253, 524-529 [case of Morgan's heirs vs. Adkins's (mentions sons John & Spencer; negro slaves Juno, Hampton, Sylvia, Edmond, Sally, Nancy, Adam)]