Jackson Adkins

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General Notes:

On the pension application Elizabeth notes that her husband, Jackson, served in Co. C, 5th Res(erves) (Vol 15, page 448, Muster rolls, VSLA) and died March 14, 1864 "at home on furlough from dropsy contracted in the Army." A Pittsylvania Co. record of deaths, 1850-1890 indicates death ca. 1862. Another Pittsylvania Co. record of deaths lists March 14, 1865 at 58 years of age, which is also on his tombstone.

(Dropsy is an old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water ... edema/swelling due to kidney failure or congestive heart failure)

Jackson Adkins was most probably named Andrew Jackson Adkins.

The 1850 Federal Census for the Northern District, Pittsylvania Co., VA, page 232B records Jackson Adkins (31) with wife Elizabeth (25) and children Elizabeth (12), Green (10), Polly (8), Lewis (5), and Isabel (2). Next door is his cousin Agnes [Adkins] Gibson and her husband Henry and their children.

The 1860 Federal Census for Museville, Pittsylvania Co., Va. page 189 records Jackson Adkins (45) with wife Elizabeth (38) and children Elizabeth (17), Green B. (17), Polly W. (15), Lewis (13), Isabella (12), Sabina (10), Enox (10), Agnus (8), John (6), Lucy (6), and Henry A. (1). Nearby is Jackson's father, Owen Adkins Sr. as well as his uncle and father-in-law, Henry Adkins Sr.

Jackson and Elizabeth had a daughter Elizabeth who married Spencer Adkins, son of Jackson's brother Mastin Adkins, after the war.

Jackson married Elizabeth Adkins, daughter of Henry Adkins and Elisabeth Rossett, on 29 Jul 1839 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. (Elizabeth Adkins was born in Jun 1823 in Museville, Pittsylvania Co, VA and died about 1903 in Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA..)

 Marriage Notes:

Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 <http://www.ancestry.com> records:

JACKSON ADKINS married to ELIZABETH ADKINS on 29 Jul 1839 in Pittsylvania Co., VA

Sources

1 Census

Census

Pittsylvania Co., Va

1850

Microfilm

Roanoke City Library

July 14, 1999.

2 Desmond Kendrick Archivist, Henry County, Virginia 276-632-1101 (email communication in Nov. 2004).

3 Book

Death Records

1850-1890

Pittsylvania Co., Va

July 14, 1999

Roanoke City Library.

Spouses/Children:

Elizabeth Adkins

Elizabeth F. Adkins+

Green Berry (Nicholas) Adkins+

Polly W. Adkins

Lewis G. Adkins+

Isabella Adkins

Salina E. Adkins+

Enoch Adkins+

Agnus F. Adkins

John Adkins

Lucy M. Adkins

Henry A. Adkins

Nancy (Nannie) B. Adkins+