Jemima Lucas

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Jemima Adkins Lucas is not the daughter of the wife of William Adkins, Jr.. She is the daughter of William Adkins, Jr. and one of his African slaves, "MILLEY"who had Jemima at age 15 and died in childbirth. She is listed as a slave below and is not listed in his will with his "white" children! My DNA also supports this at about 5% African-American. --Keevin Biggs

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I have seen Jemima Lucas listed as the daughter of William Adkins Jr. and "Adkins Slave" (1755-1770). The birth year given for Jemima is 1770 which is also the year given for the death of this 15 year old person listed as her mother.

Here is a link to the ancestry family tree with this

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/118042925/family?cfpid=35...

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• --1794 Mar 30 AC 1:160 William ATKINS Inventory. Inventory of estate of William ATKINS decd. [Inventory listed] Negroes: wench called Cady, wench Hanner, gir Milley, girl Jenney. Noten DICKINSON, Luther HOPPER, Thos. HODGES. Recoded 19 Apr 1784. Total: £189.16.3. Lucille C. Payne, Pittsylvania County Virginia Inventories & Accounts Current, 1770-1797, (Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1995), pp. 44.
• Mima Adkins in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Mima Adkins Gender: Female Marriage Date: 8 Dec 1789 Marriage Place: Montgomery County, Virginia Father: William Adkins Spouse: Manuel Lucas FHL Film Number: 32633 Reference ID: P 32 Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Ancestry.com

Sussex County Will Book F 1796-1806 LVA Reel #15 p. 31 – Lucy Adkins – of Sussex – leaves negro slaves David and black Hannah to her brother William Harrison – whereas there is a suit in the high court of Chancery at present depending between myself and Thomas Adkins of the County of Sussex respecting the right and title of certain Negro slaves namely Anaka and Fanny and their increase. Now in case the said suit shall terminate in my favor and the right and title to the said Negro slaves be fixed and vested in me I give and bequeath to my brother William Harrison the said Negro slaves Annaka and Fanny to him and his heirs forever and as to the increase or children the said Annaka and Fanny now have I lend them all to my brother William Harrison in the following conditions, vizt. All of them that may be twenty years of age or upwards at the time of my decease I lend to him for the term of five years from and after my decease and at the expiration of the said term of five years I leave them and their increase to be emancipated forever and those of the said children of Annaka and Fanny that may be under the age of twenty years at the time of my decease I lend to my said brother till they each arrive to the age of twenty five years and as they arrive to the age of twenty five years I leave them to be emancipated forever, all which said Negroes I lend to him and his heirs on the before mentioned terms. I lend to my brother William Harrison the following Negro slaves, namely Sarah, Frank, Milley, Mike, Joe, Pat, Beck, Jenny, Fanny, Patience, Jemima, George, Washington, and Burrell, all of them that may be twenty years of age or upwards at the time of my decease for the term of five years from and after my decease and at the expiration of the said term of five years I leave them and their increase to be emancipated forever and those of the said negro slaves that may be under the age of twenty years at the time of my decease I lend to my said brother till they arrive to the age of twenty five years and then they and their increase to be emancipated forever, all which said Negro slaves I lend to my said brother and his heirs on the above mentioned terms. – 26 Sept 1795 – rec. 6 July 1797. – inventory p. 50 lists 40 slaves.