Joseph L. Akers

Joseph Akers came to Bowman Station, Ky as a pioneer in 1779 with Thomas Akers. Bowman Station was on the pioneer Road Between Crab Orchard and Harrodsburg on the Dicks (now Dix) River. Abram Bowman lived at Bowman Station. Bowman Station was established in 1779. The Akers family had come through the Cumberland Gap with about 30 strong men and their families, into Boonesboro, Ky.

Joseph was a private in the Revolutionary War. Both Thomas Akers and Joseph Akers, Sr, his father, are shown on pg. 11 of "Roster - Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana", Vol. II by Roscoe O'Byrne 1966. Further accounts he was a private in an expedition against the Indians under General George Rogers Clark 1782, received one pound, 6 shillings, 8 pence. On payroll of Capt. Gabriel Madison, Va. Militia Paid June 10, 1785 13 shillings, 4 pence. Proof Vol. *, page 15 LPD no 80 and 88, Virginia State Library DAR No 286596 and #378682.

Joseph moved to Indiana in 1818 and he was on the tax records for 1819 in Floyd Co., Ind. Original tax receipt in possession of Mrs. D. C. Hayes, Glasgow, Ky. Original receipt for making coffin of his death in 1843 is in the possession of N.S.D.A.R. attached to papers of D.G. Hayes of Glasgow, Ky.

In 1820 Census Joseph Akers household was listed in Greenville Twp., Floyd Co. Joseph Akers owned property in Floyd Co., Indiana in Township 1, Section 34 Range 5 East (Greenville) recorded April 9 1825, Southeast quarter - 160 acres.

Joseph Akers was buried in Heil Cemetery and then moved (or headstone moved) to Harrison County, IN on Losson Road. Marker reads: Joseph Akers - Va. Militia Rev. War - 1758 to 1843. In 1965, a white government marker was placed at the gravesite. -- per Robert Lee Bailey's book "The Descendants of Charles Henry Bailey & Eudora Belle Watkins and Their Ancestors", July 2004.

Photos of Heil Cemetery: http://www.geocities.com/sdf51/akerthom.html

More info and graphics: http://www.footnote.com/page/92385723_some_of_the_virginia_akers/

He was never buried at Heil Cemetery in Floyd's Knobs. His grave has always been here. The headstone was ordered in 1954 by a Dawn Condra (Find A Grave Memorial# 154280631), with proof as DAR Patriot record #378682. This taken from the headstone order. Dawn Condra was probably with the DAR, and ordered this and his father Thomas' headstones with no intention to install them at Heil Cemetery but listed it as the cemetery because the VA would not provide the headstones for a private plot. Previous comments online that the headstones, including that of his father Thomas and his wife Anna were installed at Heil and then taken to the family plot are not true. The headstones have always been in the family plot off Losson Road. People (in the past) assumed that they were installed at one time at Heil Cemetery because that's what was on the headstone order form. He has always been buried with his Father and Wife in this plot, and the headstones have always been here, Anna's since her death, and Joseph's and his father's since 1955. Previous to that, both graves were marked with simple field stones (see photos).

Joseph Akers and Anna Anderson:
Marriage: Bef. 1780, Kentucky or Virginia

Children of Joseph L. Akers and Anna Anderson are:

Mary Akers, born 1780 in Kentucky. Married Thomas Ashby 1799 in Shelby Co., Kentucky; born Bef. 1783. Marriage: 1799, Shelby Co., Kentucky

Abraham Akers, born 1780 in Kentucky, died 1826 in Floyd Co., Indiana. Married Polly Legg 26 October 1815 in Shelby Co., Kentucky

Sarah Akers, born Aft. 1780 in Kentucky.

Thomas Akers, born Aft. 1780 in Kentucky

Jemima Akers, born Aft. 1780 in Kentucky

Christina Akers, born Aft. 1780 in Kentucky

James Akers, born 21 June 1782 in Kentucky; died 01 February 1851 in Floyd Co., Indiana; married Sarah Mundell 11 November 1808 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.

Jehu Akers, born Aft. 1785 in Kentucky; married (1) Mary; married (2) Elizabeth Pumroy Bef. 1827 in Kentucky118; born in Nelson Co., Kentucky.

Drury Akers, born 11/17/1786 in Indiana; married Sarah Norman 27 April, 1810 in Shelby County, KY. Death: 1880 N Okaw, Coles, Illinois

Lovina Akers born 15 April 1804 Shelbyville, KY, died 14 August 1845 Granville, IL. Married Samuel Brown in LaSalle County, IL on 10 May, 1804.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 28 2022, 20:39:41 UTC

Cemetery Located at 4510 Losson Road, 47164 between Greenville and Martinsburg west of 335 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89203575/joseph-l-akers