Richard Elkins, Ill

Richard Elkins (c 1720 - 1801)

• Son of Richard Elkins and Mary Gallop
• Husband of Elizabeth Buchanan

1793 - The 1793 Tax List B of Wythe County, Virginia shows his residence at Walkers and Wolf Creeks, Clear Fork of Wolf Creek. (Source: research of Carol Schulz)

Family Wife: ? Children:

1.  +James Elkin Sr.
2.  +Drury Elkins
3.  +Zachariah Elkins Sr.
4.  +Elijah Elkins
5.  +Richard Elkins Jr.
6.  +William Elkins

notes

In 1769, according to Morgan Edwards' 1772 account of Dan River Church, "James Roberts was going to Col. Gordon for a warrant ... against RICH. ELKINS. As Roberts and another were traveling for the warrant in the night, a strong glare shone about them insomuch that the horses squatted on the ground; [this] was succeeded by such thick darkness that they could not see anything. Roberts concluded it was a warning to him and thenceforth ceased to be an opposer [of the Baptists]." James Roberts later became a Baptist himself. In 1771, Edwards lists Richard Elkins as an assistant minister of Dan River Church, associated with its branch on New River, in Southwest Virginia. Thus, sometime between 1769 and 1771, Richard Elkins moved from Pittsylvania County to Southwest Virginia

Citations

• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~darburns/elkins/reports/immigrants.html
• http://timbarron.net/tree/d0011/I16086.html
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0181...
• http://dahnmonwhittfamily.com/genealogy/individual.php?pid=I10585&g...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169419228/richard-elkins