Shiela, Glenn Hill, Roberta and Gina,
In the stapled paper Carroll County Roots pamphlets, vol 3 and vol 2, it lists the three oldest Adkins descendants known to come and settle early Caroll County and their 3 individual descendant families. They are listed as;
1) Joseph born 1776
2) William born 1777
3) George born 1788
It seems a safe and logical assumption that these 3 are brothers, or a combination of brothers and/or cousins, or all cousins at minimum. It is noteworthy that no where in the descendants listed for these three Adkins men does the name Roland appear.
In 1911 histiry book Vol 1., page 102, chapter “Combs Township”, it states; … William Hill located on Section 4 in 1835,… in Section 19, George Adkins in 1838.
The first death was Robert Gentry in 1835 who was buried in Adkins graveyard in Wakenda Township.
Monday July 9, 2012 – Exciting NEW INFORMATION FOUND at Geneaolgy Center in Independence, Mo. : In a book published by Nadine Hodges and John Vineyard in 1968 called “Missouri Pioneers County and Genealogy Records”, it shows list of land patents and tax rolls from the Assessors Office of Ray and Boone County.
In the Ray County Assessors List for 1821, it lists William Adkins as married and a land or perosnal property owner, another William Adkins stating he is unmarried, A Wiatt Adkins as married and a land or property owner, and a second Wiatt Adkins Jr. as a single person. The original document this list came from did not have a year on it, but it did have the Assessors name which was Zadoc Martin, which we know was Assessor from April 1821 to Jan 1822. So this is irrefutable evidence there were at least 4 Adkins in Ray County in 1821 (Ray County at this time included an area that includes today about 8 counties, strecthing 2 counties to the west and a north south line of one county to the east).
This book also lists that in 1825 there was a Roland Adkins (twnshp 48 North), and in 1826 there was a Robert Adkins residing in Boone County (twnsp, 48 North), and a Robert Adkins as owning a land patent in 1824 in Boone County (Platt 3 TWSP 49) as well. (probably the same Robt.) This seems to be new evidence, at least to me, that there were a considerable Adkins presence in Missouri as early as 1824, less than 3 years after statehood. COULD THESE BE THE OLDER BROTHERS (or Cousins, or even Uncles) OF OUR John, William and George listed in Carroll County history books?
In the hard cover leather bound Carroll County history books it mentions a Roland Adkins as having a mill in Eastern Carroll County during the Mormon Wars, and he supplied the militia with meal everyday durung the seige at De Witt. It mentions he is an old man but strong in spirit and commitment to the miltia and people of the community. Could this be the Roland of 1824 and 25 in Boone County????… What say you Glenn Hill?
What do you guys think. Please feel free to offer any observations.
Cousin Stan