Thanks Sheila, any I hope you have great success in that effort. You’re so persistant and relentless the odds have to be in your favor! Sorry for being a little long winded in my post.
I should correct a typo or inaccuracy on my part. The three elder Adkins were John, William and Joseph, not George as I believe I stated. I have just found 2 William Adkins living in Ray County (now Carroll) in 1821 land patent records.
There is also a Wiatt Adkins and a Wiatt Jr. listed. Roland and Robert are in Boone County in 1824, 25, and 1826 also. This information is in a book published in 1968 called, Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogy Records. I found it in the local library genealogy center here in Independence yesterday.
Regards,
Cousin Stan.