Brian- I am a direct descendant of Oseola Adkins (born around 1845 in Sussex Virginia). He is the son of Britton Adkins and Martha Reed. Given the time and place of his birth we believe he would have been part of the Nottoway tribe. My grandmother was raised by Oseola and had long believed (based on oral tradition) that he was descended from a line of tribal chiefs. There is a fairly famous picture of him entitled “The Watering Place” that shows him in full headdress with his horse. You may have seen it in Native American museum exhibits. For decades no one has even known who it is. Have you taken any ancestry DNA test? We hope to figure out the connection of our lineage to other Adkins lines.
Here’s a link to a thumbnail of the photo:
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Comment on Chief Cornstalk: Shawnee Lineage by art
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