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    Joseph Cephus Adkins

    Male 1868 - 1912  (44 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Joseph Cephus Adkins was born in 1868 (son of Caleb Adkins and Almira G. Reynolds); died in 1912.

      Joseph married Julia Graves Rigney on 27 Aug 1888. Julia was born in 1871. [Group Sheet]

      Children:
      1. Virginia W. Adkins was born in 1889.
      2. Elvira Jane "Elva" Adkins was born on 30 Jul 1891; died on 04 Jul 1973.
      3. Joseph Hubert Adkins was born in 1892 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died in 1960 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in Worlds, Rt. 807, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      4. Anna E. "Annie" Adkins was born in 1896.
      5. Mary C. Adkins was born in 1898.
      6. Forrest Green Adkins was born about 1900.
      7. Ercie Adkins was born in 1903; died in 1946.
      8. Henry George Adkins was born in 1907.
      9. Mildred A. Adkins was born about 1910.
      10. Eugene E. Adkins was born about 1912.

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Caleb Adkins was born on 22 Nov 1848 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of Anderson Adkins and Nancy Booker Reynolds); died on 16 Jan 1916.

      Caleb married Almira G. Reynolds on 04 Oct 1865 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Almira (daughter of Perry Green Reynolds and Cassandra Ann W. Reynolds) was born on 15 Jul 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 27 Jan 1944 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in W. O. Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Almira G. Reynolds was born on 15 Jul 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of Perry Green Reynolds and Cassandra Ann W. Reynolds); died on 27 Jan 1944 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in W. O. Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

      Notes:

      Almira is the daughter of Perry Green Reynolds. The middle initial is probably for Green after her father.

      Children:
      1. 1. Joseph Cephus Adkins was born in 1868; died in 1912.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Anderson Adkins was born on 05 Aug 1806 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of Henry Adkins and Elizabeth Rossett); died on 01 Mar 1876 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Anderson married Nancy Booker Reynolds on 19 Feb 1836. Nancy (daughter of Joseph M. Reynolds and Nancy Ford) was born on 15 Mar 1817 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 16 Aug 1894 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Nancy Booker Reynolds was born on 15 Mar 1817 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (daughter of Joseph M. Reynolds and Nancy Ford); died on 16 Aug 1894 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      Children:
      1. Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Adkins was born on 27 Mar 1834 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 10 May 1862.
      2. Ralph G. Adkins was born on 20 Dec 1836 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 03 Jul 1914 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      3. Henry A. Adkins was born on 23 Oct 1841 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 07 Aug 1863 in Fort Delaware; was buried in Finns Point National Cemetery, New Jersey.
      4. John W. Adkins was born in ca 1850 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      5. William Neal Adkins was born on 08 Aug 1855 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 18 Sep 1927 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      6. Henry Gilmer "Toot" Adkins was born on 11 Apr 1862 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 03 Feb 1940 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      7. 2. Caleb Adkins was born on 22 Nov 1848 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 16 Jan 1916.

    3. 6.  Perry Green Reynolds was born on 23 Sep 1814 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Joseph M. Reynolds and Nancy Ford); died on 26 Nov 1872 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

      Perry married Cassandra Ann W. Reynolds on 05 Dec 1837. Cassandra (daughter of Hugh Reynolds and Elizabeth Mitchell) was born on 25 Feb 1815 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    4. 7.  Cassandra Ann W. Reynolds was born on 25 Feb 1815 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (daughter of Hugh Reynolds and Elizabeth Mitchell); died on 22 Mar 1893 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

      Notes:

      When Cassandra marries Perry G. Reynolds she is marrying her father's (Hugh) half brother. Cassandra's grandfather is Joseph Reynolds; her second husband's (Perry Green Reynolds) father is also Joseph Reynolds. (with Nancy Ford)

      Notes:

      Married:
      Marriage Bond: Joseph D. Reynolds (probably her brother, Joseph Devin, as her grandfather Joseph had died in 1832)

      Children:
      1. Menetia F. Reynolds was born in ca 1840.
      2. 3. Almira G. Reynolds was born on 15 Jul 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 27 Jan 1944 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in W. O. Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      3. Serena E. Reynolds was born in Oct 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      4. Decatur J. Reynolds was born in Feb 1856 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.


    Generation: 4

    1. 8.  Henry Adkins was born about 1782 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of William Adkins and Mary Hartman); died on 4 Aug 1875 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Died:
      Division of Henry Adkins' estate on this date.

      Henry married Elizabeth Rossett on 07 Oct 1799 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    2. 9.  Elizabeth Rossett

      Notes:

      Elizabeth Rossett is the daughter of Sam Rossett; surety for marriage, William Reynolds
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/genealogynotes2.html

      http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/AdkinsFamily.html
      Children of HENRY ADKINS and ELIZABETH ROSSETT are:
      ...i....JOSEPH ADKINS, m. BATHINA MARTIN, January 18, 1830.
      184....ii....NANCY ADKINS, b. Abt. 1801.
      ...iii....AGNES ADKINS, b. Abt. 1804; m. HENRY GIBSON, August 26, 1833.
      185....iv....WYATT ADKINS, b. Abt. 1804, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; d. 1869, Grant County, Indiana.
      186....v....ANDERSON ADKINS, b. August 05, 1806, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. March 01, 1876, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      187....vi....JOHN WARD ADKINS, b. Abt. 1811; d. Warren County, Missouri?.
      188....vii....CALEB ADKINS, b. Abt. 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1893.
      189....viii....ELIZABETH M. ADKINS, b. June 1823, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1903, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      ...ix....HENRY ADKINS, b. Abt. 1825; m. NANCY BLAND NAPIER, November 22, 1850; b. Abt. 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In 25 October 1850 census for Northern District, Pittsylvania Co. VA, next door to Henry and Elizabeth Adkins, are Henry Adkins Jr., age 25, laborer, and wife Nancy, 17.
      190....x....JACKSON ADKINS, b. Abt. 1819.

      Children:
      1. Nancy Adkins was born about 1803.
      2. John Ward Adkins was born about 1810; died in 1903.
      3. 4. Anderson Adkins was born on 05 Aug 1806 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 01 Mar 1876 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      4. Elizabeth M. Adkins was born in Jun 1823 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    3. 10.  Joseph M. Reynolds was born in 1759 in Muddy Run, Martic, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was christened on 15 Aug 1759 in Muddy Run, Martic, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Hugh Reynolds and Mary Nealey); died about 1820 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      1820 VA Census Pittsylvania County Series M33, Roll40, page 132, shows Joseph, Joseph Jr., Robert, William and Hiram Collins (husband of Matilda, Joseph's daughter with Nancy Ford), i.e., Joseph (married to Nancy Ford in 1820), Joseph Jr. (Peggy Devin's son), William (son of Peggy Devin, husband of Nancy Blair), Robert, (Robert Devin, son of Peggy Devin and husband of Susanna Carter) Hiram Collins married Matilda Reynolds, daughter of Nancy Ford and Joseph Reynolds.


      Oaths of Allegiance 1777 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      NOTE: Hugh Reynolds and his son Joseph are found on this 1777 list. Hugh's son William, is not. Joseph's Baptism of 15 Aug 1759 gives us his age. If William is the younger son, he may not have been of 'age' at this time. I suspect 16, may have been the age for boys to give their OATH. If so, we may suppose that William, s/o Hugh did not become of 'age' in 1777. William is shown on court records in 1788 when he inherits the land of his grandfather, William Neeley. Both Joseph and William are Qualified as Executors (Book 6/170 Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Court Records 1787-91)
      Another record dated 22 Mar 1796 for William Reynolds and Charles Lewis must be our William, as the other William Reynolds of Culpepper has died in 1791. No connecton has been documented for William of Culpepper having any connection to the Hugh Reynolds family. -Mary Frances Reynolds

      Name:
      Joseph Reynolds is identified as Joseph M. Reynolds on a pay document from the Revolutionary War. We speculate that his middle name is Middleton.
      William Nealy left all the rest of his estate to Joseph who is probably the older brother of William Reynolds who inherited William Nealey's land.

      Joseph married Nancy Ford on 26 Jul 1803. Nancy died in 1847 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    4. 11.  Nancy Ford died in 1847 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

      Notes:

      Estimate Nancy Ford was about 30 years old when she married Joseph Reynolds, putting her birth at around 1770. He was probably over 50 when he married her in 1803, as he was married to Margaret Devin and with her produced 9 children over their nearly 20 year marriage.

      Children:
      1. Matilda Reynolds was born in 1804 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      2. Berryman Reynolds was born in 1806; died before 1850.
      3. Featherston Ford Reynolds was born about 1808.
      4. John B. Reynolds was born in 1810 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      5. Damaras B. Reynolds was born on 31 Oct 1809 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 13 Sep 1865 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      6. Abraham Reynolds was born in 1812.
      7. 6. Perry Green Reynolds was born on 23 Sep 1814 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 26 Nov 1872 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      8. Williamson Reynolds was born about 1817.
      9. James Reynolds was born in C 1815 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      10. 5. Nancy Booker Reynolds was born on 15 Mar 1817 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 16 Aug 1894 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

    5. 14.  Hugh Reynolds was born on 02 Jul 1781 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Joseph M. Reynolds and Margaret Devin); died in 1832 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      ..

      Name:


      Grandson of the original settler Hugh Reynolds and Mary Nealey

      Hugh married Elizabeth Mitchell on 24 Sep 1801 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of PATRIOT James A. Mitchell and Sarah Warren Philpott) was born on 06 Dec 1779 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died on 05 Feb 1859 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    6. 15.  Elizabeth Mitchell was born on 06 Dec 1779 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (daughter of PATRIOT James A. Mitchell and Sarah Warren Philpott); died on 05 Feb 1859 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      Children:
      1. James Mitchell Reynolds was born on 07 Jan 1803 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died in Jul 1866 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      2. Joseph Devin Reynolds was born on 31 Jan 1805 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died about Oct 1843 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      3. Samuel Mitchell Reynolds was born on 31 Jan 1807 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      4. Dabney Reynolds was born on 22 Apr 1809 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 03 Jun 1874.
      5. John Wilson Reynolds was born on 28 Jun 1812 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      6. 7. Cassandra Ann W. Reynolds was born on 25 Feb 1815 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      7. Serena Elizabeth Reynolds was born on 28 Jul 1818 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 26 Mar 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..


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