1. Henry Adkins
It is thought that he is the Henry Atkins who appears on the Franklin Co,VA tax list for 1799. See note below.
Listed as Henry Atkins on 1810 Burke Co NC census. The only Atkins/Adkinsin Burke Co.
Listed as Henry Adkins on 1820 Burke Co NC census.
Listed as Henry Adkins on 1830 Burke Co NC census, Page 200. Household: 1male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 2 females 5-10, 1female 10-15, and 1 female 30-40.
Listed on 1840 Yancey Co NC census p 19. Household: 1 male 15-20, 1 male50-60, 1 female 15-20, l female 50-60.
Listed living with second wife Sarah on 1850 Russell Co VA census Page250B Visit 430. His birthplace is listed as Franklin County, VA.
Listed with wife Sarah on Wise Co Va 1860 census Page 4 Visit 216 andliving with them the child Sarah Jane Adkins and two relatives of hiswife named Bowman and three mulattos named Alfred.Note 1: The only Atkins/Adkins listed on Personal Tax Records B Schedulefor Franklin Co, Virginia in 1788 is a John Atkins. Some have suggestedthat he must logically be the father of Henry Adkins. In 1799 a HenryAtkins is listed on the Personal Tax Records Schedule A.
Listed living with husband on 1850 Russell Co census Page 250B Visit 430
Listed with husband on Wise Co Va 1860 census Page 4 Visit 216 and livingwith them the child Sarah Jane Adkins and two relatives of his wife SarahBowman and a mulatto family named Alfred, mother Matilda and sons Landonand Sidney.
Marriage to James Powers recorded in Wise Co, Va in 1867
Listed as head of household Sarah Powers 1870 Wise Co, Va census LippsDistrict, Page 23, Visit: 156 living with Landon and Sidney Alfred whowere listed with her on previous census. Both Landon and Sidney took thename Adkins and appear on the 1900 census in Wise and Henrico Counties.