I have just recently come across an Adkins relationship, I for the life of me can’t back track! My Uncle Jonah Adkins was the son of Hiram and Delilah Adkins.
I have Hiram Adkins b. February 14, 1869, Webbville, Lawrence County, Kentucky. He is married to a Delilah “Lyla” Young, whom I can find no more than a marriage record and dob ( April 11, 1869) for. I need parents for this child! I am guessing that Hiram s parents were, Jonas Adkins and Permelia Foster. and that his grand parents are John Jr. Adkins and Delilah Jordan. Can anyone throw me a clue on these folks? I’d truly appreciate it!
Carolyn
Jonah Adkins Family Tree
Father: Hiram Adkins 1869-1840
Grandfather: Jonah Adkins 1844-1932 (John & Delilah Jordan Adkins)
Grandmother: Permelia Foster 1845-1929 (Jacob & Evy Grubb Foster)
Mother: Delilah Young 1869-1941
Grandfather: William Young 1829-1899 (Jesse W & Rachel Adkins Young)
Grandmother: Frances Adkins 1837-1911 (John & Delilah Jordon Adkins)
Lineage of William V Adkins
John & Rachel Adkins both children of John and Nancy McCracken Adkins. John son of Jesse and Mary Adkins, son of William V and Lydia Owens Adkins Jr., son of William V and Elizabeth Parker Adkins.
If anyone has any additional information on Hiram Adkins or his family, please let us know.
Thanks for your comment and Welcome to the Family,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf
Genius seems to be the faculty of having faith in everything, and especially oneself. ~ Arthur Stringer
Metcalf Family Mews 
October 13, 2009 at 8:47 am
This is what I had on my tree about him… #
Hiram Adkins B: 14 Feb 1869 in Webville, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA D: 11 Apr 1940 in Prichard, Wayne, West Virginia, USA
1870 United States Federal Census
about Hiram Adkins
Name: Hiram Adkins
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Age in 1870: 7/12
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1870: Precinct 3, Lawrence, Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Louisa
Household Members:
Name Age
Jonas Adkins 24
Pamelia Adkins 23
William Adkins 4
Hiram Adkins 7/12
October 13, 2009 at 9:00 am
As for her… Delilah was the daughter of Frances Adkins 1837 – 1911 and William Young 1829 – 1899.
Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914
about Frances Adkins
Name: Frances Adkins
Age: 24
Est. Birth Year: abt 1834
Spouse Name: William Young
Spouse Age: 28
Est. Spouse Birth Year: abt 1830
Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1858
Marriage Location: Lawrence
County of Record: Lawrence
William Young was born in and living in Irish Creek at the time of their marriage. Frances Adkins was living in Little Blain and said she was born in Irish Creek.
October 13, 2009 at 9:01 am
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
about Francis Young
Name: Francis Young
[Francis Adkins]
Death Date: 7 Apr 1911
Death Location: Lawrence
Residence Location: Lawrence
Age: 73
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1837
Father’s Name: John Adkins
Father’s Birth Location: Virginia
Mother’s Name: Delila Jordan
Mother’s Birth Location: Lawrence
October 18, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Shelia:
Thank you so very very much …This works out in my files and makes sense !!!
I wonder if anyone from this group can offer anymore on Jacob Foster & Evy Grubb … My Aunt stated that Hiram Adkins mother Permelia Foster was Native American. I would like to find out more about this Foster line. By the way Shelia, My Aunt the daughter in Law of Hiram was interviewed before her death about her husbands line, and she stated the facts exactly as you have. Lesson to be learned here, those old folks remember the past better than we give them credit for! She is also the one who stated that Hirams mother Permelia Foster was full blooded Native American, so now I am curious!!! Thanks again !
Carolyn Adkins
October 19, 2009 at 9:21 am
You’re welcome and absolutely right. They remember the past far better than the present. Its a much nicer place to spend their day really. Wooden sidewalks and Sunday dinners. Those were the days. When men never left home without a hat on or took the time to shake your hand and say good morning. They stopped and traded their pockets knives on the street corner just to make conversation. It was a peaceful time. The friends they made and the family they shared. Those are the memories worth keeping. So never discount their memories, even when they color them with Indian princesses or ivy covered cottages. It don’t get any better than that.
My great-grandmothers and many great-grandfathers were of Indian descent. Mary Emmaline Nickell was a blackfoot Indian according to my uncle Jess Reed, as were many of the others. My mom’s family were Cherokee and Cheyenne, among other tribes.
They made us who we are today. And that’s worth remembering.
I do have a little info on the Foster’s because they tie in a few other places. I will try to check Permelia’s death certificate for ethnicity for you.
You know I was just thinking, with as many of our Great-Grandmothers and Great-Aunts with the name of Permilia, I cannot believe someone in the family, does not carry it today. That’s a shame.
Thanks as always,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf
November 8, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Sheila, both of you are lucky.
I have tried to find and prove my great-great grandmother Mary May, who is suppose to be full Cherokee. I have had no luck finding her parents. But I do have a photo of Mary May and she looks 100% Native American. Mary May was married to George Senters/Centers, as far as I know, in Clay County, Kentucky. This family is so elusive.
January 17, 2010 at 3:24 pm
So glad to have found this site!
I am descended from Hiram Adkins (1869-1940) and Delilah Young (1869-1941).
I have Hiram’s parents as Jonah Adkins (1844-1932) and Permelia Foster (1844-1929).
My grandmother was always told that Permelia Foster was 100% Native American, but I have her parents listed as Jacob Foster (1817-1855) and Evy Grubb (1819-?). Could this be correct? I don’t have any parents for Evy or Jacob . . .
I have Delilah Young’s parents as William Young (1828-1899) and Frances Adkins (1835-1911).
Then I have Frances Adkins’ and Jonah Adkins’ parents being the same (John Adkins 1809-1870 and Delila Jordan 1810-1866).
From Delilah Jordan I found a wealth of info by a Deborah Wiley Salyers taking me back through the 1300’s in England and Belgium, etc. This line also includes a Mary Bolling who is supposedly the gggranddaughter of Pocahontas/Makoata.
Is any of this true? Does anyone know this Deborah Salyers? I sent her an email earlier today but obviously haven’t heard back yet. Is there any documentation of any of this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks SO much!
Cynthia Hill :)
Ohio
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February 21, 2010 at 10:36 pm
my gr gr grandfather was henderson drakeand my gr grandfather went to boone county before the civil war,his name was james madison drake .what i need to know is there any drakes in lincoln county?I know that henderson had 4-5 sisters one was Theodocia who married little David Adkins and that they came here from Rutledge Granger county Tenn. But they were origanily fromMontgomery,county Va. Ilive at south point ohio