Lee Akins was married to Jane Akins. The following account comes from Turnbo's 'History of the 27th Arkansas Infantry':
'I sent this letter home by Ben Centers, a member of our company, who had received a furlough to visit his home on East Sugar Loaf Creek a short distance above where Lead Hill, Arkansas, now stands. Mr. Centers was formerly a resident of Benton County, Arkansas, and had moved to Sugar Loaf Creek a few years before the outbreak of the war. Mr. Centers' wife was named Jane and was a sister of Newt Justice who died at Lead Hill a few years ago. Mr. Centers delivered the letter to my parents as he promised, but he never returned to the army and was killed on Sugar Loaf Creek about the 1st of March, 1863.
The details of Mr. Centers' death were furnished me by Ned Cantrel and others. Mr. Centers and Lee Akins were together on horseback when the Federals came up in sight of them. Both men fled for their lives and galloped their horses past the John Tabor place when the pursuing enemy crowded them so close that they left the road and ran upon a hill near the Tabor place and the George Wood Mill where they leaped from their horses and ran behind a tree where they were both shot to death and their bodies left to welter in their blood. The dead men's horses ran to Jasper Casey's one mile and a half from the scene of the killing. Mr. Cantrel said that he and Bill Maxey were at home cutting wood, and seeing the two horses, they caught them and rode to the Tabor place in search of the two men. They approached in eighty yards of the body of Federal troops without being observed and hastily retreated.
During the night, Dice and Winnie Wood found the two dead men and hauled the bodies to the William Moody place on the creek below the Tabor place. Mr. Moody was also killed in a hollow one half mile from where Centers and Akins were shot and the three dead men were placed in Moody's dwelling house. On the following morning, Bill Buck hauled the three bodies to the graveyard on South Fork of Sugar Loaf Creek where the Macedonia Church house now stands where they received interment from the hands of the women and children. Among the ladies present was the wife of Ben Centers, also Jane Akins, wife of Lee Akins, and Martha Moody, wife of Bill Moody. These were the wives of the three dead men. Malissa Tittsworth, wife of Sanders Tittsworth, Martha Cantrel, wife of Tom Cantrel, Eliza Cantrel, wife of Will Cantrel, and Catherine and Betty Cantrel, two sisters of Ned Cantrel, were there, too. Sanders Tittsworth was a member of our regiment and died at Little Rock when so many other passed into their long homes.'
I believe that this is the Jesse L. Akins who also served in Company A of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA. He enlisted at Yellville on February 18th, 1862. Gave his age as 28. Listed as deserted on February 13th, 1863.
'I sent this letter home by Ben Centers, a member of our company, who had received a furlough to visit his home on East Sugar Loaf Creek a short distance above where Lead Hill, Arkansas, now stands. Mr. Centers was formerly a resident of Benton County, Arkansas, and had moved to Sugar Loaf Creek a few years before the outbreak of the war. Mr. Centers' wife was named Jane and was a sister of Newt Justice who died at Lead Hill a few years ago. Mr. Centers delivered the letter to my parents as he promised, but he never returned to the army and was killed on Sugar Loaf Creek about the 1st of March, 1863.
The details of Mr. Centers' death were furnished me by Ned Cantrel and others. Mr. Centers and Lee Akins were together on horseback when the Federals came up in sight of them. Both men fled for their lives and galloped their horses past the John Tabor place when the pursuing enemy crowded them so close that they left the road and ran upon a hill near the Tabor place and the George Wood Mill where they leaped from their horses and ran behind a tree where they were both shot to death and their bodies left to welter in their blood. The dead men's horses ran to Jasper Casey's one mile and a half from the scene of the killing. Mr. Cantrel said that he and Bill Maxey were at home cutting wood, and seeing the two horses, they caught them and rode to the Tabor place in search of the two men. They approached in eighty yards of the body of Federal troops without being observed and hastily retreated.
During the night, Dice and Winnie Wood found the two dead men and hauled the bodies to the William Moody place on the creek below the Tabor place. Mr. Moody was also killed in a hollow one half mile from where Centers and Akins were shot and the three dead men were placed in Moody's dwelling house. On the following morning, Bill Buck hauled the three bodies to the graveyard on South Fork of Sugar Loaf Creek where the Macedonia Church house now stands where they received interment from the hands of the women and children. Among the ladies present was the wife of Ben Centers, also Jane Akins, wife of Lee Akins, and Martha Moody, wife of Bill Moody. These were the wives of the three dead men. Malissa Tittsworth, wife of Sanders Tittsworth, Martha Cantrel, wife of Tom Cantrel, Eliza Cantrel, wife of Will Cantrel, and Catherine and Betty Cantrel, two sisters of Ned Cantrel, were there, too. Sanders Tittsworth was a member of our regiment and died at Little Rock when so many other passed into their long homes.'
I believe that this is the Jesse L. Akins who also served in Company A of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA. He enlisted at Yellville on February 18th, 1862. Gave his age as 28. Listed as deserted on February 13th, 1863.
Lee Akins was married to Jane Akins. The following account comes from Turnbo's 'History of the 27th Arkansas Infantry':
'I sent this letter home by Ben Centers, a member of our company, who had received a furlough to visit his home on East Sugar Loaf Creek a short distance above where Lead Hill, Arkansas, now stands. Mr. Centers was formerly a resident of Benton County, Arkansas, and had moved to Sugar Loaf Creek a few years before the outbreak of the war. Mr. Centers' wife was named Jane and was a sister of Newt Justice who died at Lead Hill a few years ago. Mr. Centers delivered the letter to my parents as he promised, but he never returned to the army and was killed on Sugar Loaf Creek about the 1st of March, 1863.
The details of Mr. Centers' death were furnished me by Ned Cantrel and others. Mr. Centers and Lee Akins were together on horseback when the Federals came up in sight of them. Both men fled for their lives and galloped their horses past the John Tabor place when the pursuing enemy crowded them so close that they left the road and ran upon a hill near the Tabor place and the George Wood Mill where they leaped from their horses and ran behind a tree where they were both shot to death and their bodies left to welter in their blood. The dead men's horses ran to Jasper Casey's one mile and a half from the scene of the killing. Mr. Cantrel said that he and Bill Maxey were at home cutting wood, and seeing the two horses, they caught them and rode to the Tabor place in search of the two men. They approached in eighty yards of the body of Federal troops without being observed and hastily retreated.
During the night, Dice and Winnie Wood found the two dead men and hauled the bodies to the William Moody place on the creek below the Tabor place. Mr. Moody was also killed in a hollow one half mile from where Centers and Akins were shot and the three dead men were placed in Moody's dwelling house. On the following morning, Bill Buck hauled the three bodies to the graveyard on South Fork of Sugar Loaf Creek where the Macedonia Church house now stands where they received interment from the hands of the women and children. Among the ladies present was the wife of Ben Centers, also Jane Akins, wife of Lee Akins, and Martha Moody, wife of Bill Moody. These were the wives of the three dead men. Malissa Tittsworth, wife of Sanders Tittsworth, Martha Cantrel, wife of Tom Cantrel, Eliza Cantrel, wife of Will Cantrel, and Catherine and Betty Cantrel, two sisters of Ned Cantrel, were there, too. Sanders Tittsworth was a member of our regiment and died at Little Rock when so many other passed into their long homes.'
I believe that this is the Jesse L. Akins who also served in Company A of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA. He enlisted at Yellville on February 18th, 1862. Gave his age as 28. Listed as deserted on February 13th, 1863.
'I sent this letter home by Ben Centers, a member of our company, who had received a furlough to visit his home on East Sugar Loaf Creek a short distance above where Lead Hill, Arkansas, now stands. Mr. Centers was formerly a resident of Benton County, Arkansas, and had moved to Sugar Loaf Creek a few years before the outbreak of the war. Mr. Centers' wife was named Jane and was a sister of Newt Justice who died at Lead Hill a few years ago. Mr. Centers delivered the letter to my parents as he promised, but he never returned to the army and was killed on Sugar Loaf Creek about the 1st of March, 1863.
The details of Mr. Centers' death were furnished me by Ned Cantrel and others. Mr. Centers and Lee Akins were together on horseback when the Federals came up in sight of them. Both men fled for their lives and galloped their horses past the John Tabor place when the pursuing enemy crowded them so close that they left the road and ran upon a hill near the Tabor place and the George Wood Mill where they leaped from their horses and ran behind a tree where they were both shot to death and their bodies left to welter in their blood. The dead men's horses ran to Jasper Casey's one mile and a half from the scene of the killing. Mr. Cantrel said that he and Bill Maxey were at home cutting wood, and seeing the two horses, they caught them and rode to the Tabor place in search of the two men. They approached in eighty yards of the body of Federal troops without being observed and hastily retreated.
During the night, Dice and Winnie Wood found the two dead men and hauled the bodies to the William Moody place on the creek below the Tabor place. Mr. Moody was also killed in a hollow one half mile from where Centers and Akins were shot and the three dead men were placed in Moody's dwelling house. On the following morning, Bill Buck hauled the three bodies to the graveyard on South Fork of Sugar Loaf Creek where the Macedonia Church house now stands where they received interment from the hands of the women and children. Among the ladies present was the wife of Ben Centers, also Jane Akins, wife of Lee Akins, and Martha Moody, wife of Bill Moody. These were the wives of the three dead men. Malissa Tittsworth, wife of Sanders Tittsworth, Martha Cantrel, wife of Tom Cantrel, Eliza Cantrel, wife of Will Cantrel, and Catherine and Betty Cantrel, two sisters of Ned Cantrel, were there, too. Sanders Tittsworth was a member of our regiment and died at Little Rock when so many other passed into their long homes.'
I believe that this is the Jesse L. Akins who also served in Company A of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA. He enlisted at Yellville on February 18th, 1862. Gave his age as 28. Listed as deserted on February 13th, 1863.
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