The family moved to Madison, IL to get away from southern Missouri until Civil War over, and then moved back to Missouri.
1850 Carroll Co census #416 James age 33 Farmer $840. KY; Nancy Adkins 30 F KY; Susan M 9 MO; Mary C 7 MO; John W 4 MO; James 2 MO and Nathaniel Martzor 24 M Farmer VA. Parents birthplaces listed as Virginia
From family history compiled by Thelma Roberta Haney Pruitt, grandaughter of James and Nancy.
He was born in Kentucky and came to Carroll County, Missouri. We don't
know if he came with his parents or alone but he was one of the early pioneer
settlers of Carroll County and owned land there. The location was about 12 miles
east of Carrollton and 3 miles west of what was then known as White Rock
Quarry. Here he married Nancy Simpson and their children were born here on
this place. He also owned land in the Wakenda bottoms. The land on the hill,
north, is where their home was. He donated a portion of this land for the Adkins
Cemetery, named for his family.
William Adkins sold a farm to James Adkins 1853
The James Adkins farm and the William Haney II farm joined. James's daughter Sarah Jane later married William Haney II who was her second cousin on her mother's side. Chester Haney had a note in his records saying that James Adkins father was William Adkins.
James & his wife Nancy moved to Pulaski County, MO in 1870 and homesteaded 160 acres near Bloodland, a place called Smith Holler. Friendship Cemetary is located there.
The family moved to Madison, IL to get away from southern Missouri until Civil War over, and then moved back to Missouri.
1850 Carroll Co census #416 James age 33 Farmer $840. KY; Nancy Adkins 30 F KY; Susan M 9 MO; Mary C 7 MO; John W 4 MO; James 2 MO and Nathaniel Martzor 24 M Farmer VA. Parents birthplaces listed as Virginia
From family history compiled by Thelma Roberta Haney Pruitt, grandaughter of James and Nancy.
He was born in Kentucky and came to Carroll County, Missouri. We don't
know if he came with his parents or alone but he was one of the early pioneer
settlers of Carroll County and owned land there. The location was about 12 miles
east of Carrollton and 3 miles west of what was then known as White Rock
Quarry. Here he married Nancy Simpson and their children were born here on
this place. He also owned land in the Wakenda bottoms. The land on the hill,
north, is where their home was. He donated a portion of this land for the Adkins
Cemetery, named for his family.
William Adkins sold a farm to James Adkins 1853
The James Adkins farm and the William Haney II farm joined. James's daughter Sarah Jane later married William Haney II who was her second cousin on her mother's side. Chester Haney had a note in his records saying that James Adkins father was William Adkins.
James & his wife Nancy moved to Pulaski County, MO in 1870 and homesteaded 160 acres near Bloodland, a place called Smith Holler. Friendship Cemetary is located there.
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