William ADKINS
West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985, William Adkins Will written 1784
Halifax Deed Books, 1752-1766
HIstory of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, by Maud Carter Clement, pg 285
SURNAME: Adkins/Atkins
NAME: Leddy / Lydia
NOTE: Owen, his wife, Agnes, and two young children were killed by Indians in 1790. Son Jesse, scalped but survived, Emilia and Owen Jr. hid in logs, older sons, Benjamin, James, Wiatt, were not home at the time of the massacre.
He married Lydia Owens Bef 1739 at Goochland, Virginia . Lydia Owens was born at Henrico, Virginia 1724 daughter of William Owens and Lydia Lunsford .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Agnes Adkins
born Abt 1738.
Elizabeth Meredith Adkins
born 1739.
Sarah Adkins
born 1739.
Leddy Adkins
born Abt 1742.
Jesse Adkins
born 3 Apr 1747.
Owen Lunsford Adkins
born 1754.
William Adkins
born 21 Sep 1760.
William Adkins died 21 Feb 1784 at Pittsylvania, Virginia .
Lydia Owens died Bef 1782 at Pittsylvania, Virginia .