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I ran across this forum on a ‘fluke find’ about my ancestors and I am now investigating.
Some time ago I was contacted by a member of the Chickahominy tribe in Virginia, pertaining to my ancestor having the same name as his. My ancestors name was Littleberry Adkins.
My Adkins family originated in the area of the Chickahominy swamp lands, and the Tidewater area of Virginia.
The family migrated to West Virginia.
What I have found, after the email from the Chickahominy member, is that my ancestor may be buried on Chickahominy tribal lands. His name was William Adkins.
Also buried on the tribal land is a Littleberry Adkins as well, though this is not my Littleberry, but may be the guy who emailed me’s Littleberry.
Anyway, the possibilities are that my Adkins branch was either Chickahominy or Saponi.
The plot thickens in that my Parker Adkins, s/o William Adkins, is said to have married Shawnee Chief Cornstalk’s daughter Bluesky. This is still being debated. Family lore is that Parker married Bluesky by Shawnee rite while still married to Mary ? .
To date no last name for Mary has been given that is correct. Most often the last name giiven is for Parker’s son Parker Jr. who also was married to a Mary.
Ironically, my ancestors Mitchell and Pheobe Clay had their family attacked by a band of Shawnee. One being taken and burned at the stake.
Then we get to my Skaggs branch which has my ancestor Peter Skaggs married to Martha Cohun who was Cherokee. They lived in the Big Sany region (Blaine) and the nearby town of “Martha” was named after her. And yes Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs is related (a distant 6th cousin).
My Hale branch stops just a few generations back, but it is speculated that they may have Native American ancestry as well. This is based on family photos and a painting of the family.
Anyway, I will have some questions later. Just wanted to give a brief background, as it pertains to Native Americans, first.
Steve
I failed to also include that my Swearingen branch connects to that of Marmaduke Van Swearingen. Believed by some, dis-believed by others to have been Shawnee BlueJacket.
He is not directly in my line, but comes from the same ancestral line as I.
Steve
Hi, cousin,
I too have Swearingen in my line, although it is not the line that I usually discuss on this forum. (However, Bill found a connection between the two lines besides my grandparents.) My grandfather’s line connects to the Swearingens, with my great-something grandmother being a Swearingen daughter. A few of my line are talked about in a couple of Eckert’s books, but I am not referring to Marmaduke.
Techteach
Yes, It is so across th board that sometimes it is hard to keep track of who’s who.
After perusing the forum here I see Bolling listed as well. My wife descends ling line (Hazard Kentucky area). She also descends from Pocahontas, and has Blackfoot in the family as well.
The thing I am trying to figure out are what tribe my Adkins line may have been connected to. Again, they migrated from the Chickahominy swampland and Tidewater areas and are said to have allowed Shawnee to camp on their land (Parker Adkins) named after his mother who had the Parker surname (Elizabeth).
Elizabeth’s father was Richard Parker. Her mother’s name was Mitha.
I have seen files on the family that state Mitha was from England, yet no last name is given. It is said, to my disbelief, that Mitha was a nickname for Elizabeth. What sticks out liek a sore thumb is that I don’t see how the nickname was derrived from Elizabeth.
Generally names like Eliza, Lizzy, Liz, Lizbeth, etc. But Mitha makes no sense to me whatsoever.
I will get around to posting more, but will put that on the “Lore” section. Anyway my Swearingen was Jane Swearingen who married Ambrose Watts. Both are my direct ancestors. But that is for another time and place. LOL
Steve,
These William ADKINS and Richard PARKER lines appear to be the ones briefly in Goochland Co., Va, moved to the Dan/Roanoke River area (Land Entry Records of 1760s in what later became Pittsylvania and Franklin Co’s) before moving to Montgomery Co (several marr. records in 1790s) and later to what is now WVa.
There is also a Land Entry Record of a guy “on Snow Creek begining at the first branch below Parker ADKINS(on)’s Camp”….
Does any of this sound familiar?
Bill
(I see the confusion that the three generations of Parker Millington ADKINS “caused” for family researchers.)
Yeah, that would be the ones.
What causes my confusion is the resemblance of names from my line and that of the Chickahominy tribal area. I will post soon about that in the Lore section of this forum. There are alot of things that do not add up based upon family lore. But from what lore I have found something on, the general results are that basically the stories are true, just twisted around a bit over the years.
However, this is the same branch basically, but Millington was not my ancestor, but my Parker Adkins son. But they all followed the same general migration route from Virginia.
Yes, I understood that Millington was not your line. Only responding to one of the statements in your previous posts.
Look forward to your additional information.
Steve-o
Hello, my name is Charles Orear. I am from St. Louis My grandma was born near Martha Ky and I am also a Skaggs descendent through the Terry family.(Who ,I think I can prove started out amoung the Mattaponi/Pamunkies, and may be related to the Monacan Terrys. My Terrys settled in the Roanoke area circa 1740, then moved on to Fincastle/Mountgomery Cos before moving to Lawrence County.) Which Ferguson family is yours? You know the Fergusons are in Keith Whitley’s family tree also. Lots of NA markers in those Eastern KY families.
My lines are,
Prince ,Skaggs, Terry, Rigsby, DeBoard, Stallard, Gillum, Holbrook,
Sparks,Creech etc..
Charles
Steve-o wrote: I ran across this forum on a ‘fluke find’ about my ancestors and I am now investigating.
Some time ago I was contacted by a member of the Chickahominy tribe in Virginia, pertaining to my ancestor having the same name as his. My ancestors name was Littleberry Adkins.
My Adkins family originated in the area of the Chickahominy swamp lands, and the Tidewater area of Virginia.
The family migrated to West Virginia.
What I have found, after the email from the Chickahominy member, is that my ancestor may be buried on Chickahominy tribal lands. His name was William Adkins.
Also buried on the tribal land is a Littleberry Adkins as well, though this is not my Littleberry, but may be the guy who emailed me’s Littleberry.
Anyway, the possibilities are that my Adkins branch was either Chickahominy or Saponi.
The plot thickens in that my Parker Adkins, s/o William Adkins, is said to have married Shawnee Chief Cornstalk’s daughter Bluesky. This is still being debated. Family lore is that Parker married Bluesky by Shawnee rite while still married to Mary ? .
To date no last name for Mary has been given that is correct. Most often the last name giiven is for Parker’s son Parker Jr. who also was married to a Mary.
Ironically, my ancestors Mitchell and Pheobe Clay had their family attacked by a band of Shawnee. One being taken and burned at the stake.
Then we get to my Skaggs branch which has my ancestor Peter Skaggs married to Martha Cohun who was Cherokee. They lived in the Big Sany region (Blaine) and the nearby town of “Martha” was named after her. And yes Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs is related (a distant 6th cousin).
My Hale branch stops just a few generations back, but it is speculated that they may have Native American ancestry as well. This is based on family photos and a painting of the family.
Anyway, I will have some questions later. Just wanted to give a brief background, as it pertains to Native Americans, first.
Steve
Steve-o,
Would you be willng to share more on your Adkins??
Shirley
Charles Orear wrote>>
“Hello, my name is Charles Orear. I am from St. Louis My grandma was born near Martha Ky and I am also a Skaggs descendent through the Terry family.(Who ,I think I can prove started out amoung the Mattaponi/Pamunkies, and may be related to the Monacan Terrys. My Terrys settled in the Roanoke area circa 1740, then moved on to Fincastle/Mountgomery Cos before moving to Lawrence County.) Which Ferguson family is yours? You know the Fergusons are in Keith Whitley’s family tree also. Lots of NA markers in those Eastern KY families.
My lines are,
Prince ,Skaggs, Terry, Rigsby, DeBoard, Stallard, Gillum, Holbrook,
Sparks,Creech etc..”
I descend from the Samuel Ferguson/Mary Jameson lines, ties into my Edmund Osburn/Mary Noe lines (buried outside of Blaine) and Peter & Martha Cohun Skaggs lines.
Hey Steve,
I so much enjoyed your research on the Cherokee, Powhowtan, and Shawne indians. I would like to know more about their languages spoken and where their territory was during the earlier colonial days before the trail of tears. It may help me find out where my relatives originated their start and how they migrated. Help me unerstand this more. Thanks for all you do.
I am researching the following lines: Blevins,Hart,Osbourne,Peake( from my paternal Grandmother Jacquiline Carter Sturgill), Brock,Sturgill,Creech,Banks,Hall,,Day,Polly,Mullins(from my paternal Grandfather Edward Banks Sturgill), and finally Hash, Sizemore, Reedy, Greene/Jackson/Teackle/Ross this goes way back to pre-colonial times as well(from: my Ggrandmother Martha Lou Hash Carter mother to Jacky C. Sturgill.)
Martha Lou Hash Carter, Stephen Riley Hash, Clemmo C. Peak all signed the Guion Miller Roll, but were rejected for reasons.
They all seemed to have started in and around Prince Edward and Albemarle Counties, Va, to Ashe Co, Wilkes Co, Guilford Co. NC back to Grayson Co Va and SE Kentucky. I am forever stuck on Josiah Peake’s parents. I know he had three siblings;
Seth, Juda, and Patti. Please help relatives out there and friends!!
Chief Ned Sizemore/Chief Moytoy Blevins, and Chief Bear Hart!
Catawba,Mattaponi,Sapponi, or other??? To be or not to be??
Any one out there know about Chief “Ned” Sizemore, Chief Moytoy Blevins, and Chief Bear Hart AKA William Jackson. It was my understanding that they lived near the Catawba indian tribe and may be possibly Mattapoli or Sapponi??
Also, I understand that Stephen Hart made the Dawes Indian Roll. Does anyone know if he was rejected?? I feel I am getting close to finding out who I am!! I know in my heart. I just need some answers that is all.
Sandra W wrote: Hey Steve,
I so much enjoyed your research on the Cherokee, Powhowtan, and Shawne indians. I would like to know more about their languages spoken and where their territory was during the earlier colonial days before the trail of tears. It may help me find out where my relatives originated their start and how they migrated. Help me unerstand this more. Thanks for all you do.
I am researching the following lines: Blevins,Hart,Osbourne,Peake( from my paternal Grandmother Jacquiline Carter Sturgill), Brock,Sturgill,Creech,Banks,Hall,,Day,Polly,Mullins(from my paternal Grandfather Edward Banks Sturgill), and finally Hash, Sizemore, Reedy, Greene/Jackson/Teackle/Ross this goes way back to pre-colonial times as well(from: my Ggrandmother Martha Lou Hash Carter mother to Jacky C. Sturgill.)
Martha Lou Hash Carter, Stephen Riley Hash, Clemmo C. Peak all signed the Guion Miller Roll, but were rejected for reasons.
They all seemed to have started in and around Prince Edward and Albemarle Counties, Va, to Ashe Co, Wilkes Co, Guilford Co. NC back to Grayson Co Va and SE Kentucky. I am forever stuck on Josiah Peake’s parents. I know he had three siblings;
Seth, Juda, and Patti. Please help relatives out there and friends!!
Sandra,
I found a tree for Josiah:
Josiah Peake
Born: 1794
Ashe County, North Carolina
Died: 1882
Grayson County, Virginia
f: John Andrew Peake
m: Sanida McGrady
sibs:
Juda
Nancy
Pattie
Samuel
Josiah
John Andrew Peake’s parents
Hugh Rye Peake b?
Margery Hart
Born: 1825
Ashe, NC, USA
Died: 1887
you may already have this info as it lists the following surnames in this tree:
Blevins, Sizemore, Ross and about nine pages of other surnames.
Shirley
Sandra W wrote: Chief Ned Sizemore/Chief Moytoy Blevins, and Chief Bear Hart!
Catawba,Mattaponi,Sapponi, or other??? To be or not to be??
Any one out there know about Chief “Ned” Sizemore, Chief Moytoy Blevins, and Chief Bear Hart AKA William Jackson. It was my understanding that they lived near the Catawba indian tribe and may be possibly Mattapoli or Sapponi??
Also, I understand that Stephen Hart made the Dawes Indian Roll. Does anyone know if he was rejected?? I feel I am getting close to finding out who I am!! I know in my heart. I just need some answers that is all.
Hart’s listed on Dawes Rolls…could be one of his sibs…or parents??
Carl, Charlie, Eula, Francis, Helen, Joanna, John, John H., Kate (I noticed you have a Catherine Hart?), Lila, Maggie I., Ollie E., Robert, Sarah, Susie and William.
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