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Sterling Adkins 1833–1905 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 November 1833

Birth Location: Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 5 March 1905

Death Location: Jellico Creek, Scott, Tennessee, USA

Father: John Adkins

Mother: Mary Saunders

Spouse(s): Motlany Low

Children(s): Phillip Adkins, Gallant Adkins, Sarah Adkins, Nancy Adkins

Sterling Adkins was born in 1833 in Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA, the child of John Stanton Adkins And Mary Polly A Saunders. Sterling Adkins married Motlany Low, and had children including Gallant Lee Gallart E Adkins, Nancy Rene Arena Adkins, Phillip Adkins, Sarah Jane Adkins. Sterling Adkins passed away in 1905 in Jellico Creek, Scott, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Sterling Adkins was born in 1833 in Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA, the child of John Stanton Adkins And Mary Polly A Saunders.
  • Sterling Adkins married Motlany Low, and had children including Gallant Lee Gallart E Adkins, Nancy Rene Arena Adkins, Phillip Adkins, Sarah Jane Adkins.
  • Sterling Adkins passed away in 1905 in Jellico Creek, Scott, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

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Sterling Adkins's Ancestors

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Sterling Adkins
1833–1905
Birth Place: Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA
Parents
John Stanton Adkins
1798–1884
North Carolina, United States of America
Mary ("Polly" A) Saunders
1805–1880
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Richard (Atkinson\Adkins Son of Richard) David
1744–1828
, Brunswick, Virginia, British Crown Colony
Nancy (Rebecca Burrows Wyrick) Adkins
1773–1831
, , Virginia, British Crown Colony
Great-Grandparents
Richard Adkins
1717–1780
Mary Adkins
1721–1784
John V
1724–1787
Susanna Brown
1734–1789
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1689–1784
Sarah PARKER
1695–1784
Colonel II
1695–1745
Elizabeth Payne
1697–1745
John BURROWS
1695–1777
Joannah Wilkerson
1695–1770
Elisha Brown
1690–1745
Hannah Gardner
1700–1744

Sterling Adkins's Descendants

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Sterling Adkins (16 November 1833–5 March 1905) m. Motlany Low (21 JUL 1838–21 FEB 1907)
  1. 1. Phillip Adkins 1864–1938
  2. 2. Gallant (Lee "Gallart E.") Adkins 1862–1945
  3. 3. Sarah (Jane) Adkins 1861–1942
  4. 4. Nancy (Rene(Arena)) Adkins 1858–1930

Sterling Adkins's Timeline

2 Records

1833
16 November 1833
Birth of Sterling Adkins in Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA
Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA
1905
5 March 1905
Age 72
Death of Sterling Adkins in Jellico Creek, Scott, Tennessee, USA
Jellico Creek, Scott, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 November 1833
    Event Place: Smoky Junction, Scott, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 March 1905
    Event Place: Jellico Creek, Scott, Tennessee, USA

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