I would like to propose a research project for those on the list who are intertested. What I hope to do is to make a list of all referrences to Akers on a state by state basis with the names in cronological order. What good is this? All of us have been collecting various bits of info on all sorts of Akers's families some related to us some not, some who knows? My info is all over the place and not in any particular organization. It would be very helpful to be able to look at a state and see if any of the names matched. This could show us migration patterns, marriage patterns etc. How do we go about it? We start with one state. Everyone gather up what info they have on any Akers in that state and post it either to this site or to me. I will be in charge of gathering up the material for certain states that are of interest to me and I hope some of you will take charge of states of interest to them. Every so often we will post the list in progress (they will probably never be finished as we will be adding new info) What info do we want? The name of the Akers person/s Other names associated with this record (i.e. spouses, witnesses, neighbors etc.) The date of the record The location (state, county, town, address) keep it simple if you have an entire will just give us the names/dates/places involved and a note that the entire will can be viewed if desired. Will someone steal this information? Most if not all of what we deal with is already on the public record. We are mostly interested in Names, places and dates. I would hope not to get hung up on this as it really hurts research. What states shall we do? I have already started with New York state so that will be my first state. Other states I personally will do: New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois. I would hope to find volunteers to handle Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and any other state of interest to this list. What years? To keep things manageable I would like to do from as early as possible to 1850-1875. Then at a later time from 1850-1875 on. What do you think? Craig Herron ggggrandson of Rachel Akers

Good Morning! This usually isn't a very active line...same thing happened to me. Every once in a while there is a bunch of interest and info. Just hang in there. Diana

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Still searching for my William T. Akers b.1836 in Albemarle Co Va. married to Elizabeth Tacy. William's father was also William. Does this connect with anyone? I am trying to find his mothers name and any other information anyone may have. If you need his descendants I have them. Thanks, Mary Donahue

Hi-- Looking for information on this family. The only thing I have proven as far as Generation 1 & 2 are the three brothers of Estill Co., KY: John, Henry & William. John & William remained in KY & Henry migrated to AR, TX, then Fresno Co., CA. Donna Descendants of (unknown) Akers [Family supposedly had 14 children, 2 of which were girls] 1 1750 - AKERS 2 Akers 2 1785 - Akers 2 1785 - Peter AKERS of Rockcastle Co., KY 2 1794 - 1840 John AKERS ..... +1797 - 1889, m: 15 August 1816 in Estill, KY Martha "Patsy" MCGUIRE ... 3 1818 - 1860 Alburtis B. AKERS ... 3 1820 - Eliza Ann AKERS ........ +1829 - m: 26 July 1853 in Owsley, KY William SEE ... 3 1820 - 1858 Hardin AKERS ... 3 1823 - Sarah Ermine Eviline AKERS ........ +1817 - 1908, m: 14 July 1848 KY George Samuel WILLIAMS ... 3 1826 - 1858 Emily Jane AKERS ........ + m: 06 June 1846 Decatur BEATTY ... 3 1829 - 1875 John S.(?Smith?) AKERS ... 3 1832 - Patsey J. AKERS ........ + John Miles KINCAID ... 3 1837 - James AKERS ... 3 1839 - Henderson AKERS ... 3 1839 - Eveline AKERS ........ +m: 12 September 1869 Joseph MCGUIRE 2 1800 - William AKERS ..... +1805 - ,m: 21 September 1824 in , Clay, KY Perdelia "Delia" PITMAN ... 3 1826 - Clifton P. AKERS ... 3 1828 - Ann AKERS ... 3 1829 - William AKERS ... 3 1830 - John J. AKERS ... 3 1833 - Martha Ann AKERS ... 3 1834 - 1862 Milton AKERS ... 3 1835 - 1877 Katherine AKERS ... 3 1836 - Smith AKERS ... 3 1840 - 1859 Thomas S. AKERS ... 3 1843 - Stephen "Steve" AKERS ... 3 1849 - Nancy AKERS 2 1801 - Akers 2 1801-1868, Bur: Akers Cem, Centerville, Fresno,CA Henry AKERS ..... +1802 - 1868, Burial: Akers Cem, Centerville, Fresno, CA m: 13 August 1821 in , Estill, KY Delilah MILLER [Delilah Mountain in Fresno Co., CA is named for her] Father: Jacob #3 Miller, Mother: Priscilla Estes ... 3 1822 - 1901 Malvina E. AKERS +2nd m. James Henry Lewis [planted first peach & pear orchards at Fine Gold, now Madera Co. in Central CA] ... 3 1825 - 1888 John Smith AKERS [lived at White Deer, Fresno Co., CA] ... 3 1826-1911, Bur: Hughes Creek Cem, Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA Harvey A. AKERS [Lived nr Centerville, Fresno Co. Built first (1866) canal & planted first vineyard & orchards of persimmons, oranges in Central CA] ........ +1844-1922, Bur: Hughes Creek Cem, Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA m: 10 April 1861 in Burnet Co, TX Martha Jane MCHALEY Father: John Jr. McHaley, Mother: Elizabeth Huckaby ..... 4 1863 - 1898 Mary Jane AKERS .......... +1862 - 1939, m: 2 Apr 1884 in Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA Daniel B. EVINGER ..... 4 1865 - 1944 John Morgan AKERS ..... 4 1871-1962, Bur: Hughes Cr Cem, Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA Sarah Elizabeth AKERS, Occupation: Rancher's wife .......... +1863-1946, Burial: Hughes Creek Cem, Fresno, CA m: 04 May 1898 parent's home Hughes Cr Home, Fresno, CA Height: 5 ft. 8 in., Jesse Rule FIKE Occ: Cattle Rancher Father: Dilliard P. Fike, Mother: Armilda Ann Scott ..... 4 1880 - 1917, Burial: Hughes Cr Cemetery, Fresno Co. Clara Elvina AKERS .......... +1873 - 1957, m: double wedding w/ sis Sarah Akers Oather Granville WILLIAMS ... 3 1828-1911, Burial: Akers Cem, Los Gatos Canyon, Fresno, CA Anderson B. AKERS [built the second canal in Central CA 6 mos after bro Harvey] ........ +1842-1879, Bur: Pine Hill Cem,Bitterwater,San Benito Co.,CA m: 01 December 1858 in Kings River, Fresno, CA Amanda "Mandy" HARLOW Father: John R. Harlow, Mother: Elsie Miller ... 3 1829 - 1835, Medical: Her apron caught on fire when she reached into fire for a baked potato. Her mother tried to put the fire out & received life-long scars, but was unable to save her. Lucretia AKERS ... 3 1832 - 1870, Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemeter, Fresno, Fresno, CA Sarepta AKERS m. Albert Henry Statham ... 3 1834 - 1923 Sarah "Sally" AKERS ........ +1827-1888, Bur: Pine Hill Cem, Bitterwater, CA m: 17 Feb 1852 Williamson Co., TX Henry S. CHAMBERS Father: James Chambers, Mother: Elsie Miller ..... 4 1853 - 1914, Burial: Sanger Cem, Sanger, Fresno, CA Amanda Caroline CHAMBERS .......... +1846 - 1936, Burial: Sanger Cem, Sanger, Fresno, CA m: 02 May 1867 in Fresno Co., CA William MCHALEY Father: John Jr. McHaley, Mother: Elizabeth Huckaby ... 3 1836-1854 Elizabeth AKERS m. Hobart Estabrook Howard ... 3 1838-1937, Bur: Hughes Creek Cem, Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA Henry Francis "Bud" AKERS [helped bro Harvey build first canal & vineyard] ........ +1846-1887, Bur: Hughes Creek Cem, Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA m: 3 Jun 1862 Kings River, Fresno, CA Martha Ann VAUGHN Father: John Vaughn, Mother: Winnie Huckaby ..... 4 1863-1885, Bur: Hughes Cr Cem, Hughes Creek, Fresno, CA Delilah AKERS ..... 4 1865 - 1943, Burial: Sanger Cem, Sanger, Fresno, CA Agnes "Aggie" AKERS m. Josephus Carter ..... 4 1866 - 1925 Burial: Hughes Creek Cem, Fresno, CA Jasper Edmond AKERS [Lived at Hughes Cr, Fresno,CA] .......... +1873 - 1956, m: 04 February 1891 in Fresno, Fresno, CA Rowena Eleanor "Ella" HUNSAKER Pa: George Washington Hunsaker, Ma: Nancy Ann Hunsaker ..... 4 1868-1963, Bur: Capay Cem William Henry "Will" AKERS ..... 4 1870 - 1947, Burial: Mountain View Ce, Fresno, Fresno, CA Oliver Monroe AKERS [Fresno Co Probation Officer] ..... 4 1872-1967, Bur: Oakland, CA Varina Lucinda "Rena" AKERS ..... 4 1874 - 1945 Burial: Sanger Cem, Sanger, Fresno, CA Wesley Anderson AKERS ..... 4 1882 - 1962, Bur: Belmont Mem. Cem, Fresno, Fresno, CA Ethel AKERS m. Richard "Nile" Craighead ..... 4 1884 - 1973 Myrtle May AKERS m. Harry Burk [Lived at Squaw Valley, Frenso Co., CA] ... 3 1840 - 1910, Burial: Hazelton Ranch, Cemetery, Fresno, CA Mary Jane AKERS [planted seed for first orange tree in Central CA] ... 3 1842 - 1860, Burial: Akers Cemetery, Fresno, CA Margy Ann AKERS ........ +1830-1903, Bur: Redlands, San Bernardino, CA m: Abt. 1855 David HUCKABY Father: Nathan Huckaby, Mother: Martha Ann Williams ... 3 1844 - 1931, Burial: I.O.O.F. Cem, Fresno, Fresno, CA William Alburtus AKERS [Lived in Coalinga, Fresno Co., CA] 2 1795 - James AKERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am ancestrally challenged" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching surnames: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NJ: SENTENEY-HYDE-HIGGINS-CARLE DE: RUTH MD: COURTS-HENLEY PA: MILLER-HULL-MAGGARD KY: EDWARDS-COURTS-HUCKABY-SINCLAIR VA-KY: WARRINER-AKERS-MILLER-ESTES-WILLIAMS-BRIDGES-WINFREY-SCOTT SINCLAIR-GORSUCH-THOMAS VA: SHORES-MAGGARD-FUDGE-BUFORD-NUCHOLLS-CLAYTON-TODD-SCOTT-HUGHES FIKE-EARLY-MADISON-HENLEY-DAMERON-PARROTT-REED-ZWILL NC: WILLIAMS-HUCKABY-BRIDGES-FIKE-ROE-MC HALEY-STRIKER VA-OH-PA: MARTIN-RUTH-HULL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two family books available from me: "And then there were three thousand", 1975 [Miller, Akers, Chambers] "Jacob Miller, Our Immigrant--And More", 1998 [Miller, Mann, Maddy] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That Hansonville tip was very good. While it wasn't any of my family, I found the reserach done by the Web Site Owner, very well done. Amazing time and effort put into it. Thanks for sending it on to me. Diana

Some Akers in this census. William, Thomas, James, and others. http://rhobard.com/census/hansonville3.html

There should be more organizations (or people) like this.....none of us should ever be forgotten. http://starnews.com/extra/features/99/dec/1207st_cemetery.html The above was sent to me by Rosemary Rivette-Lentz, who like me, is searching for the AKERS branch of our family in Indiana and locations past. Marlin __________________________________________________________ Fight spam now! Get your free anti-spam service at http://www.brightmail.com

This is the most wonderful website I've been introduced to in a long time: http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html Haven't found our "Akers" yet, but will keep looking...

Hi I have a copy of a family letter that refers to AKERSHAUS. I posted the info on the Akers Forum on Genforum last June. You'll find that it is message # 681. Bob Collins ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gramidoll@aol.com> To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:21 PM Subject: Re: William Akers I, Rappahannock-Essex Co VA Now, mind you, this is second hand info.....My Uncle went to Olso, Norway 1 year ago and found that Oslo used to be called AKERSHAUS before it was called Oslo. Now somebody might be able to confirm or refute this. I haven't done any research in that area, except to find that there is a castle there that still bears the name AKERS and my Unlce was treated like royalty when they found he was an AKERS. They have a town center fountain and he says it is a real community and they know they are AKERS. (pronounced Awkers) They told him that many of the Vikings went to UK and into Europe trying to build an empire....long ago. Anybody else know anything? Diana Akers Knowles ============================== Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. http://pml.rootsweb.com/ Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.

Most of my research is limited to Ralph's descendants. Bobbie Athon ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I don't have any more information on William than what was listed on Craig Herron's post. Bobbie Athon ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi,,,I assume you mean the old msgs on the Akers List ???? http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl type in Akers,,,then select a year. Happy Hunting ! At 08:34 PM 2/9/2000 EST, you wrote: >How do I find old posted messages on Family Gen? Maybe someone can give me >directions. >thanks, Diana > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >

Since we're piecing different Akers lines together, here are a few from the "Old South" (really old, like French Louisiana and Spanish Florida). Can anyone identify them? 1. THOMAS AKERS appeared in 1804 in what is now Livingston Parish, Louisiana, but was then part of Spanish West Florida. He married Martha Mitchell (supposedly from Belfast, Maine) in 1806 and had at least two children, William (b. 1808) and Lucinda (b. ca 1810-16). He died on 26 June 1815 at "age 45", which would put his birth date at about 1770, place unknown. 2. Another THOMAS AKERS and his brother? son? ASHAEL AKERS, acquired land in Lauderdale County, Mississippi Territory (now part of Alabama, near the Tennessee border) in 1818. Thomas appears on the 1820 census, and Ashael goes on to about 1850 or so. Ashael married Rhoda Platt. 3. SAMUEL ACRE registered several land claims with the U.S. government when it took over West Florida from the Spanish in 1810. The land was all in Mobile, present-day Alabama, where Samuel said he had resided since 1798. 4. JOHN AKERS and GEORGE AKERS appeared in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, where John married Catherine McKoy on 19 May 1818, and George married Mary Reed on 19 Jan 1828. An Internet correspondent claimed to have seen records where it was said that both John and George had come from "le Detroit du Canada". The source for this was a book called _Southwest Louisiana Records_ by someone named Father Hebert. 5. SARAH AKERS married Samuel Smallwood on 11 Nov 1818 in Carroll County, Mississippi. I don't know anything else about this Sarah. Can anyone shed light on these stray Akers, or attach them to any of the known lines in Virginia/Kentucky, New Jersey, or New England? -- Mark James <tmark@geocities.com>

How do I find old posted messages on Family Gen? Maybe someone can give me directions. thanks, Diana

This is the subject that this information should have ben changed too..sorry, Diana

Craig, A comment like that (Yankee Dutchman) would mean something to me. If you find it, yes, let me know. And thanks for looking. You seem to be doing alot of work for alot of people of recent. I can guarantee that we all appreciate it and would look forward to helping you in any way we could.....but we don't know as much as you do...Sorry! Diana Akers Knowles

Now, mind you, this is second hand info.....My Uncle went to Olso, Norway 1 year ago and found that Oslo used to be called AKERSHAUS before it was called Oslo. Now somebody might be able to confirm or refute this. I haven't done any research in that area, except to find that there is a castle there that still bears the name AKERS and my Unlce was treated like royalty when they found he was an AKERS. They have a town center fountain and he says it is a real community and they know they are AKERS. (pronounced Awkers) They told him that many of the Vikings went to UK and into Europe trying to build an empire....long ago. Anybody else know anything? Diana Akers Knowles

Diana There could be a dutch connection. I think one of the family stories were that the family was from a Yankee dutchman I'll to try and find that remark. Craig

Debbie Do you have any other children for Davy Akers? I have a levi Akers in Hamilton co. Ohio (Cincinatti area) in the 1830 census in his 20's or 30's I think. We are also looking for a Jesse Akers who died after 1845 somewhere. Craig Herron