Hi, Who did your John Akin marry? Did he marry a Walker? I have a loose John in my file that I cannot connect. But to my knowledge, my Eakins came into SC then NC, then into KY. In genealogy, anything is possible. Helen Keusch gkeusch@psci.net -----Original Message----- From: Jtabby2263@aol.com <Jtabby2263@aol.com> To: AKINS-L@rootsweb.com <AKINS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 11:38 AM Subject: [AKINS-L] John Akin(176.-1820 >John Akin was born in Philedelphia. He later moved to the Chester District, >S.C.. >While living in South Carolina he had two known children, Samuel (born 1803) >abd David. Around 1825 Samuel married Ellender Center (1807-January 29, >1883), daughter of Willliam Center. Bill Center was the commissioner of >Education for the 4th District of Greenville County from 1822-1839. Ellender >'s sister Annah married David Akin, Samuels' brother. >Samuel and Ellender had eight children while living in South Carolina. >Matt born 1826, Mira L (born 1829), Frances Angeline, Pernilia (born 1834), >Eli Bayless (October 6, 1836-August 18, 1924), Robert Alexander(born 1839, >Martha (born1841) and Sarah Ellen(1843). After moving to North Carolina >between 1844 and 1846 they had two more children, Nancy(1847) and George >Washington (died February 15, 1916). Samuel Akin was listed as a farmer on >the census. He and Ellender moved to Tennessee for a while but moved back to >North Carolina around 1876. They are both buried in Snow Hill Cemetary., > >