This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Akins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/93.119.336.1.2 Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply. The Akins names that I know of are Zeb, John, Elizabeth, and possibly William -- all from Cass or Marion County in Texas prior to 1878.