Gail Brown wrote: > The list has been kinda quiet lately, but there are some new subscribers, so if you haven't shared your research interests lately, please go ahead and let us know which > of your ancestors were in Harrison County. > Hi Gail & Other List Members! Gail, you did a great job reproducing an obit that is over 100 years old, which I am including below in my info! Thanks to you, I now know much more than I did--maybe not on my "Adkins" side but on the "Graves" side! I'm still looking for "where" George came from -- who were his parents & siblings, etc. ~ Here is my info, & then a portion of the obit transcribed by Gail is below. Of course now I want to know WHO were these other 12 siblings of Amanda & Eliza (see the obit) -- as well as the on-going quest for Eliza Grave's husband (George Adkins) family!! ~ Cami Adkins-McCraw ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George B. Adkins, ~ *Architect; Judge* ~ b. October 16, 1819 in S.Hampton Co. VA; d. January 30, 1875 in Marshall, Harrison Co. TX. (Note: We also have alternative years for George as 1810 & 1876, & alternative birth-state as NC, ~ although someone recently told me that South Hampton VA is close to the border, so could this explain the NC/VA variance in the info?) Both states were mentioned on "secondary" type documents out of Harrison County TX; articles written by historians of the area many years ago, yet well after his time. The rest of the info ~ Marries Eliza Graves on January 17, 1833 in Mobile, AL (Eliza Graves, b. March 7, 1816; d. May 1850, a few months after the birth of their 5th child. She is dau of John Graves & Eliza ? from Salem, GA; & one notation says they may have come from MS.) ~ George B. Adkins m. 2nd ~ Sally Macon Ward on June 5, 1851. She will raise the children, & some of the grandchildren will carry her name. (Sally ~ from Warrington, PY; the dau. of Seth Ward & Sallie Macon Green.) *George B. Adkins ~ Harrison County TX pioneer -- appointed by President Lamar as first Chief Justice (Judge) of Marshall and conducts the county's first election in the newly organized county of "Harrison", split from Shelby County in 1842. *Also an architect; In 1857 he builds the Adkins House, a hotel in Marshall, reputedly the finest hotel west of the Mississippi. In recognition of the role the hotel played during the Civil War, the name of the Adkins House is changed in 1866 to Capitol Hotel. *He would also build the birthplace/childhood home of Ladybird Johnson, near Marshall, in Karnack, TX. My own Grandfather would live in that home. Children of George B. Adkins/Eliza Graves: John E. Adkins, George B. Adkins, Jr., [sometimes listed as "George A."--especially on military documents], Virginia Eliza Adkins, Dr.William Pinkney Adkins, & Timothy Young Adkins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have no idea of any of George's original family from the South Hampton area. I did find one land grant that I think could possibly be a brother -- but only speculation--no proof. A Land Grant for George states, "First Arrived in Texas: 1 Mar 1838, Date Conditional Certificate Issued: 7 Jan 1840; Conditional Certificate Issued in: Harrison County". Then, here comes a "Charles E. Adkins" going to the area of Harris Co., (not too far away from Harrison Co.) with a land grant received on Dec. 5, 1839, which is also listed as his arrival date into TX. So, for sure I am looking for George B. Adkins--- & there is that slight "hint" that there could be a Charles E. Adkins connected. (again that is pure speculation.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transcribed by Gail Brown, & found at ~ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/HarrisonObits?read=23 (note from Cami ~ I am working with a Coleman descendant as well as one from "Timothy Young" & of course my own line is "William Pinkney" ~ all three are mentioned as neices & nephews in the obit. Their initials are here. (Mine is mis-spelled, "Dr. W.F." rather than W.P., but I think the "Dr." gives it away!) Here is a portion of the obit ~~ >From the Marshall Messenger newspaper, 16 February, 1899 Another one of Marshall's oldest citizens passed away when Mrs. Amanda E. Starnes died at 7:25, Wednesday night, Feb. 15th, 1899, at the residence of Mrs. B. R. Perry, which has been her home for some years past. Funeral services at the house at 9 o'clock Friday morning. Burial at Scottsville, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The remains will start for Scottsville at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Starnes was born in Mississippi Jan. 14, 1823. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno Graves, moved to Mobile, Ala., when she was four years old, and at the age of 14 she was married to Mr. John R. Smith, who died two years later, leaving her one child, Miss Cammie Starnes, who alone of her immediate family survives her. Mrs. Starnes is the last of fourteen children. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Graves still lives on the old home place. Mrs. Jennie Coleman and Mrs. Mittie Bell, of Marshall, Mrs. Wm. Bradburn, of Houston and Mrs. Mattie Daniels, of Jack County, are her nieces, and Dr. W. F. Adkins and T. Y. Adkins, are her nephews. Marshall Messenger, Vol XXII, No. 124, 16 February, 1899 Scottsville Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is my Direct Adkins Line to this famous Harrison Co. Judge ~ (He is my GG Grandfather.) ~ George B. Adkins, SR., b. October 16, 1819(OR in 1810)/Eliza Graves, b. March 07, 1816 Dr. William Pinkney Adkins, b. 1848 Lee P. Adkins, b. 1886 Luther P. Adkins (my Dad), living, & with E-mail! Cami Adkins-McCraw, (me) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~