Re: EIGHT ADKINS families - Melungeon???
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Re: EIGHT ADKINS families - Melungeon???
Ronnie Adkins 3/06/03
Ronnie,I am new at this and dont know what i am doing so try to bear with me.I started reading some of the talk between you and other people and thought i would put in some info that I found out last summer.My great grandfather on my dads side was Thomas Jefferson Adkins my grandfather was Smiley Adkins.My dad was James Moses Adkins and as far as i know were all raised up four mile in lincoln county W.Va.My dad died 9 years ago and never really talked about my family tree but while I was working up four mile I had a chance to talk to several of the (oldtimers) who remembared my grandfather very well (he was said to have made the best moonshine around)I also was told that somewhere back in time I had a family member that married one of Chief Cornstalks daughters.My grndmother was a Tooley but deffinetly resembled indian heritage(dark kinda kinky hair and real dark eyes).Hear agian like you it dont realley matter to me if I am melungeon or plain old hillbilly.I am very proud of my family and would not change a thing.