Display Patriot - P-101937 - William AKINS/AIKEN Sr

William AKINS/AIKEN Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-101937

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State of Service: NC/SC Qualifying Service: Lieutenant

DAR #: A133737

Birth: 1756 / Cecil / MD
Death: 29 Mar 1841 / Cherokee / AL

Qualifying Service Description:

Also Pvt - Capts David Reid and John Sharp, Col Alexander
1Lt - Capt John Moore, Col Davidson, and Myddleton

Additional References:

Rev War Pension S*W5600
Bounty Land Warrant 30624-160-55

Spouse: Elizabeth McCorkle
Children: William Jr; John Thomas; Rachel; Stephen; Milton; Melvina;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1985-01-22	GA	Unassigned	Leward Leon Dunn (119275)	Milton
1999-01-12	TX	2355	Billy Joe Akins (151293)	William
2000-01-19	AL	5564	Kinian Knox Logan (153117)	John
2012-05-07	TX	47732	Sam Vernon Akins (183493)	William
2020-11-13	CA	93003	Marc Solon Hendon (197342)	William
2020-11-13	CA	93004	John Solon Hendon USN (197343)	William
2021-10-22	AL	99381	Steven Lewis Akins (220763)	William

Burial:

Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery_(C-0020154)

Location:

Spring Garden / Cherokee / AL / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

21978

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5677620

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

The grave is located at the back end of the cemetery coming from the driveway that loops around through the graveyard, near where the entrance to the original church once stood. Several of his children and grandchildren are buried nearby
Photo is displayed courtesy of Steven Akins, ALSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Steven Lewis Akins

William Akins, Sr., was born in 1756 at Cecil County, Maryland, and moved with his family to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. His father, James Akin, a Scots-Irish Presbyterian, purchased 200 acres of land from John McKnit Alexander, 10 March 1777.

In the winter of 1777, while a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, William Akins volunteered for his first term of service in the Revolutionary War. He was a private under Colonel Thomas Polk. His service was between Wilmington and Brunswick, for six months.

In 1778, Akins volunteered to serve a second term of service as a substitute for Phineas Alexander as a scout to the Cherokee Nation. This term of service lasted six months.

In 1779, Akins volunteered for a third term of service in Captain John Sharp’s Company. They marched and joined General Lincoln’s Army at Charleston, South Carolina. He was discharged in 1780, after service of six months.

In 1780, Akins volunteered for a fourth term of service under the command of Samuel Hout in the detachment commanded by Colonel Davidson and Major Dickson. He was employed scouting near Charlotte, North Carolina, for about twelve months.

In 1781, he enlisted under Captain Francis Moore as a first lieutenant for ten months. He was in the company of Captain Isaac Ross' South Carolina State Dragoons. He was at the taking of Friday’s Fort and Mott’s Fort on the Congaree River, South Carolina. He was at Fort Orangeburg on the Edisto River. He joined General Greene near Eutaw Springs and was at the Battle of the Eutaw. After the Battle of Eutaw Springs, he was detached under the command of General Wayne, under the immediate command of Major John Moore, to the State of Georgia. He remained at Georgia for six weeks before he was detached back to South Carolina, at the arrival of General Saint Clair, with reinforcements.

William Akins married Elizabeth McCorkle, 4 March 1784 at Mecklenburg, North Carolina. She was a daughter of Stephen McCorkle and Ann Forbes. They lived at York County, South Carolina, from 1789-1819. They moved to Morgan County, Georgia, where they lived until 1839. They relocated to Ambersonville, Benton County, Alabama (present-day Spring Garden, Cherokee County).

William Akins died 29 March 1841 at Ambersonville.

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