Display Patriot - P-327128

James WILKINS

SAR Patriot #: P-327128

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: SC Qualifying Service: Staff Officer

DAR #: A125566

Birth: abt 1748 / / SC
Death: 06 Mar 1824 / Todd / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

Served as a sergeant of weapons in the SC artillery
DAR RC #981921 cites: Staff Officer, SC; also Pvt, Sergeant Artillery; Capt Turner, Colonel Winn

Additional References:

Pension Number W-9024

Spouse: Elizabeth White
Children: Thomas; Hugh;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2004-07-16	KY	17525	James Thomas Henderson (157156)	Hugh
2005-12-19	KY	24470	Joe Fleming Wilkins (166291)	Thomas
2006-08-17	KY	26118	Billy Ray Hancock (167569)	Thomas
2017-10-06	KY	77541	Philip Monroe Wilkins (204866)	Hugh
2017-10-06	KY	77542	Mark Wayne Wilkins (204867)	Hugh
2017-10-06	KY	77543	Adam Addison Wilkins (204868)	Hugh
2017-10-06	KY	77544	Benjamin David Stratton (204869)	Hugh
2020-10-09	FL	94186	Wilburn Paul Wilkins (217131)	Hugh
2021-01-15	FL	95358	Raymond Douglas Wilkins (217857)	Hugh
2025-04-25	TN	116140	Robert Donald Wilkins (233408)	Hugh

Burial:

Wilkins Cemetery_(C-0258362)

Location:

Elkton / Todd / KY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2488953

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

106878621

Marker Type:

SAR Lug on VA Vertical Stone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:

Photo by permission: James Thomas Henderson, John Manire Chapter, Kentucky SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Wilkins Cemetery is located on Goshen Road about 1/4 mile from US Hwy 68-80. It is located about a mile east of Fairview, KY. The cemetery does not have a reportable address because it is located on the edge of an agricultural field on farm property with no residence. The cemetery is located right beside the roadway and is well maintained by the Todd Co., KY Jailer, using inmate labor. The Patriot has a U.S. Government Veteran's Administration tombstone with SAR marker

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: James Thomas Henderson
He served as a SGT of Artillery under Capt. Turner in COL Winns Regiment in the SC line of the regular army. He served 506 days in 178-1781. He was on the roster at the Battle of Ft. Sullivan where he was wounded in the shoulder, held prisoner several months, and then exchanged for a British officer. He later served in the SC militia.

James Wilkins widow, Elizabeth White Wilkins appeared in Todd Co., KY Court on 9 Apr 1844 and testified as to his service, She stated they married on 16 May 1769 and that he died 6 Mar 1834. A son, Thomas Wilkins appeared inTodd Co., KY Court on 18 Aug 1845 and gave additional testimony about his father's service and named most of his siblings. James Wilkins and Elizabeth White Wilkins had fourteen (14) children as follows: John - Thomas - Ann - William - Mary (Mrs. James Woodburn) - Margaret - James (III) - Jennetta ('Jane', Mrs. Abner Barnett) - Alexander - Hugh B. (Bonar) - Elizabeth - Sarah - Martha - Isabella (Mrs. Samuel Mock).

"American Revolution Roster, Ft. Sullivan, 1776-1780, Ft. Sullivan Chapter DAR, 1976, pg. 301"
"DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III, pg 3219"
"Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Virgil D. White, 1992, Vol III, pg 3838"
"Pension Records of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Todd Co., KY, Annie Walker Burns Bell, 1935, pgs. 40-41"
"SC Indent Book K, No. 288 --- Stub entries to Indent Book W., No. 120."

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