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We are inclined to believe that William Adkins below, regardless of whether or not his father was Robert Adkins born in England or Joseph Adkins, ... was the source of African heritage slaves in Virginia with the surname of Adkins/Atkins.  Our interests are not so much about the lineage of slave owners but the locations and sources of people they enslaved who would use the surname of Adkins/Atkins.

William ADKINS (AFN:HP86-FT)
Born: 1690Place: , Henrico, Va
Died: 1754/1774Place: , Goochland, Va
Married: 17 Jan 1716Place: , Montgomery, Va
Father: Joseph ADKINS (AFN:1L3T-JHV)
 Mother: Mary DAVIDSON (AFN:1L3T-JBT)

Wife's Name
Elizabeth PARKER (AFN:HP86-G1)
Born: 1700Place: L., Henrico, Va
Died: Bef 1733Place: Goochland, Va
Married: 17 Jan 1716Place: , Montgomery, Va
Father: Richard PARKER (AFN:P90D-76)
 Mother: Mitha NONE (AFN:P90D-8C)

Children

 1. Sex Name 
  MParker ADKINS (AFN:C6WW-GP)
  Born: Abt 1725 Place: Of, , Gootchland, Virginia
  Died: Aft 1791 Place: , Montgomery, Virginia

 2. Sex Name 
  FMary ADKINS (AFN:3K4D-0B)
  Born: Abt 1735 Place: , Goochland, Va
  Died: Deceased Place: Beech Fork, Wayne County, Virginia

 3. Sex Name 
  MReuben ADKINS (AFN:P90J-TT)
  Born: Abt 1780 Place: , Montgomery, Va
  Died: Bef 1850 Place:  

 4. Sex Name 
  MHenry ADKINS (AFN:HP86-JC)
  Born: 1730 Place: , Henrico, Va
  Died: Abt 1787 Place:  

 5. Sex Name 
  MWilliam, Jr. ADKINS (AFN:225B-VMH)
  Born: 1721 Place: Henrico Co., Later Goochland Co., Virginia
  Died: Bet 20 1784 Mar And 1784 Jan Place: Henrico Co., Later Goochland Co., Virginia

 6. Sex Name 
  MWilliam ADKINS (AFN:HP86-0L)
  Born: 1719/1720 Place: Meachum Creek, Goochland, Va
  Died: 15 Mar 1784 Place: Pittsylvania, Va
  Buried:  Place: , Pittsylvania, Virginia

 7. Sex Name 
  MJoseph ADKINS (AFN:JJQB-Q3)
  Born: 1723 Place: Henrico Co., Later Goochland Co., Virginia

 8. Sex Name 
  MSherwood ADKINS (AFN:JJQD-33)
  Born: 1728 Place: , Henrico, Va

 9. Sex Name 
  MJacob ADKINS (AFN:JJQB-X4)
  Born: Bet 1725 1728 And Place: Henrico Co., Later Goochland Co., Virginia
  Died: Post 1791 Place: Henrico Co., Later Goochland Co., Virginia

 10. Sex Name 
  MRichard ADKINS (AFN:JJQ8-77)
  Born: 1716/17 Place: , Henrico, Goochland, Va
  Died:  Place: , , Tn

The above map affords geographer views as to British westward movement of settlers and slaves beginning with the Tidewater area plantations in the 17th century.  Keep in mind the Piedmont lands occupied by Native Americans flowed south down through the Carolinas and the Appalachian Mountain chain all the way south through Tennessee to Alabama.

As the settlers moved west into counties such as Goochland west of modern day Richmond area, ... they were doing so by purchasing quit claim land deeds issued by the British crown whether or not occupied by Native Americans.  Cherokee and other native inhabitants were bewildered and forced by colonial militia (organized by British governors) to evacuate lands they claimed as their homelands. 

 

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