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- SOURCE OF ORIGINAL CENSUS RECORDS: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins ofParke County, Indiana; Records kept in Elkins volumes under William &Rhoda Elkins section. [daughter, SLJuhl, compiler;SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]
From: Char Anderson
Date: 7/24/2008 1:22:28 PM
To: gsjuhl
Sandy:
I ran across a reference on familysearch.org that I thought you might
be interested in.
James Elkins b abt 1807 of Elkins Graveyard, Log Click, Clark, KY.
There was no further information listed.
Char" [Transcribed 24 July 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
In the updated 1830 U.S. Federal Census for Driftwood Township,Jackson County, Indiana, page 440, obtained from www.Ancestry.com on01 Dec 2006, and reviewed 14 Jan 2008 by this compiler, not only areJames Elkins, James C. Graham, Wm. Runnels (Reynolds), and JonathanGraham listed on the same page as neighbors, but Wm. Runnels(Reynolds) and James Elkins are listed the one directly under theother as heads of families and direct neighbors; Wm. Runnels isdirectly listed above James Elkins and James C. Graham is listed 10households above both of them.
1). Wm Runnels = 1 male 10-15 yrs, 1 male 15-20 yrs, 1 male 50-60 yrs(Wm. Runnels); 1 female 5-10 yrs, 1 female 15-20 yrs, 1 female 40-50yrs (this may or may not be Abigail)
2). James Elkins = 1 male 20-30 yrs (James Elkins); 1 female under 5yrs; 1 female 20-30 yrs (Mary Polly A. Runnels/Reynolds)
3). James C. Graham = 1 male 20-30 yrs (James C. Graham); 1 femaleunder 5, 1 female 20-30 (wife); 1 female 60-70 (mother? ormother-in-law?)
[14 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
James is not listed on the Bureau of Land Management - General LandOffice Records web site as having owned property in Indiana.http://www.glorecords.blm.gov However, he may have been working andliving on his father-in-laws property.
1). SOURCE: Knox County Kentucky Marriages 1800 - 1850
By V. Lorraine Duncan
Another Researchers Publication
Davenport Public Library
321 Main Street
Davenport, Iowa 52801 - 1490
SC 976.9125 KNO
SLJuhl, compiler
Page 4
Elkins, James Reynolds, Polly 28 August 1827
16 January 2007; Research by Compiler; To confirm that James Elkinsnor Mary (Polly) Reynolds Elkins were in the 1840 census in Kentuckyas well as not in the 1840 census in Indiana. It is believed thatJames Elkins died and Mary married James C. Graham in 1840 prior tothe completion of the 1840 census in Indiana.
"www.Ancestry.com
There is only one James Elkins listed in Kentucky 1840 census and heis in Pike County, age 30-40 with 3 younger males and 1 female 30-40with 5 younger females.
Doubtful this is them, because there are too many children.
**There is no Mary Elkins listed in the 1840 Census for Kentucky, norin Whitley, Pulaski or any other county in Kentucky. 1840-Census:No James Elkins is listed in the state of Indiana."
I used "EXACT MATCHES" to try and find them, and the soundex on thesurname."
CONCLUSION: James Elkins died in Indiana before 1840, and Mary(Polly) Reynolds Elkins re-married to James C. Graham in November1840. William H. Elkins was raised by his half-uncle Amaziah Elkins,and Peter Elkins was living in the household of their half-uncleJoseph Elkins, Amaziah's brother; Both boys then were raised by theGrt Uncle William Elkins family. It is believed that Eliza stayedwith her mother through her young years until her marriage to FranklinHamilton; Even so, Mary Polly A. Reynolds Elkins Graham stayed nearthe Hamilton's over the years prior to her death, as evidenced by thecensus records showing her living with the Hamilton's at one time inthe 1870 Federal census, and she remained close to her son William H.Elkins as well (Mary with her sons, William H. Elkins, George F.Graham, and Aaron A. Graham are buried near each other in the samecemetery row in the Russellville Cemetery, Putnam County, Indiana, aswell as, James C. Graham). Peter Elkins is no longer listed in thecensus records after 1850. It is assumed he has passed away between1850-1860 until more information is possibly found on him to indicateotherwise. SLJuhl, Compiler.
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