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Family Group Record: John Akin and Mary Watson Howe

Information supplied by: Jackie Wood; Janet M. Roseen


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Husband
   John Akin   
   Born: ca. 1756 Place: South Carolina
   Married: ca. 1783 Place: Camden Dist., South Carolina
   Died: 24 July 1821 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee; he is buried in Pisgah Church cemetery; see Petition To Free Slaves - 1825 with Will of John Akin appended from Wayne County, NC
   Parents: William Akin

Wife
   Mary Watson
   Born: ca. 1760 Place: Bethel, York County, South Carolina
   Died: 14 Jan 1820 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Parents:
  1st husband was Robert Howe; she may have died before 1821,she isn't mentioned in her husband's will
Parents: Samuel Watson and Elizabeth McDowell

Children (listed in his will, dated 1821)

1 Robert Howe Akin
Sex Born: September 3, 1784 Place: York County, South Carolina
M Married: 29 Dec 1807; Rosannah Johnston Place: Davidson County, Tennessee
   Died: March 18, 1862 Place: He and his wife are buried in Pisgah Church Cemetery, Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee

3 Samuel Watson Akin
Sex Born: February 24, 1788 Place: York County, South Carolina
M Married: February 18, 1813, Emily/Millie Biffle Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: November 2, 1833 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee

6 John Williamson Akin
Sex Born: November 10/12, 1794 Place: York County, South Carolina
M   Married: ca. 1816, Catherine Biffle Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: November 26, 1846 Place: Hampshire, Lewis County, Tennessee

2 William Victor Akin
Sex Born: 31 Mary 1785 Place: York County, South Carolina
  M Married: 30 May 1808; Mary Edney; 2nd ca. 1819, Margaret M. Poag Place: 1st, Davidson County, Tennessee
2nd, probably Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: 12 Dec 1867 Place: Red House Cemetery, Bath Springs, Decatur County, Tennessee

7 Eleanor V. Akin
Sex Born: between 1800-1810 Place: South Carolina Tennessee
  F Married: ca. 1819, Jacob Biffle Place:
   Died: between 1840 and 1850 Place:

4 Martha L. Akin
Sex Born: ca. 1790 Place: York County, South Carolina
  F Married: ca. 1819, William Grimes Place: South Carolina
   Died: after 1855-56 Place:

5 Pemelia Akin
Sex Born: 2 Sep 1792 Place: York County, South Carolina
  F Married: 17 Nov 1808, Moses Smith Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: 22 Aug 1863 Place: Macoupin County, Illinois; she and her husband are buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Macoupin County, Illinois

 

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