Aaron Theron Adkins b. Aug. 15, 1845

Remembering Aaron T. Adkins
-- 1/2/2008 updated 3/6/2010


I spoke with my father on Christmas day and was told that he has received the Civil War grave maker for 'Little' Aaron Theron Adkins (b. 15 Aug 1845) in one of his barns.

This Confederate soldier was wounded three times at Gettysburg in the arm, leg and side. He also lived to be well into his 80's. I believe he passed away in 1929.

I have two photos of Aaron and in one of them he is around 30 years of age and playing a fiddle. This photo was scanned into a computer from a tin image relief from the Civil War era that's in the possession of 'Wild' Bill Adkins of Harts, WV. In the second photo Aaron is sitting on the storehouse porch of his son Tommy with the entire family to include his daughter Delia Ann Atkins (Adkins) with husband Robert Gilmore Atkins and their 10 year old son, Sidney Atkins b. 1896, my grandfather. (circa 1906)

The Civil War grave marker is housed in a wooden crate so he's not sure what the marker looks like but its about four feet tall and about two feet wide. This appears to be a standard issue grave marker for soldiers of the era.

We'll finally get to lay this old soldier to rest in proper fashion replacing the small rock that currently marks the grave of Aaron T. Adkins and doesn't include dates.

The grave marker will be placed once warm weather arrives in the hills of Lincoln County, West Virgina.

That date has yet to be announced. (The new grave marker is now in place!)

Please contact Sidney Atkins Jr. or Odell Dingess of Little Harts Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia for further information.

Visit Aaron's grave at the Browning cemetery located on Manns Knob in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

If you plan to take photos on your visit I'd love to see the results of my 40 years of research it has taken in order to make this a story worth publishing.

Submitted by Philip Atkins, 9027 South K St., Tacoma, WA 98444-4336.

The Lincoln Journal


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