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Owen Lunsford Adkins Sr.

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Owen Lunsford Adkins Sr.

Birth
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
1790 (aged 35–36)
Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Cremated, Other Add to Map
Memorial ID
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BURIAL: unknown - massacred by Indians,possibly in the Clinch River Valley,Hawkins County,Tennessee or southwest Virginia. Two children, names unknown, also scalped; son Jessee,age two was scalped but survived; two other children (Milly & Owen,Jr.)hid in a hollow log and were later taken to Kentucky by relatives. Older children were not at home (Benjamin, James, Wiatt).
BURIAL: unknown - massacred by Indians,possibly in the Clinch River Valley,Hawkins County,Tennessee or southwest Virginia. Two children, names unknown, also scalped; son Jessee,age two was scalped but survived; two other children (Milly & Owen,Jr.)hid in a hollow log and were later taken to Kentucky by relatives. Older children were not at home (Benjamin, James, Wiatt).


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