Absalom ADKISSON (3 MAR 1793 - 18 FEB 1882)

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Absalom ADKISSON

3 MAR 1793 - 18 FEB 1882

BORN: 3 MAR 1793, probably Halifax Co. VA
DIED: 18 FEB 1882, Roane Co. TN ^[1347]
BURIED: 19 FEB 1882, Methodist Cemetery, Swan Pond, Roane Co. TN
MILITARY SERVICE: BET 13 NOV 1814 AND 12 MAY 1815, Tennessee Volunteers, War of 1812

Father: David ADKISSON

Mother: ?

Notes

ABSOLOM ADKISSON was born 3 March 1793 in VA. He married (1816) SARAH "Sally" ADKISSON (1801-1891). In 1830, Absolom is shown in Capt. Hassler’s militia company in the Swan Pond area, and paying taxes on 300 acres of land. By 1871, Absolom was paying taxes on three tracts for a total of 1296 acres. In 1880, he owned three tracts with 1051 acres; the largest one was bounded on the north by Dickey, on the south by Suddath, on the east by Hester heirs, and on the west by Emory River. Absolom was reputed to be physically large and powerful. Absolom and Sally Adkisson had 12 children.

He volunterred in the Tennessee Militia at Kingston in the War of 1812. All of his sons fought for the Union in the Civil War.

- Roots of Roane County, TN, by Snyder E. Roberts, page 152

Absalom lived all of his life in Roane Co. TN except he lived in Maury Co. TN from 1821 to 1827. He was a private in the War of 1812 and a Lieutenant in the Indian War of 1836. He worked as a farmer, lumberman and actioneer.

- Research of Jerry Adkisson

Family

Wife: Sarah ADKISSON

MARRIED: 24 DEC 1816, Roane Co. TN ^[3772]

Children:

Pedigree

                                                                   _____________________
                                                                  |                     
                                             _David ATKINS _______|_____________________
                                            | (1688 - 1787) m 1725                      
                       _William ADKISSON ___|
                      | (1730 - 1801) m 1758|
                      |                     |                      _Louiss ORANGE ______
                      |                     |                     | (.... - 1734)       
                      |                     |_Magdelin ORANGE ____|_Mary ? _____________
                      |                       (1705 - 1754) m 1725                      
 _David ADKISSON _____|
| (1758 - 1820) m 1779|
|                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                           
|                     |_Susanna ? __________|
|                       (1740 - 1801) m 1758|
|                                           |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     
|                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                       
|
|--Absalom ADKISSON 
|  (1793 - 1882)
|                                                                  _____________________
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|                                            _____________________|_____________________
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|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
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|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_ ? _________________|
   m 1779             |
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_____________________|
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                                            |_____________________|_____________________

Source references

[1347] Absalom Adkisson Penson File, War of 1812

[3772] Roane Co. TN Marriage Bond

DATA:Bond: Ben J. White