Mcnairy County TN Archives Biographies.....Atkins, Peyton 1814 - Unknown
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Jackie Rhodes kjrhodes@tycom.net July 2, 2007, 5:24 pm

Author: McNairy County History

Peyton Atkins, a well known farmer and early settler of McNairy County, and

resident of the Ninth District, a son of George and Marthin (Martin) Atkins. was

born in North Carolina in 1814. His grandfather, Joseph Atkins, was a native of

North Carolina and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The Father, George, was

of Irish ancestry, born in North Carolina in 1785, and while a resident of his

native State, married a lady who was born there in 1790. In 1833 they came to

McNairy County, where Mr. Atkins engaged in farming until his death in 1849.

Mrs. Atkins' death occurred in 1874; she was a consistent member of the

Methodist Episcopal Church South. The subject of this sketch was raised under

his father's roof and received a fair education at the common schools. January

1811, he married Nancy, daughter of William and Martha Donnell. She was born in

North Carolina in 1871, and became the mother of nine children--six sons and

three daughters: Artimesia, wife of V. A. Sanders, of Corinth, Miss.; George, of

Hardin County; Martha, wife of D. W. Babb, of Mississippi; Pinckney C., of

Arkansaw; James E., of Hardin County; Adolpheus S., of Arkansas; John Peyton, of

Hardin County; Nancy, wife of Samuel Chambers, and Robert Tolbert. Mr. Atkins

has always led an active and industrious life, and by  his own efforts has

accumulated considerable valuable property, owning the place upon which he

resides, a farm of about 400 acres, well improved.

Additional Comments:
Transcribed from McNairy County Histor; Chicago and Nashville: The Goodspeed

Publishing Co., 1887 by Jackie Rhodes.

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