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| CHIEF CORNSTALK |
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| I decend from 1/ Chief Cornstalk through his daughter, Bluesky and Parker V. Adkins. Their daughter,2/ Charity b 1775 d 1830 married Randolph Adkins b 1762 d 1818. Child of Charity and Randolph- 3/Nancy Adkins b 1795 Montgomery Co. Va married Isaac McComas b 1787 Child of Nancy and Isaac McComas- 4/Surilda McComas b 1815 d 1859 married 1838 Joseph Fry b 1813 Child of Surilda and Joseph Fry- 5/Rev. Isaac Frye b 1843 married Susan Nester Child of Rev. Isaac Frye and Susan Nestor Frye- 6/Martha Tennessee Frye b 8/20/1878 d 11/28/1937 married David K. Adkins b 8/12/1893 d 3/22/1962 Child of Martha and David Kay Adkins- 7/John Henderson Adkins b 10/4/1904 d 5/10/1952 married Norma Staley. (my grandparents) |
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| Keigh-taugh-quah (settlers name cornstalk) was one of the greatest chiefs of his time . He was murdered at PointPleasant (W)Va. 10-nov-1777 shortly after the first battle of our Revolutionary war. Below is a list of the children I have been able to find. Oceano Ellinipso killed with his father Aracroma m- bolling baker a deserter from the englis army. Greenbrier Bluesky Wynepuechiska (peter) he led the tribe to Kansas with Tecumscu's son Wissecapoway Piaserka (the wolf) The above was assembled from treaty signings and other affairs where the name is recorded as "son of or daughter of cornstalk" |
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| Chief Cornstalks monument at Point Pleasant, WV. |
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| Adkins line |
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