Some of this family, and probably LEWIS' mother, PIETY PRUDENCE ADKINS formerly SANSING, and some of his brother's families attended Indian Creek Baptist Church in Henry Co., Georgia. On September 18, 1852, CATHERINE, HARRIET (WILLIAM J.'s wife), TILLMON, and PRUDENCE ADKINS were granted "letters of Dismissal" from this church. No ADKINS families attended this church after the above date.

ZACCHEUS' Estate: In 1870, LEWIS D., CATHERINE ADKINS formerly SANSING, and some family members probably moved to Claiborne Parish to try to get a portion of his mother's (PIETY P.) estate. LEWIS D., his sister, JANE A., and his brother-in-law, JONATHON D. SANSING, took L.C.C. ADKINS to *court, as L.C.C. had wound up will all their mother's property after her death in September 1879. She had been living with L.C.C. since about 1866.
LEWIS D. won a small portion of the estate. The one hundred and sixty acres in his mother's name were sold to MILES CRITTENDEN and Mrs. P.E. CAMP for four hundred and forty dollars. Court costs were deducted from this amount and the balance was divided equally between L.C.C. and LEWIS D., et al. After paying lawyers, Lewis D. probably wound up with less than one hundred dollars out of his mother's estate.
This case was closed on May 27, 1890, when LEWIS D. would have been about 81 years of age. He may have died in Claiborne Parish or moved back near Coushatta, Louisiana with ELISHA SYLVANUS(FAN). He probably is not buried in the Adkins Family Cemetery (because of the court battle).

LEWIS ATKINS
Military File Source:
Revolutionary War Soldier All his descendants should be proud of LEWIS ADKINS for his long and very hard seven years service in the Revolutionary War.Only a VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE of the soldiers in this war fought as long as seven years. He suffered through the early defeats and retreats at Brandywine and Germantown. He also went through the terrible winter at Valley Forge with General GEORGE WASHINGTON. At the fall of Charleston, SC. he was one of only a handful of men from his brigade who escaped capture and prison for the rest of the war, on the right flank in the first line, a very exposed and dangerous position call "Post of Honor". His decimated regiment then became part of the group that went to SouthCarolina and Georgia to fight the rest of the war. He was wounded in Georgia in 1782. He was a "chip off the old block" of his GGGrandfather, RICHARD ADKINS, who had fought in BACON's REBELLION, the first armed revolt against the British in 1676,exactly 100 years before LEWIS enlisted in the RevoluntionaryWar in 1776.
Note:
CSA MS/PVT 26th Reg., MS infantry Co. D. He was wounded at Petersburg in "BATTLE of WELDON RAILROAD"and in hospital at Richmond for a long time. (Per DORIS ADKINS WELLS, Deceased)