Milton Perkins, son of Aggy Perkins and Jim Hensley

 

Milton Perkins and wife Mary "Polly" Ann Howard

Milton Perkins

b. Dec. 8, 1845, Morgan Co. KY.;

d. August 5, 1912, Jean, Lawrence Co., KY, of laryngial tuberculosis 

Source: Death Certificate # 20342

Note: military marker, buried Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Road, Webbville, Lawrence Co. KY

Note: Father's name given on death certificate.

m. Polly Ann Howard, March 7, 1867, Lawrence Co. KY

Mary "Polly" Ann Howard

b. March 1848, Morgan Co. [later Magoffin Co.] KY

d. February 7, 1918, Lawrence Co. KY, of lobar [?] pneumonia [see death cert.]

Note: Buried Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Road, Webbville, Lawrence Co. KY

May have been living in 1860 in Isaac Perkins' household, HH# 119, in Morgan Co., KY.

Note: She was the daughter of Moses Howard (b. 1822) and Matilda Phipps. (Corliss Bevins Wickline)

May have lived with Thomas Howard and Mary Polly Perkins = see 1850 Morgan Co. KY census, HH# 537

Census Records

1860 Lawrence Co., KY Census

Milton Perkins 14, Ky. Farm Hand in the household of Jacob P. Williams

1860 Lawrence Co., KY, HH # 649

Agga Perkins, MALE [?], 35, Ky.,

Henry 16,

Milton 14,

Isaac 12,

Marion 9,

Zylphia 5,

Sarah E. 2.

1870 Lawrence Co., KY Census, Precinct 11, HH # 33-33

PERKINS Milton      24  M  farm laborer         KY

PERKINS Pollie A.    21  F  keeping house       KY

PERKINS Rhoda      14  F                              KY

PERKINS Alifair       2  F                              KY

[not listed as white?]

1880 Lawrence Co. OH, 4^th Ward, Ironton, HH# 180/199, 7^th Street

Milton Perkins, 43, laborer, KY KY KY

Polly Ann, 28 [?], wife, keeping house, KY KY KY

Rhoda E., daughter, 13, KY KY KY

Alafair, 11, daughter, at home, KY KY KY

Rosanna, 7, daughter, at home, KY KY KY

Henry T., 5, son, KY KY KY

Leander, 1, son, KY KY KY

1900 Census of Lawrence Co., KY: Magisterial District # 3, East Fork Precinct:

# 223

PERKINS, Milton     Dec. 1845     54   married 38 yrs.

                  Polly A.   Mch. 1848    52   married 38 yrs.; 10 children, 7 living

                  Leander   Apr. 1879     21  single

                  Charlie    Apr. 1885     15  single

                  Earl         May 1888     12

   HICKS, George     May 1880     20 married less than a year

                 Nora        June 1881     18 married less than a year

1910 Census of Lawrence Co., KY: Magisterial District #6, Dy Fork Precinct, HH # 113

PERKINS, Milton     64  married 40 years, farmer

                  Polly A.   61  married 40 years, 10 children 7 living

Tax Lists

1868 Lawrence Co. Taxlist

Milton Perkins

Property: 50 acres, Cherokee

Value: $100

1 Horse, $50

2 cattle

                             

Miscellaneous Records

Military Service - Civil War

Milton Perkins served as private in Co.B, 14th KY Infantry [US] during the Civil War. He enlisted on July 28, 1863 and was mustered into the service on August 10, 1863 at Louisa, Lawrence Co., KY. He was later transfered into the 14th KY Veteran Infantry and discharged Sept. 15, 1865 in Louisville, KY.

He applied for and received a pension for his military service.

Persons in Lawrence County liable under the Military Laws to be enrolled in the Militia of State of Kentucky - 1874 [extracted from Lawrence Co. KY Court books]

#  823 Milton Purkins

Listed in the 1882 Lawrence Co. Taxlist - Election Precinct No. 2

Children of Milton Perkins and Polly Ann Howard

1. Rhoda Ellen Perkins, b. June 2, 1867; m. James A. Griffith

2. Allie Fair/Alaphair Perkins, b. April 29, 1869; m. George W. Perkins

3. Rose Ann/ Rozan Perkins, b. Feb. 16, 1873/6; m. Nelson Boggs

4. Thomas Henry [Lee] Perkins, b. Aug. 1/2, 1875; m.1) Sydney Hicks, m. 2) Bessie Bailey

5. unnamed female Perkins, b. and d. March 12, 1878

6. Leander Perkins, b. May 29, 1878; m. Junie Sturgill

7. Norah M. Perkins, b. May 23, 1882; m. George Hicks

8. Charley A. Perkins, b. July 15, 1885

9. Earl [Early] Perkins, b. Sep. 17, 1887; married Tennessee "Tiny" Tennie Hicks

1- Rhoda Ellen PERKINS,

b. June 2, 1867;

m. James A. Griffith Aug. 28, 1883

"James A. Griffith of Dry Fork, Law. Co. KY, age 23, farmer, both he and his parents were born in Lawrence Co. KY. He was married on Aug. 28, 1883, to Rhoda Ellen Perkins of Law. Co. KY. She was age 17, and she and her parents were born in Law. Co. KY. Married by Henry Blankenship at the house of Milton Perkins. Witnesses: Angelina Griffith and Cynthia Alice Perkins."

[Lawrence Co. KY Marriage Register, Vol. 7, p. 199]

James A. Griffith

Note: Son of George Griffith and Elizabeth Hensley

Children of Rhoda Ellen Perkins and James A. Griffith

1.1. George Washington Griffith, b. 1896; d. 1986; m. Sarah Ollie Kitchen

1.2. Laura Griffith

1.3. Alonzo Griffith

2- Allie Fair/Alaphair PERKINS

b. April 29, 1869;

d. April 10, 1936, Lawrence Co. KY

m. George Washington Perkins

George W. Perkins

b. Sep. 9, 1856, Morgan Co. [later Magoffin Co. KY];

d. Dec. 10, 1929, Lawrence Co. KY

s/o Harve Williams and Virginia [Jenny] Perkins;

Notes: listed in the 1860 Magoffin Co. Census, HH# 202

3- Rose Ann/ Rozan PERKINS

b. Feb. 16, 1873 / Jan. 20, 1876, Law. Co. KY (date from death cert.)

d. Nov. 7, 1918

Cause of death: Carcinoma uterus

m. July 3, 1889 to Nelson Boggs

b. 2/26/1864

d. 3/20/1962

s/o Benjamin F. and Didema E. Stidham Boggs

Note: Both Rose Ann Perkins and Nelson Boggs are buried in the Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Road, near Webbville, Law. Co. KY.

4- Thomas Henry [Lee] PERKINS

b. Aug. 1/2, 1875, Magoffin Co. KY

d. Feb. 18, 1950

Note: Buried Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Road, near Webbville, Law. Co. KY.

m. 1) Sep. 17, 1898 to Sydney Hicks

Sydney Hicks

b. abt. May 1883

d. Feb. 5, 1924, Lawrence Co. KY

Note: d/o Hiram Hicks and Julia A. Kitchen

Note: Buried Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Road, near Webbville, Law. Co. KY.

Note: Vol. 15, Death Cert. # 07032

Children of Thomas Henry Lee Perkins and Sydney Hicks

4.1. Hobert Perkins, m. Leslie Bailey

4.2. Hubert Perkins, b. June 07, 1906, Lawrence Co., KY.; d. April 1980, Ashland, Boyd Co. KY; m. Blanche Matilda Kitchen, d/o Albert Kitchen and Amelia Perkins. Buried Bellefonte Memorial Gardens, Flatwoods, KY.

Hubert was a farmer at Jean, KY and a truck driver living in Ashland, KY

4.3. Lee Perkins; m. Alley Daniels

4.4. Kathleen Perkins, m. Elmer Blake

4.5. Joann Perkins, m. Buster Hardwick

4.6. Lena Perkins; m. ? Greene

4.7. Charles Perkins

4.8. Irene Perkins, m. Nells Blythe

4.9. Julia Perkins, b. Apr. 10, 1910, Law. Co. KY

m. 2) Bessie Bailey

5- unnamed female PERKINS, b. and d. March 12, 1878

6- Leander PERKINS

b. May 29, 1878

d. Jan. 14, 1956;

m. Nov. 14, 1901 to Junie Sturgill

b. June 1883

d. 1933

d/o David and Arena Boggs Sturgill

7- Norah M. PERKINS

b. May 23, 1882

d. Sept. 12, 1941;

m. George Hicks, abt. 1899/1900

b. May 1880

s/o Hiram and Julia A. Kitchen Hicks.

Note: He was a brother of Sydney Hicks who married Norah's brother Thomas Henry Lee Perkins.

Children of Norah M. Perkins and George Hicks

7. 1. Thelma Irene Hicks, b. July 1917; d. Sept. 12, 1917, Law. Co. KY, from failure to digest any kind of food, from August 1 to death. Attending physician was Dr. Jas. Thompson.  Buried

at Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Rd., near Webbville, Law. Co. KY. Undertaker was Hiram Hicks [death cert. # 25688]

8- Charley A. PERKINS

b. July 15, 1885

d. while in the military service [CPL., 57. Co. US Coastal Artillery Corps]

Notes: military marker, buried Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Road, Webbville, Lawrence Co. KY

Note: The 57. Company, Coastal Artillery Corps, Southern Artillery District, New York, [Fort Wadsworth, New York Harbor] was made a torpedo company in 1907, by order of the War department.

"Torpedo companies are primarily charged with the care and operation of the submarine mine equipment of the artillery district in which stationed, including the rapid-fire guns and searchlights provided for the defense of the mine fields. Detachments from those companies will be sent by artillery district commanders, with the approval of the authority compètent to order the necessary travel, to such artillery posts in their respective districts as may be equipped with submarine mining material for its care and operation, including that of rapid-fire guns and searchlights provided for the defense of the mine field. These detachments may be sent to take station at the other posts permanently, or for limited periods, or they may be sent out daily as may be found most expedient."

[General Orders, By United States War Dept, United States Adjutant-General's Office, United States Military Secretary's Dept; Published by The Dept., 1907, pp. 3/4]

On June 11, 1905, the Fify-Seventh Company is sent to Fort Howard, Md.

In 1907, the 57th was sent to the Philippines. They left San Francisco, Ca. on the transport Warren", on August 5, 1907, and arrived at Manila P. I. on September 4, 1907.

In 1909, the 57th was sent to Presidio, San Francisco, CA.

In the Philippines, the 57th Company was stationed at Fort Wint, Grande Island, District of Subig/Subic Bay.

9- Earl [Early] PERKINS

b. Sep. 17, 1887

d. Aug. 1961

m. abt. 1909 to Tennessee "Tiny" Tennie Hicks

b. July 20 [?], 1894

d. April 1968

d/o Hiram and Julia A. Kitchen Hicks

Children of Earl [Early] Perkins & Tennie Hicks

9.1. Charles/Charlie, b. abt. 1914

9.2. Nathan, b.& d.1914

9.3. Opal, b. abt. 1916, married Ora Gibbs

9.4. Raymond, b. abt. 1919

9.5. Milton, b. Aug. 12, 1914; d. Aug. 18, 1914, Law. Co. KY; very feeble from meningitis; buried in Hensley Cemetery, Needmore Rd., near Webbville, Law. Co. KY. Undertaker was Henry Perkins. [Vol. 044, Death Cert. # 21625]

9.6. Hazle, b. abt. 1921

9.7. Arlie, b. Sept. 1929 [acc. to 1930 Census]

9.8. Woodrow

9.9. Lee

9.10. Harry, b. abt. 1925

9.11. James

9.12. Willie, b. abt. Feb. 1927 [acc. to 1930 Census]

9. 13 Milton, b. abt. 1917 [listed in 1930 Census]

Researched and compiled by:

Marlitta H. Perkins