Elijah Adkins: Appalachian Aristocracy

1805 -

Generation: 1

1. Elijah Adkins was born ca 1805 (son of Lewis Adkins and Elizabeth Monroe).

Generation: 2

2.	Lewis Adkins was born 05 May 1785 (son of Elijah Adkins and Wabeleganequa (White Wing) "Big Nancy" Cornstalk); died 14 Jan 1865. Lewis married Elizabeth Monroe 28 Jan 1804. Elizabeth was born 05 Dec 1784; died 07 Dec 1865. [Group Sheet]

3.
Elizabeth Monroe was born 05 Dec 1784; died 07 Dec 1865.
Children:

1. Elijah Adkins was born ca 1805.

Generation: 3

4.	Elijah Adkins was born 1768. Elijah married Wabeleganequa (White Wing) "Big Nancy" Cornstalk 1784. Wabeleganequa (daughter of Young Peter (Wneypuechsika) Cornstalk, I and Catherine Elizabeth See) was born 1770, Shawnee Nation, OH; died 1843. [Group Sheet]

Wabeleganequa (White Wing) "Big Nancy" Cornstalk was born 1770, Shawnee Nation, OH (daughter of Young Peter (Wneypuechsika) Cornstalk, I and Catherine Elizabeth See); died 1843.

Notes:

According to her descendants she married Elijah, having 4 children with him 3 boys and one daughter "little Nancy". She left Elijah, taking Little Nancy with her. She then became the 3rd wife of Tecumseh.

Children:

2. Lewis Adkins was born 05 May 1785; died 14 Jan 1865.
Unknown Adkins was born 1786.
Richard Adkins
Little Nancy Adkins

Generation: 4

10.

Young Peter (Wneypuechsika) Cornstalk, I was born 1746, Shawnee Nation, OH (son of Hokoleskwa Peter Cornstalk and Helizikinopo); died 1832.

Notes:

Name:
Also known as Stout Man

Young married Catherine Elizabeth See. Catherine (daughter of Frederick Michael See and Catherine Vanderpool) was born 26 Feb 1754, Hampshire Co. VA (now WV); died 1807, Adams Co. OH. [Group Sheet]

11.

Catherine Elizabeth See was born 26 Feb 1754, Hampshire Co. VA (now WV) (daughter of Frederick Michael See and Catherine Vanderpool); died 1807, Adams Co. OH.

Notes:

Elizabeth See, daughter of Frederick See and Catherine Vanderpool, was abducted with her mother and several siblings in the "Muddy Creek Massacre" in Greenbrier County, Virginia in 1763. She remained in captivity of the Shawnee Indians for several years. When the time arrived for the Shawnee to release their prisoners, all of the See family except nine-year-old Elizabeth, were freed. Cornstalk would not agree to let her go, but kept her for nine more years during which time his son, Young Cornstalk, a Shawnee Chief, married her. After the death of Young Cornstalk and her release in abt. 1775, she married 2nd, John Peter Shoemaker abt. 1776.

Notes:

Married:
Claim made in Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. This is a fraud.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud

Children:

5. Wabeleganequa (White Wing) "Big Nancy" Cornstalk was born 1770, Shawnee Nation, OH; died 1843.