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Atkinson of Virginia and Camden County

John Atkinson was born 1730 in Northampton County, Virginia and died 1804 in Camden County, Georgia. He was married to Elizabeth Gardner in Northampton County, in 1756. Known Issue:

• Nathan Atkinson was born in Northampton County, Virginia in 1757. About 1785 Nathan Atkinson removed to North Carolina where he was married and settled near a group of men who had been Tories during the Revolutionary War. The story is that he got into a fight with one them and shot that person. He came to Camden County with his father, John, about 1795. Nathan was born on 1 September 1758 in Northampton County, Virginia, and died on 1 April 1817 in Camden County, buried in the Black Hammock Cemetery in Camden County. He married Sallie Stevens (born 31 July 1774, died 20 December 1817, Camden County, buried in the Black Hammock Cemetery. Nathan established Black Hammock Plantation in the town of Bourbon in Camden County, Georgia. Known issue:[1]

  A. John Atkinson, born 1788, died 1820 in Camden County. After the war he was married Miss Fernandiz of Fernandina, Florida, whose father owned Amelia Island. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia, taking the first honor in 1804, later studying law under W. B. Bullock of Savannah, Georgia. He began practicing law in Camden County in 1812. John was buried on Mountford Island on the Satilla River.
  B. Alexander Atkinson, born 17 August 1796, died 20 June 1840 in Camden County, buried in the Black Hammock Cemetery. He took over the plantation after the death of his father, but in 1837 purchased land on Boggy Swamp where he resided until 1840 when he was murdered by five of his Negroes in the field. He never married.
  C. Nancy Atkinson, born 5 January 1799 in Camden County, died 30 September 1876, buried in the Lang Cemetery, on Satilla Bluff, in Camden County. She was married to William Lang in 1820.
  D. Edmund Atkinson, born 2 April 1804 in Camden County, died 19 March 1862 in Camden County, buried in the Black Hammock Cemetery. He was married in 1833 in Madison County to Sarah E. Waddell (born 29 December 1809, died 3 August 1858 in Camden County, buried in the Black Hammock Cemetery). Issue:

  1. Edmund Atkinson, born 1835 in Camden County.
  2. Alexander Atkinson, born 27 August 1836 in Camden County, died 17 February 1912, buried in the Black Hammock Cemetery.
  3. Camden Atkinson, born 1839 in Camden County.
  4. Satilla Atkinson, born 1841 in Camden County.
  5. Constance Atkinson, born 1843 in Camden County.
  6. Elias Reed Atkinson, born 1846 in Camden County.

  Burwell Atkinson, born 29 August 1767 in Northampton County, Virginia, died 29 October 1854 in Camden County. He was married (1) on 22 May 1792 in Orangeburg, South Carolina to Ann Felder (born 21 November 1776 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, died 15 December 1838 in Camden County, Georgia). After her death, he married (2) Mrs. Ann Bailey on 11 October 1839 in Camden County. Issue:

1. Elizabeth Atkinson, born 1795 in Camden County.
2. Caroline Atkinson, born 9 November 1809 in Camden County, died 21 May 1889, buried in the Homeward Cemetery in Waverly, Camden County.
3. Margaret Atkinson, born 1812 in Camden County.
4. Captain Alexander Smith Atkinson, born 19 January 1815 in Camden County, who had eight children, five sons and three daughters.
5. Nathan Atkinson, born 1817 in Camden County.

Black Hammock Plantation in Camden County


Nathan Atkinson tombstone on Black Hammock Plantation.

Sources: [1] History of Camden County, Georgia by James Thomas Vocelle; Camden County Marriages; 30,638 Burials in Georgia by Jeannette Holland Austin; The Genealogy of the Atkinson Family, Georgia Branch, by Burwell Atkinson.