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Jenkins of Wilkes County
My brickwall is Sterling (Starling) Samuel Jenkins, Born approx. 1750, died
21Jan1823 in Wilkes County, Georgia. I am descended from his son Francis.
We have not been able to find where Sterling was born or who his parents
were. In an effort to get past this brickwall I submitted a DNA sample to
FamilyTreeDNA. I have a close match with a Jenkins in Texas. Unfortunately
he can only trace his line back to Russell Reneau Jenkins, born Dec. 1846
in Forsyth County, Ga. The 1850 Census of Fosyth County shows a mother
Martha Jenkins and two children, one of which is R.R. Apparently the father
was dead by this time and the family had been split up. Russell and a
brother staying with the mother, a possible brother next door with the
Samuel Lambert family. In the late 1800's Russell Reneau Jenkins wrote that
he had just found he had a living sister, but he apparently didn't write
who she was. It is my hope that if we can discover the link between Russell
Reneau and Sterling we might be able to learn something of Sterlings family
and perhaps get past the brickwall. More information in either of these
areas may lead to a breakthrough.
Frank Jenkins,
1948 Woods Court,
Riverdale, Ga 30296
frankjenkins@mindspring.com
Research Results: 11/22/2006. Listed is information which you probably already have:
LWT Sterling Jenkins, Wilkes Will Book HH, 10/2/1819:1/21/1823. Wife, Catherine all estate for her lifetime and to rear and educate five sons, viz:
Horace M., Clark R., Walter A., Thomas and Leavy Jenkins. My interest in the estate of John Anderson of Wilkes Co. by my marriage with Catherine Nowland to be
divided between William Nowland, Sally Brown (late Sally Nowland), Joseph, Mary, Anthony and Jane Nowland, children of my wife, Catherine before mymarriage, and the above
Jenkins' children (hers) as expressed in a deed of trust made to Thomas Anderson for their use."
Estate of Sterling Jenkins, Jr. 3/8/1815. Wilkes Co. Thomas Douglas administrator. Note of Sterling Jenkins, Sr. and Sterling Jenkins, Jr. to Hannah Reeves;
Note of Sterling and Francis Jenkins to Nelson Powell, 1810.
Book NN, Sterling Jenkins, Jr., deceased. Inventory 7/15/1812. Thomas Douglas, temp. admr. Inventories, Minutes of Inferior Court 1811-1817-Thomas Douglas and Martha Jenkins were
appointed admrs of estate of Sterling Jenkins, Jr. 1812 Return of Thomas Douglas and Martha Jenkins paid for letters of administration.
Wilkes Deed Book H, page 74. 8/24/1787. Sterling Jenkins and his wife, Anne, of Wilkes County to Levi Marshal 250 acres on Uptons Creek adj. 1784 Land Grant to
Sterling Jenkins.
Wilkes Gift Deed 7/13/1803. Sterling Jenkins to his children: Francis, Sterling, John, Edmond and Mary Barclay.
Jones Co. Wills. 11/24/1830:2/1/1831. Sons: Starling, William, Francis, Edmund. Witness: Edward Jenkins, William Barclay, Stephen McClendon.
Comments: Since Sterling Sr. came to Georgia before 1784 (date of his land grant) and was not listed on the Wilkes Ceded Lands,
he may have come from Maryland. The first wife, Anne apparently died before 1803 when he made a gift deed to their children; in 1806 he married
Catherine Anderson Nowland. There was an Edmond Jenkins who resided in Columbia Co. (cannot be Edmond, child of Sterling & Catherine).
Columbia Co. Deed 11/28/1796. Thomas Watkins, Esquire of Richmond Co., in trust for Sarah Watkins trustees: Sherwood Bugg, Edmond Jenkins of Columbia County,
Abraham Jones and George Watkins, for 5 shillings, 250 acres of land on Red's Creek purchased from Zachariah Lamar, 50 acres adjoining above conveyed by
Enoch Richardson, also slaves, viz: Dinah, Hannah and child Nancy, Dilcey, Fanny, Minnie, Jack, Sambo, Tom and young Dinah. Note: - Very cheap price for all this land and
slaves. Could be part of a family settlement.
Columbia Co. Deed dated 2/22/1795. Edmond B. Jenkins of Columbia Co., planter, to Thomas Glascock of Richmond Co., Esquire, for 5 shillings lawful money,
4,000 acres in Columbia County, being 4 separate grants of 1,000 acres each, three dated 10/2/1794, the other 1/29 following to said Edmond B. Jenkins; also
2,000 acres adj. James Dannelly's land, Richard Call's land and Meshack Mathi's land, William Stith's land, Reaves and William Walton's land, Sarah Phillips land,
Headstall Creek, granted in 2 grants of 1,000 acres each and 2,000 acres adj. Joseph Mays on Wilkes County line and Edmond B. Jenkins. NoteL:
Another deed for a little bit of money! I could not find Headstall Creek, but I think that it is on the Little River which adjoins the present-day Wilkes/McDuffie Co.
line. James Dannelly resided on the Great Kioka Creek in Richmond Co. William Stith and Richard Call lied on Greenbrier Creek in Richmond Co.
I found no further reference to Edmond B. Jenkins, except that he witnessed a deed in Edgefield Co., S. C. He was apparently a large land owner in Columbia County near the
Wilkes Co. line. One might wonder if the 4,000 plus acres was part of the Sterling Jenkins' plantation in Wilkes Co. There is a nun-cupative will of Winnifred Jenkins sworn on 1/2/1807 by Martha Collins and Willy Collins.
Winnifred was the widow of Colonel James Jenki
ns. She left a cow to James Reed's children, to children of Priestly Thorn (Joshua and Hightower) and $50 to be used for educating these
children under the discreition of her brother, Hightower Thorn.
I think that the above Edmond B. Jenkins was related to your Sterling, but I do not know how. I have exhausted Wilkes and Columbia Co. deeds. Also, I looked to see if they were
in Georgia before Revolutionary War but did not find anything. The name is Scottish and some Scots did settle in Edgefield and Newberry Co.'s, S. C. Nothing found in
Edgefield. Another possibility is Maryland.