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*Louisa Lowe Adkins (Our Native American Heritage) Louisa Adkins (b. 1837 - d. 1909) was the granddaughter of Michael Lowe, Sr. the first white settler on Smokey Creek in Scott County, Tennessee. Michael Lowe, Sr. obtained by North Carolina land grant all the land which borders each side of Upper Smokey Creek, to the tops of the mountains on both sides. Louisa's father was Michael Lowe, Jr., and her mother was Christine Carroll, a full blooded Cherokee Indian. She married Lacy Levi Adkins, Sr., the son of John (Jackie) Adkins from North Carolina, and the brother of Rev. Sterling Adkins, who helped organize Smokey Creek Baptist Church, and served as it's first pastor.
Lacy Levi and Louisa Adkins left Scott County and purchased 374 acres of land at Shea, TN (Beechfork) from Goldman Kennedy in 1886. After her husband's death in 1900, Louisa and her son, Columbus (1859-1920), moved to Caryville, Tennessee. Each bought 90 acres of land from D.H. Queener for $1000 per tract, June 1907. The tract which Columbus and his wife, Nancy Adkins bought is the site of the present day Ed Claiborne farm. It is near Lakeview Church and bordered by Bruce Creek. Louisa (Lowe) Adkins is buried in the Sharp Cemetery, near Cove Lake Park Headquarters at Caryville, Tennessee. One of Louisa's great-grandchildren, Mrs. Virgil Queener, lives on Butter and Egg Road at Jacksboro, Tennessee.
Lacy Levi Adkins, Sr. Lacy Levi, Sr. was the son of John and Mary (Sanders) Adkins. John was born in North Carolina about 1800. Lacy Levi had four brothers: Jessie (1825), Sterling (1833), Thomas (1837), and Henry (1842). He had three sisters: Elizabeth, Salina (1844), and Salithia. Lacy Levi married Louisa Lowe. Lacy and Louisa's tract of land in Shea, TN extended from the branch below the present location of the Beechfork Church to about where the bridge crosses the creek going to Elijah's Fork. Part of the tract was across the county road up into the hills. On the other side the tract covered the area above the railroad in the John R. (Carroll) Hollow. Lacy and Louisa first had a General Store where Alfred Cross used to live. Later, he built a two story log house about where Fred Ward now lives (1990). The store was on the ground floor. In 1900, Lacy Levi wrote his will bequeathing his money and property to his seven children, Columbus, Samantha Jane, Sarah, Martha, Marlena, and Elizabeth Adkins. Accordiing to the provisions of the will, each child was to receive one thousand dollars or the equivalent in real estate. The will is in the Probate Court records at Jacksboro, Tennessee. Lacy Levi, Sr. died and was buried in the Smokey Junction Cemetery behind old Corinth Baptist Church. According to his tombstone inscription he was born March 3, 1838 and died September 7, 1900.
*Research based on information furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owens of Oneida, Tennesee. |
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