Samuel Wilkins [2624] (Abt 1777-)

Mary Brinkley [2626] (Abt 1797-)

Deacon Josiah B. Wilkins [2616] (1825-1899)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Georgianna Skinner [2615] William T. Wilkins [2617] Theodore Scott Wilkins [2618] Bathsheba E. Wilkins [2619] Joseph H. Wilkins [2620] Margaret A. Wilkins [2621] Annie L. Wilkins [2630] Georgianna O. Wilkins [2622] Willis Jackson Wilkins [2623] Deacon Josiah B. Wilkins [2616] Born: Oct 1825, Nansemond County, Virginia Marriage: Georgianna Skinner [2615] on 28 Nov 1852 in Nansemond County, Virginia 1 Died: 20 Nov 1899, Nansemond County, Virginia at age 74 Buried: Nov 1899, Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia 2   Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a Farmer from 1860 to 1870 in Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia. 3 • He appeared on the Federal census in 1880 in Cypress Chapel, Nansemond County, Virginia. 4 • He appeared on the Federal census in 1870 in Cypress Chapel, Nansemond County, Virginia. 5 • He appeared on the Federal census in 1860 in Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia. • He appeared on the Federal Slave census in 1860 in Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia. 6 Josiah B Wilkins is listed as owning 1 slave a male aged 32. Housed in 1 buildings. • He appeared on the Federal census in 1850 in Nansemond County, Virginia. 7 • Military: A Private in Company I of the 41st Virginia Infantry, 20 Jun 1861, Cypress Chapel, Nansemond County, Virginia. 2 8 9 Promoted to Full Priv on 15 Apr 1864, Corporal. The 41st was organized 1 Jul 1861 mustered out of service 9 Apr 1865. He enlisted in service with 2 brothers and took part in battles in Chancellorsville, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Burgess Mills, Shady Grove, Appomattox Court House and others. See The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. • Appointed: Deacon, Nansemond County, Virginia. • He was buried at the Cypress Chapel Church in Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia in Nov 1899. 10 Josiah married Georgianna Skinner [2615] [MRIN: 996], daughter of Abram W. Skinner [2460] and Armesa Griffin [2461], on 28 Nov 1852 in Nansemond County, Virginia.1 (Georgianna Skinner [2615] was born on 30 Sep 1834 in Nansemond County, Virginia, died on 4 May 1894 in Nansemond County, Virginia and was buried in May 1894 in Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia.)

1 Bruce Saunders and Marion Joyner Watson (Nansemond County Civil War Veterans.pdf or http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschs/cwvets.txt), Josiah Wilkins
He married Georgianna Skinner (b.09-30-1834 d.05-04-1894), daughter of Abram W. and Bathsheba Skinner on November 28, 1852 in Nansemond County. They raised three children on a 228 acre farm 13 miles southwest of Suffolk. ... Wilkins died November 20, 1899 and both are buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery in Nansemond County, Virginia.
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2 Copied by Pat Holland and Bruce Saunders, Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery (http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschs/cypress.txt).

3 US Census, 1860, Virginia, Nansemond, Upper Parish, pg 84.

4 US Census, 1880, Virginia, Nansemond, Cypress, District 53, pg 17.

5 US Census, 1870, Virginia, Nansemond, Cypress Chapel, pg 54.

6 US Census, 1860, Virginia, Nansemond, Upper Parish, Slave Schedules, pg 20.

7 US Census, 1850, Virginia, Nansemond, pg 140.

8 Bruce Saunders and Marion Joyner Watson (Nansemond County Civil War Veterans.pdf or http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschs/cwvets.txt), Josiah Wilkins 41st Virginia Infantry, Company I, Private Wilkins was born October of 1825 in Nansemond County, son of Samuel Wilkins (war of 1812 ) and his wife Mary Brinkley Wilkins. He married Georgianna Skinner (b.09-30-1834 d.05-04-1894), daughter of Abram W. and Bathsheba Skinner on November 28, 1852 in Nansemond County. They raised three children on a 228 acre farm 13 miles southwest of Suffolk. He enlisted in service with 2 brothers and took part in battles in The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Petersburg, Burgess Mills, Shady Grove and others. Wilkins died November 20, 1899 and both are buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery in Nansemond County, Virginia.
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9 U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles ([database on-line]), Source The Virginia Regimental Histories Series.

10 www.findagrave.com, Memorial# 47849050 and Memorial# 9923993.