WHY BETSY ALTIZER IS probably NOT THE MOTHER OF SARAH REED AKERS

When I first started the family tree I discovered numerous sources claiming that Sarah Reeds mother was Elizabeth Altizer, but recently found out that that must be wrong. The marriage of Betsy Altizer and George Reed Sr, was in 1829, however, Sarah Reed was born in 1817 and George was married to Sarah Graham at the time. In other words Sarah Reed Akers mother is actually Sarah Graham. Guess thats where the name came from... The point being, sometimes the trees and rumors are not true... George had his children before the death of his wife Sarah and his marriage to his last wife Betsy... He may have married others as well... it is a common name, but Betsy was definitely not the mother of Sarah Reed.... who by the way is my 4th great grandmother.

ASA AKERS AKA ACY DEATH CERTIFICATE

THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF MY THIRD GREAT GRANDFATHER ACY AKERS.

TRANSCRIBED INCORRECTLY OF COURSE.... 

Name	Aly Akins
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age at Death	72
Birth Date	Jan 1851
Death Date	10 May 1923
Death Place	Pulaski, Virginia, USA
Registration Date	16 May 1923
Spouse	Katherine Akers

Ancestor List of Eula Akers Hancock #FamilyHistoryFriday

Ancestor List for Eula Hancock

This basic ancestor view uses the ahnen numbering system. See Eula's family tree for a more conventional pedigree chart.

Generation 1: Eula Hancock

1. Eula Verta (Akers) Hancock: Born 1922. Died 2002.

Generation 2: Parents of Eula Hancock

2. William McKinley Akers: Born 1903. Died 1980. Father of 1. Son of 4 & 5.

3. Vennie Lee Bourne: Born 1902. Died 1978. Mother of 1. Daughter of 6 & 7.

Generation 3: Grandparents of Eula Hancock

4. Leander Wade Akers: Born 1874. Died 1956. Father of 2. Son of 8 & 9.

5. Nora Ellen Taylor: Born 1879. Died Grayson, Va. 1941. Mother of 2. Daughter of 10 & 11.

6. William Emmett Bourne: Born 1882. Died [date unknown]. Father of 3. Son of 12 & 13.

7. Melia Vaughan: Born Virginia,USA abt 1884. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 3. Daughter of 14 & 15.

Generation 4: Great-Grandparents of Eula Hancock

8. Asa Floyd Akers: Born [date unknown]. Died [date unknown]. Father of 4. Son of 16 & 17.

9. Catherine Duncan: Born [date unknown]. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 4. Daughter of 18 & 19.

10. Zachariah Jackson Taylor: Born CARROLL, VA. 1847. Died PULASKI, VA. 1922. Father of 5. Son of 20 & 21.

11. Elizabeth J Peak: Born 1851. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 5. Daughter of 22 & 23.

12. Father of William Bourne: Born abt 1860. Died [date unknown]. Father of 6. Son of 24 & 25.

13. [Great-Grandmother Unknown] Mother of 6. Daughter of 26 & 27.

14. Father of MELIA Vaughan: Born abt 1860. Died [date unknown]. Father of 7. Son of 28 & 29.

15. [Great-Grandmother Unknown] Mother of 7. Daughter of 30 & 31.

Generation 5: Great-Great-Grandparents of Eula Hancock

16. James A Akers: Born Montgomery, Va. 15 Mar 1815. Died [date unknown]. Father of 8. Son of 32 & 33.

17. Sarah Elizabeth Reed: Born [date unknown]. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 8. Daughter of 34 & 35.

18. Blanch Duncan Jr.: Born Montgomery Co., VA (Now Floyd) abt 1806. Died Floyd Co., VA 03 Apr 1878. Father of 9. Son of 36 & 37.

19. Catherine Phillips: Born [date unknown]. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 9. Daughter of 38 & 39.

20. Pleasant Coleman Taylor: Born NC 1815. Died VA. [date unknown]. Father of 10. Son of 40 & 41.

21. Jane Reed Tharp: Born 1816. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 10. Daughter of 42 & 43.

22. Aaron Peak: Born 1809. Died [date unknown]. Father of 11. Son of 44 & 45.

23. Sarah Christley: Born 1813. Died [date unknown]. Mother of 11. Daughter of 46 & 47.

24. Grandfather of William Bourne: Born abt 1840. Died [date unknown]. Father of 12. Son of 48 & 49.

25. [Great-Great-Grandmother Unknown] Mother of 12. Daughter of 50 & 51.

26. [Great-Great-Grandfather Unknown] Father of 13. Son of 52 & 53.

27. [Great-Great-Grandmother Unknown] Mother of 13. Daughter of 54 & 55.

28. Grandfather of MELIA Vaughan: Born abt 1840. Died [date unknown]. Father of 14. Son of 56 & 57.

29. [Great-Great-Grandmother Unknown] Mother of 14. Daughter of 58 & 59.

30. [Great-Great-Grandfather Unknown] Father of 15. Son of 60 & 61.

31. [Great-Great-Grandmother Unknown] Mother of 15. Daughter of 62 & 63.

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This site was created by my cousin Steve. Steven Akers is the family authority on all things Akers and Hancock and his research was a big factor in me getting this far. Thanks Steve!

56/57 ACEY AKERS and CATHERINE DUNCAN #12in12

HERE IT IS 2015 and I am still on Generation 6, where does the time go? Oh well, let's do this.

56 and 57 on my ancestor list is ASA FLOYD AKERS and his wife CATHERINE DUNCAN. They were the parents of Lee A. Akers AKA Leander Wade Akers who married Nora Ellen Taylor. Asa AKA Acey Akers was the son of James Akers and Sarah Reed, and Catherine Duncan was the daughter of Blanch Duncan, Jr. and Catherine Phillips.  

Born in Floyd, Virginia, USA on 1850 to James A Akers and Sarah Reed. Asa Floyd married Catherine C Duncan and had 8 children.

Born in Floyd on 1854 to Blanch Duncan and Catherine Phillips. Catherine C married Asa Akers.

6 M: Asa Floyd AKERS
Birth: 1852 Floyd Co va
Spouse: Catherine (Katherine) DUNCAN
Marriage: 22 Jan 1873 Floyd Co Va

Asa Floyd Akers was born in Sep 1851 in Floyd Co., VA. He appeared on the census in 1860 in Floyd Co., VA.⁽⁹²⁾ He was a farm laborer in 1870 in Alum Ridge, Floyd Co., VA. ⁽²²⁴⁾ He appeared on the census in 1870 in Alum Ridge, Floyd Co., VA.⁽²²⁴⁾ He was a farmer in 1880 in Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA.⁽⁴⁴⁾ He appeared on the census in 1880 in Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. ⁽⁴⁴⁾ Parents:James A Akers and Sarah Elizabeth Reed.
He was married to Catherine C Duncan on 22 Jan 1873 in Floyd Co., VA.⁽³⁹⁹⁾ Children were: Leander Wade Akers, Ballard Preston Akers, Lurinda S Akers, Amanda C Akers, William B Akers, Rosalie Akers, Mary Akers, Letcher Gilbert Akers.      

MARRIAGE

1/22/73 Asa Akers 21 Catherine Duncan 18
Parents James & Sarah  Blanch & Catherine  Andy Reed

Parents: James A. & 1^st wife Sarah Elizabeth (Reed) Akers.

1851 Birth: 9-1851 Floyd Co., VA.

1860 Floyd Co., VA, Copper Valley PO, H855: Asa 10 yo w/m, b. VA.

1870 Floyd Co., VA, Alum Ridge Twp, H190: Asa 18 yo w/m, b. VA, farm laborer.

1873 Marriage #1: Asa Akersm. Catherine C. Duncan 01-30-1873 Floyd Co., VA by Andrew A. Reed. He 21 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o James & Sarah Akers. She single 18 yo, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Blanch & Catherine Duncan.

1880 Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District, H317: Asa Akers, 28 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, HOH.

1900 Wythe Co., VA, Grahams Forge voting district, H146: Acy Akers, 48 yo w/m farm laborer, b. VA, m. 27y, can not read/write, rents house, HOH.

1910 Pulaski Co., VA, Hiawassee Twp, H315: Asa Akers, 56 yo w/m ore worker, b. VA, M1 36y, can not write, rents house, HOH.

1920: can’t find.

b. 10-30-1854 Floyd Co., VA, d/o Blanch & 2nd wife Catherine “Kate” (Phillips) Duncan.

1880 Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District, H317: Catherine 25 yo wife, b. VA.

1900 Wythe Co., VA, Grahams Forge voting district, H146: Cathren 46 yo wife, b. VA, m. 27y, 13 ch with 13 living, can not read/write.

1910 Pulaski Co., VA, Hiawassee Twp, H315: Catherine 52 yo wife, b. VA, M1 36y, 13 ch with 12 living, can not read/write.

1920: can’t find.

LINKS                      
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Akers-504             
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duncan-3589           
http://home.comcast.net/~g.dulaney/fow/d13.htm#P3471                                               
http://records.ancestry.com/asa_floyd_akers_records.ashx?pid=4905679               
http://records.ancestry.com/catherine_c_duncan_records.ashx?pid=160354684   
http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/VAFLOYD/2002-12/1038853455     
http://home.comcast.net/~g.dulaney/fow/d13.htm       
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/floyd/vitals/marriages/akers1.txt     
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/akers_ja_1815.htm   

58. Zack Taylor and 59. Lizzie Peak of Wythe County, Va. #52ancestors

Thanks to Family Search, I finally broke through that thick Taylor wall of mine and found the parents and grandparents of Nora Taylor Akers. Nora married Leander Wade Akers in Wythe County, Virginia and the marriage record said her parents names were Z. Taylor and E. Peak. A little digging found a Zachonalt Taylor and Lizzie Peak who married in Wythe County a few years before Nora was born. Strong coincidence? A little more digging found records of Zechariah Taylor and Elizabeth J. Peak's family in Wythe, Va. I thought that Zachonalt was a strange name but after thinking about it a while I realized that Zachonalt and Zachariah look a whole lot alike in cursive and so...

Well, anyway Zack was the son of Pleasant Coleman Taylor AND Jane Reed Tharp, and Lizzie was the daughter of Aaron Peak and Sarah Christley, my new walls in the Nora Taylor bloodline. Jane was the daughter of Jonathan Tharp and Aaron was the son of Samuel Peak and his wife Mary.

Pleasant's 1850 census lists Eliza A. Taylor age 88 living with him and he had moved from NC to VA by then, so I suspect that Eliza A. Taylor was his mother. She was born in 1762 Virginia. Husband may have died before 1850 census.

If you are new to genealogy, walls is code for challenge....

LINKS:  
Born in Iowa, USA on 1855 to Aaron Peak and Sally Christley. Elizabeth married Zachariah Taylor.       
http://records.ancestry.com/elizabeth_peak_records.ashx?pid=25409103  
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/a/Betty--J-Brady-NC/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0323.html
http://www.mytrees.com/newanc/Virginia/Married-1873/Ta/Taylor-family/Zachariah-Taylor-castagn1-5050.html        
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.peak/264/mb.ashx  
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17656147  
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123080598  
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98614581
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75904404
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRS7-T47 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRM6-4QD https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88Y-3BZ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41P-JSZ https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K2D8-QCP&spouse=LX4M-FDZ  

28. Leander "Lee" Wade Akers and 29. Nora Ellen Taylor Akers #52ancestors

My 2nd great grandfather is number 28 on my ancestor list. Lee Akers is the husband of Nora Ellen Taylor Akers and the father of my great granddad William. Lee and Nora are buried next to each other in Grayson County, Va.

Born LeAnder Wade Akers, 1874, to Asa "Acy" Floyd Akers and Catherine C. Duncan, Lee married Nora Ellen Taylor.  Lee was 24 when he married Nora in Pulaski County, Va.

He was born in Floyd County, Indian Valley District, 1880 census says he was 8 then so that would make him born in 1872.

He was living in Pulaski County in 1900 where he was an iron ore miner and going by the name Lee.

He registered for the WWI draft in 1918 at the age of 43 when he was living in Fries, Va. in Grayson County.

In 1920 he was living in Fries, Grayson County, Va., and working in a cotton mill....

……3. Akers, Leander Wade

b. 11-15-1874 VA, s/o Asa Floyd & Catherine C. (Duncan) Akers. 1880 Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District, H317: Leander W. 8 yo son, b. VA. 1900 Pulaski Co., VA, Hiawassee Twp, H167: Lee Akers, 25 yo w/m iron ore miner, b. May 1875 VA, m. 6y, rents house, can not read/write, HOH. 1910 Pulaski Co., VA, Hiawassee Twp, H322: Lee Akers, 38 yo w/m foreman ore worker, b. VA, M1 14y, rents house, can not read/write, HOH. 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card: Leander Wade Akers, 43 yo w/m of Fries, Grayson Co., VA, b. November 15, 1874, mill work for Washington Mills of Fries, Grayson Co., VA, nearest relative: Nora Ellen Akers of Fries, Grayson Co., VA, tall height with brown eyes & hair. 1920 Grayson Co., VA, Old Town District, 212 Cliff Ave, Fries Town, H163: Lee A. Akers, 43 yo w/m cotton mill carder, b. VA, can not read/write, HOH. 1930 Grayson Co., VA, Providence District, 74 Railroad Street, Fries Town, H163: Lee A. Akers, 49 yo w/m cotton mill plumber, b. VA, 24 yo when married, HOH.

………+ Akers, Nora Ellen

b. 3-1879 VA. 1900 Pulaski Co., VA, Hiawassee Twp, H167: Nora 21 yo wife, b. Mar 1879 VA, m. 6y, 3 ch with 3 living. 1910 Pulaski Co., VA, Hiawassee Twp, H322: Nora, 31 yo wife, b. VA, M1 14y, 8 ch with 7 living. 1920 Grayson Co., VA, Old Town District, 212 Cliff Ave, Fries Town, H163: Nora 38 yo wife, b. VA. 1930 Grayson Co., VA, Providence District, 74 Railroad Street, Fries Town, H163: Nora E. 48 yo wife, b. VA, 16 yo when married.

Nora Ellen Taylor Akers was born in Virginia. about 1879. In 1900 she was a 21 year old wife, married six years and with 3 children living in Pulaski. She was 16 when she married... around 1884.

*note: Nora Ellen Taylor should not be confused with Nora Ellen Akers who was Lee's sister b. 1889.  or Nora Z. Akers who was a cousin of Lee. Leander should not be confused with his son Lee either. **


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/akers_ja_1815.htm   

      

AKERS, Lee 16 Nov 1874 23 May 1956 double stone with next 

AKERS, Nora Ellen 18 Mar 1885 24 Jan 1941  

*dates may be wrong. 

http://www.newrivernotes.com/grayson_cemeteries_fries_cemetery.htm