[2] Katherine Akers signed power-of-attorney in Essex Co VA on 3 Feb 1679. She is not mentioned in the will of her husband, William¹, therefore must have predeceased him.
[3] William² Akers witnessed two wills in Jan 1697, Essex Co VA. He was prohibited from selling the land inherited from William¹ unless he had legitimate offspring, and he sold 98 acres to James Bougham, Jr. on 10 Apr 1706.
[4] William³ Akers signed power-of-attorney in Cumberland Co VA on 12 Apr 1751 stating both his grandfather, William¹, and his father, William², were deceased.
[5] A suit was filed in Montgomery Co VA in 1786 against the estate of Blackburn Akers.
[6] Evidence indicates the wife of Blackburn Akers is a daughter of John Blackburn, meaning Blackburn and his wife are first cousins.
[7] Solomon served in Captain James Robertson's militia company in Dunmore's War on the Virginia frontier in 1774. A descendant, Anthony Boyce Akers, served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand in the Kennedy-Johnson administration.
[8] Francis Charlton served at least five tours with the Montgomery Co VA militia during the Revolution, for a total period of seven months.
[10] William Blackburn owned land on Fiting Creek in Goochland County on the south side of the James River and north side of the Appomattock River by 1730.
[11] Cowles Mead was the first Territorial Governor of Mississippi.
[13] Historical Marker at Grassy Creek church on Route 71, Russell County, Virginia: "In 1787, Isaiah Salyer (1752-1818) son of Zachariah Salyer (1730-1789) of North Carolina settled on Copper Creek, 2 miles southeast of here. Isaiah's brothers John, Benjamin and Zachriah and sisters Sarah, wife of Solomon Saylor and Rebecca, wife of Stephen Kilgore, settled on nearby land. The Salyer land was surveyed in 1790. The Salyers intermarried with other pioneer families - Castle, Isaacs, Nickels, Stapleton, Vicars and Byerly."
[14] Isaiah Salyer, Sr was a Tory who went by the alias suname Still.
[15] Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953), a (2gr)grandson of Rhodes and Priscilla Newlon Mead was Secretary of the Treasury in 1945 and was appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1946.
[17] Entered the Revolutionary army for a period of one year six months at Chesterfield Co VA court house on 7 Sep 1780.
[18] Served in Company C, 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Union) from 10 Oct 1863 to 24 Dec 1864.
[19] Served in Company K, 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) from 16 Feb 1863 to 15 Sep 1865.
[20] Enlisted in Company G, 39th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) on 2 Dec 1862. Two days later he was captured during a battle in Floyd Co KY, and spent several months in a Confederate prison in Virginia before being exchanged. Discharged 2 Jan 1865 in Lexington KY.
[21] Served in the Revolutionary army from Fall 1779 or Spring 1780 until 1783.
[22] Served in the War of 1812.
[23] Spent three years in the Continental Line and spent two winters at Valley Forge.
[24] Listed as student on 1850 census for Floyd Co VA. Served with Co F, 54th VA Inf, CSA.
[25] Served with Co I, 54th VA Inf, CSA
[26] Served as Hospital Steward, 39th KY Inf, USA
[27] Served with Co B, 39th KY Inf, USA
[28] Served in Lord Dunmore's war and was wounded at the battle of Point Pleasant. In 1789 he was awarded a pension which was paid through 1827.
[29] Served as a volunteer with Quantrill's Raiders during the civil war.
[30] Enlisted 1 Sep 1864 in Co K, 22nd VA Cavalry, CSA, at Christiansburg, VA.
[31] Died at the Battle of Gettysburg.
[32] Parents of Priscila "Siler" Akers are not proven, however they are most likely Solomon and Ms Lorton Akers Sr.
[33] Served in the War of 1812.
[34] Served in the CSA in the Civil War.
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