Harmon Kinsley Elkins

  Noted events in his life were:

• Land, 7 Dec 1859, Union. LA. Name: Harmon K Elkins
Issue Date: 7 Dec 1859
State of Record: Louisiana
Acres: 160.32
Accession Number: LA1200__.453
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Monroe
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 20420
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
20 23-N 1-W Louisiana Union

• census, 1860, Union, LA. Name: H Elkins
Age in 1860: 10
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1860: Union, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Household members:
H K Elkins 38
N C Elkins 31
Alonzo Elkins 12
H Elkins 10
J W Elkins 8
J N Elkins 7
C L Elkins 4

• census, 1870, Ward 6, Union Parish, LA. Name: Harrison Elkin
Birth Year: abt 1822
Age in 1870: 48
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1870: Ward 6, Union, Louisiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Union Cross Road
Household Members: Name Age
Harrison Elkin 48
Martha F Elkin 32
Alonzo Elkin 22
Hesekiah B Elkin 21
Jos W Elkin 18
Jasper N Elkin 15
Charley Elkin 13
Sarah Elkin 8
Eva Elkin 4
John Deshsrier 14
Jane Deshsrier 18
Rebca Deshsrier 23

[Living next to Wesley Murry in 1870]

• census, 1880, Ward 3, Union Parish, LA. Name: Harmon K. Elkins
Home in 1880: 3rd Ward, Union, Louisiana
Age: 59
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: S C
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Martha
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Farming
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household members:
Harmon K. Elkins 59
Martha Elkins 43
Charles L. Elkins 22
Evy C. Elkins 14
Jeremiah Elkins 7
Annie Elkins 6
Daniel Elkins 5
Franklin Elkins 4

These families living near each other in 1880:
Hezekaih B. Elkins
Harmon K. Elkins
Jasper N. Elkins
James W. Elkins

Harmon married Nancy Caroline Campbell, daughter of David Campbell and Amelia Long, on 29 Dec 1846. (Nancy Caroline Campbell was born on 18 Dec 1827 in AL and died on 13 Sep 1869 in Union Parish, LA.)

Harmon next married Martha Garner, daughter of Thomas J Garner and Elizabeth, on 12 Dec 1869. (Martha Garner was born in 1838 in AL and died in 1910 in TX.)