Dates of birth and death are approximate.
On April 11, 1782, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of Rachel Akins asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
Two years later John Brownfield was brought to court and ordered to pay Rachel Akins the sum of £22.16 and an additional £10 annually thereafter. The fact that Rachel’s father did not appear in court in order to testify in the case suggests that James Akin was deceased prior to 1782.
"1784. October Session No. 57 Abraham Alexander, Chairman, vs John Brownfield & others, same Jury, Verdt. £22.16. This debt payable to Rachel Akins……No 94. John Akens vs Matt. Robinson, Same Jury, Verdt. £0.0.1"
During the Revolutionary War, Rachel's brother, William Akins (1756-1841) served as a volunteer in the North Carolina militia under Col. Thomas Polk from the winter of 1777 until the spring of 1778. John Brownfield served as an ensign in this same unit and William Brownfield served as a lieutenant. John and William Brownfield were sons of Robert Brownfield and his wife Jane (Stuart) Brownfield. John Brownfield was married to Sarah Moore in 1776. He died 10 March 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
On April 11, 1782, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of Rachel Akins asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
Two years later John Brownfield was brought to court and ordered to pay Rachel Akins the sum of £22.16 and an additional £10 annually thereafter. The fact that Rachel’s father did not appear in court in order to testify in the case suggests that James Akin was deceased prior to 1782.
"1784. October Session No. 57 Abraham Alexander, Chairman, vs John Brownfield & others, same Jury, Verdt. £22.16. This debt payable to Rachel Akins……No 94. John Akens vs Matt. Robinson, Same Jury, Verdt. £0.0.1"
During the Revolutionary War, Rachel's brother, William Akins (1756-1841) served as a volunteer in the North Carolina militia under Col. Thomas Polk from the winter of 1777 until the spring of 1778. John Brownfield served as an ensign in this same unit and William Brownfield served as a lieutenant. John and William Brownfield were sons of Robert Brownfield and his wife Jane (Stuart) Brownfield. John Brownfield was married to Sarah Moore in 1776. He died 10 March 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
Dates of birth and death are approximate.
On April 11, 1782, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of Rachel Akins asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
Two years later John Brownfield was brought to court and ordered to pay Rachel Akins the sum of £22.16 and an additional £10 annually thereafter. The fact that Rachel’s father did not appear in court in order to testify in the case suggests that James Akin was deceased prior to 1782.
"1784. October Session No. 57 Abraham Alexander, Chairman, vs John Brownfield & others, same Jury, Verdt. £22.16. This debt payable to Rachel Akins……No 94. John Akens vs Matt. Robinson, Same Jury, Verdt. £0.0.1"
During the Revolutionary War, Rachel's brother, William Akins (1756-1841) served as a volunteer in the North Carolina militia under Col. Thomas Polk from the winter of 1777 until the spring of 1778. John Brownfield served as an ensign in this same unit and William Brownfield served as a lieutenant. John and William Brownfield were sons of Robert Brownfield and his wife Jane (Stuart) Brownfield. John Brownfield was married to Sarah Moore in 1776. He died 10 March 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
On April 11, 1782, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of Rachel Akins asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
Two years later John Brownfield was brought to court and ordered to pay Rachel Akins the sum of £22.16 and an additional £10 annually thereafter. The fact that Rachel’s father did not appear in court in order to testify in the case suggests that James Akin was deceased prior to 1782.
"1784. October Session No. 57 Abraham Alexander, Chairman, vs John Brownfield & others, same Jury, Verdt. £22.16. This debt payable to Rachel Akins……No 94. John Akens vs Matt. Robinson, Same Jury, Verdt. £0.0.1"
During the Revolutionary War, Rachel's brother, William Akins (1756-1841) served as a volunteer in the North Carolina militia under Col. Thomas Polk from the winter of 1777 until the spring of 1778. John Brownfield served as an ensign in this same unit and William Brownfield served as a lieutenant. John and William Brownfield were sons of Robert Brownfield and his wife Jane (Stuart) Brownfield. John Brownfield was married to Sarah Moore in 1776. He died 10 March 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
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