Family notes for Winright ADKINS and Louisa EPLING Daniels p.62
Daniels p.116
Notes for Winright ADKINS When the Civil War broke out Winright and his brothers, Eli, Moses and John Henry
all enlisted in the Confederate Army. Winright was the only one of the four to
survive the war and return home. We do not know what happened to his first wife,
Nancy PHILLIPS, but Winright married Louisa EPLING on 11-26-1868.
Physically, Winright was of small or short stature, being only 5 feet 4½
inches tall. According to his Civil War records, he had grey eyes, black hair, and
a tan complexion. He enlisted in company 'C' of the 5th Kentucky Mounted Cavalry,
in Letcher County KY on 12-20-1863 for three years. He had previously enlisted at
Princeton VA (now WV). Winright was promoted to Corporal and then to Sergeant. He
saw service in and around Dalton GA and Chattanooga TN.
Winright and his wife were deeded the Winston Adkins home place at Winright KY,
with the provision in the deed that he and his wife were to care for Winston and
Hannah as long as either of them lived. Winright and Louisa lived in this place
until their deaths. Both are buried in the Winston Adkins Cemetery at Winright KY.
Sources | 55. | Book, Joseph T Daniels, 1988, Adkins of Eastern Kentucky and surrounding areas, Private publication, Library of Congress LC control #:88194814 |
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