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Michael PERKINS
1751 - 1823 (72 years)-
Name Michael PERKINS Birth 1751 Goochland, Virginia 
Gender Male LifeSketch [1] LifeSketch Residence 30 Oct 1807 Madison, Kentucky [1] _FSFTID K27G-335 _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K27G-335 _UID A4C303D8B92445B086784D1897A13DA69206 Death 1 Dec 1823 Madison, Kentucky Person ID I112680500 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 6 Dec 2022
Father John B. PERKINS, b. 1690, Hanover, Virginia d. Dec 1799, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 109 years) Mother Mary ANTHONY, b. 1730, Hanover County, Virginia d. 1824, Hanover County, Virginia (Age 94 years) Family ID F50573376 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Winnifred RAE, b. 1760, Goochland, Virginia d. 1796, Kentucky (Age 36 years) Marriage 8 Jun 1781 Madison, Kentucky Children 1. Dabney PERKINS, b. 8 Jun 1781, Goochland, Virginia d. 1820, Madison, Kentucky (Age 38 years)2. Mary "Belle" PERKINS, b. 27 Jan 1783, Goochland, Virginia d. 1840, Rocky Fort, Boone, Missouri (Age 56 years)3. William PERKINS, b. 4 Feb 1785, Goochland, Virginia d. 1860 (Age 74 years)4. Pleasant PERKINS, b. 30 Mar 1788, Goochland, Virginia d. 17 Aug 1854, Madison, Kentucky (Age 66 years)5. Thomas Wright PERKINS, b. 15 Feb 1789, Goochland, Virginia d. Jul 1836, Madison, Kentucky (Age 47 years)6. Winnifred PERKINS, b. 1793, Madison, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F50573375 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Children named in the will of John Perkins in 1799 are: Jesse Perkins, deceased, Nancy Wilkerson, Michael Perkins, John Perkins, Molly Farr, Anthony Perkins, William Perkins, Samuel Perkins, Sukey Johnson, Sally Pulliam and Betsy Seargeant (Louisa, Virginia will book 4, pages 97-99).
THE APPOINTMENT DESCRIBED BELOW GIVES US MEMBERS FROM THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY:
Louisa, Virginia deed book L, page 85
On 30 October 1807, Michael Perkins of Madison, Kentucky appoints his son, Jesse Perkins of the same county and state as his attorney-in-fact to receive all money due to him in the State of Virginia and County of Louisa "on account of my legacy in my mother's estate, Mary Perkins" and to "make good and lawful deeds to any person who may purchase my part of two tracts of land of my said mother".
THE DEED DESCRIBED BELOW GIVES US FATHER-TO-SON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JOHN PERKINS AND MICHAEL PERKINS, AND BETWEEN MICHAEL PERKINS AND JESSE PERKINS:
Louisa, Virginia deed book L, page 87
On 8 February 1808, "Jesse Perkins, attorney in fact for his father, Michael Perkins of the County of Madison of the State of Kentucky" sells to William G. Poindexter of Louisa, Virginia, for $100, "one eleventh part of a tract of land whereof John Perkins, dec'd, died seized, whereon he lived at the time of his death" containing 386 acres of land in Louisa County on both sides of the South Anna River "being the share of the said Michael as one of the sons of said John Perkins, dec'd" to have and hold "except the dower of Mary Perkins in one third of the same".
- Children named in the will of John Perkins in 1799 are: Jesse Perkins, deceased, Nancy Wilkerson, Michael Perkins, John Perkins, Molly Farr, Anthony Perkins, William Perkins, Samuel Perkins, Sukey Johnson, Sally Pulliam and Betsy Seargeant (Louisa, Virginia will book 4, pages 97-99).
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Dec 2022), entry for Michael PERKINS, person ID K27G-335. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Dec 2022), entry for Michael PERKINS, person ID K27G-335. (Reliability: 3).