Parents

Son of Jack JENKINS & Unknown NLN.

Life History

Notes

• The family's name was spelled Jinkins in the 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas.  There were many Jinkins families in Texas at that time, and some families still spell the name this way.  This spelling is also found in UK families.
  
  Harold Christian was the first person to fully probe the Jenkins family sources to compile a story of Joseph Sanford's family.  In the private paper Jenkins Family History, Harold says about Joseph's arrival in Texas (p 7):
  "Harvey Christian recalled having been told by Joseph Asa, Joseph's youngest son, that Joseph Sanford moved his family into Texas on a flatboat -- landing at Jefferson's Landing, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas.  Joseph freighted supplies for a time from Jefferson's Landing to Atlanta in Northeast Cass County, possibly before moving to the Dalton area."
  
  Note that also in the 1860 census, the name is recorded as Jno, an abbreviation for John. This is an odd fact, since the details of the family fit the known family of Joseph Sanford Jenkins.  Errors in names are not unusual in the censuses.
  
  The 1860 census reports JS's age as 32; the 1880 Federal Census, CassCounty, Texas, reports Joseph Sanford's age as 52.  This would consistently put his birth year at 1828.  Other sources, however indicate a birth year of 1826.  Ancestry.com estimates 1825.  My date is the actual date as recorded in family records.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 October, Beat #3, Post Office Unionville & Cusseta, Page 73, Hse #483, Fam #495
  Jinkins Jno 32 M W Farmer 300 SC Cannot read and write
  Jinkins L 36 F W MS
  Jinkins N 14 F W MS Attended school during the last year
  Jinkins J W 10 M W MS Attended school during the last year
  Jinkins W L 7 M W GA
  Jinkins M L 3 F W GA
  Jinkins L 1 F W GA
  
  This census, as well as 1880, confirm the family information that Joseph Sanford Jenkins is from the South Carolina Jenkins clan.  I have been unable to identify the exact family of Joseph Sanford in South Carolina.  The names Joseph, John and Sanford, in various combinations occur among the Jenkins of North and South Carolina.
  
  Jenkins families in North Carolina also report that their family traditions tell them they have kinfolks in South Carolina, but they have not found the exact connections either.  The name Jenkins is very common in the Carolinas, as well as in Virginia and Kentucky.  Families form many of these lines moved west and found themselves int eh same counties of Texas and Indian Territory.  Some came into Oklahoma from Missouri.
  
  We know that the Jenkinses were in South Carolina before the Revolutionary War.  It is likely there were several unrelated streams of migrations from Wales and England at that time.  I have found several families of Jenkins or Jinkins from South Carolina in north Texas counties of the right ages to be brothers of Joseph Sanford, but have found no definite information about their relationships.
  
  Also in this 1860 household are Nancy Day, sister of Lucinda Taylor, and her daughter L E
  Day Nancy A 35 F W MS
  Day L E 9 F W MS Attended school during the last year
  
  This family has not been found in any census in 1870.  It is thought that Joseph's wife Amanda Lucinda died about 1869, and it is possible they were traveling at the time of the 1870 census.  But they were in Cass County in 1868 and 1869.   J S Jenkins is registered int he voterrolls of Davis (later Cass) County, July 22, 1868 J. S. Jenkins.  We know Joseph bought land in 1869 in Cass County, and he was back there later, but I have found no record of his presence in 1870.  Then a land transaction is recorded in 1869 (no date) in Texas Deeds, Bk S, p.#283, in which W. B. Jones et al transferred land to J S Jenkins.
  
  That leaves a small window of time in which they could have been actually out of the County.  They did somehow miss the 1870 census.  It may be that they traveled out of the area to Mississippi where they hadkinfolks during this time.  I have searched in Mississippi and even Georgia, where they lived at one time, but have found no trace nor any connection to other Jenkinses in any of the areas.  Joseph and his family were back in Cass County at lest by February 1872, when Joseph married his second wife, Louisa Christian on 28 February.
  
  Family Tradition recalls that Joseph Sanford participated in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy.  In the 1970s Harold Keith Christian reported in the "Jenkins Family History" (private paper) (p 8):
  "Apparently Joseph's family remained in the Dalton area during the Civil War, because both Kate and Joseph Asa were born there.  Family tradition indicates that Joseph served as a spy for the Confederate Forces during the Civil War.  No in­formation has been discovered to date indicating when, where and with what units he might have served."
  
  In the 1880 Census of Cass County, Texas, the name is Joseph Jenkins
  
  1880 Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #144
  Jenkins, Joseph  W M 52 Farmer  SC SC SC
  Jenkins, Louisa   W F 42 Wife Keeps House  Miss Miss Ireland
  Jenkins, Mary L  W F 21 Daughter Farming  Ga SC Miss
  Jenkins, Lucinda  W F 19 Daughter Farming  Ga SC Miss
  Jenkins, Margaret C  W F 17 Daughter Farming  Tx SC Miss
  Jenkins, Joe Asa   W M 16 Son Farming  Tx SC Miss
  
  In 1880, son John Jenkins is living in the next house.
  
  1880, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #145
  Jenkins, John  W M 30         Farmer   Miss SC Miss (born 1850)
  Jenkins, Julia  W  F 22  Wife Keeps House GA  GA  SC (born 1858)
  Jenkins,  Ira    W  M  1  Son               Tex Miss GA (born 1879)
  
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  Notes from R. Christian GED
  
  Ref: (Sallie H. Jenkins): "..Poppa said he had half brothers and sisters in MS whom he had never seen."
  
  Ref: (Harvey Leon Christian): "Grandpa told me that his father moved by barge up to Jefferson Landing (TX, Marion County). He later freighted supplies between Jefferson and Atlanta (TX, Cass County)."
  
  Ref: (Thomas Asa Jenkins): "... heard that grandpapa was an undercover man -- possibly a spy, for the Confederates. ...never heard what General he worked for; nor what unit he was assigned to.
  
  Ref: TX, Cass, List of Registered Voters of Davis (Cass) County, State of Texas: #267 July 22, 1868 J. S. Jenkins S.C. Mark.
  
  Ref: TX, Cass, Deeds, Bk S, p.#283: Land transferred from W. B. Joneset al to J. S. Jenkins; 1869.
  
  Ref: JENKINS #001 (C. I. Christian): "Grandpa told me about the time when he was a young boy. His dad was moving the family across Arkansasby wagon. Times were hard and his father (Joseph Sanford) had to stopfor awhile to earn money to buy supplies for the rest of the trip. The store owner, noticing Grandpa had no shoes, offered to keep and raise him as his own son, promising to see he got a good education. Grandpa's dad refused, however, and they eventually completed their trip back to Cass County, Texas."
  
  (Note by H. K. Christian: This trip away from Cass County, Texas probably occurred about early 1870, just prior to the 1870 Cass County, Texas US Census enumeration of Cass County, and soon after the death of Joseph Sanford's second wife, Lucinda Taylor. The trip may have been to MS, where daughters of Joseph Sanford by his first marriage are believed to have lived at that time. Sallie Jenkins Christian said her father, Joseph Asa Jenkins, told her he had two half sisters living in MS.)
  
  Ref: US CENSUS 1870, TX, Cass: (Note by H. K. Christian: No enumeration of Joseph Sanford Jenkins' family was found in this census.)
  
  Ref: (Sallie H. Jenkins (166)): "... Grandpa Joseph Sanford married his third wife (Mrs. Louisa (Taylor?) Christian) in Cass County after Poppa's mother (Lucinda) died."
  
  Ref: US CENSUS 1880, TX, Cass, Pct #3, P #17/19, Hse/Fam #144
  Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 m Farmer SC SC SC
  Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 m Kps Hse MI MI IRE
  
  Notes by HKC: Age 52 indicates Joseph born abt 1828; and both his parents were born in SC. Louisa's age 42 indicates she was born abt 1838.Family tradition indicates she was either widowed or divorced from Joseph Benjamin Christian, born in TN.  Her three known children were also enumerated in the above referenced census;
  Joseph and Emily Christian in Fam #173; and
  Lucinda Christian Dycus in Fam #5
  
  Notes by HKC: (Made during visit with Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Rte #3, Naples, TX).  A small burial plot believed to belong to one of the Dalton Jenkins families is located about 300 meters northwest of the houseoccupied by Mrs. Mitchell in 1965.  The plot was overgrown with crepemyrtle and small trees.  One handcrafted sandstone marker had carved on it " (?). H. Jenkins / Born (?) 4, 1876 / Died (?)".  This could beHenry Jenkins, named in Frances Elizabeth Posey's Family Bible as theson of Joseph Sanford Jenkins and Louisa.
  
  End Notes from R. Christian GED
  

Sources

• 1. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, District 239, page 18A, (scan p 251), Wall Township, Marlow Cit
• 3. Marlow (Oklahoma) Cemetery List
  • Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;
• 4. Various Jenkins Family Sources
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 17 October, Beat #3, Post Office Unionville & Cusseta, Hse #483, Fam #
• 6. J Epperson Genealogy
• 7. Jenkins Journal, Jan 1982, by Harold Keith Christian
  • p.3
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, p 17, Hse/Fam #145
• 9. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
  • p 7
• 10. J Epperson Genealogy
  • http://genealogy.eppytx.com/FamilyTree/F014.htm
• 11. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 17 October, Beat #3, Post Office Unionville & Cusseta, Page 73, Hse #4
• 12. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 17 October, Unionville & Cusseta, page 72, Beat 3, Hse #483, Fam #495
• 13. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, Hse/Fam #144
• 14. 1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma
  • 15 January, Oakdale, District 192, page 4B, Hse #65, Fam #66
• 15. R Christian GED
• 16. Gravestone of Amanda Jenkins Christian, Oakdale Cemetery, Oakdale, Washita, Oklahoma
• 17. 1920 Federal Census, Harris County, Texas
  • 20 January, Justice Precinct 8, District 123, page 6B, Hse #136, Fam #
• 18. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, page 17A, Hse/Fam #144
• 19. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
  • p 8
• 20. Gravestone of Joseph Asa and Julia Virginia Jenkins, Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma