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• Sources are spotty for James Marshal Harkins.  But some familygenealogies, report him born in South Carolina, matching the 1850census report..  Reports for an alternative birthplace are NorthCarolina and Georgia.  South Carolina is most surely the correctstate.  Some family sources spell his middle name Marshal while othershave Marshall.
  
  In the 1850 census, James Harkins is living next door to his widowedmother Nancy and her two other sons Tilman R and Asbury B Harkins.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 13 November, page 32(scan p 263), Hse/Fam #1587
  James Harkins 31 SC [born abt 1819]
  Sarah M Harkins 22 NC [born abt 1828]
  Margaret Harkins  4 F GA [born abt 1846]
  Nancy Harkins  2 F GA [born abt 1848]
  John G F P Harkins 1 month M GA [b September 1850]
  
  A couple of Harkins family genealogies report the full name of JamesMarshal's wife as Sarah M Bartles.  Few sources are documented for theinformation in many of the genealogies, but the clarity and detail ofthe information presented in one or two reflects family sourcing andcredibility.
  
  One by Brendy Martinez provides some details about family members anddeath locations.  But notice that this death date cannot be theredeath report of the same person, born in 1819!
  
  JAMES MARSHALL HARKINS
  Birth: 1819, Death: MAY 20 1947 in SHELBY CO. AL [cannot be correct]
  Father: JAMES HARKINS b: 1791 in S.C
  Mother: NANCY HARKINS b: 1796 in S.C
  Marriage SARAH M. BARTLES b: 1828 in NC
  One child reported:  BRAVEN ALEXANDER HARKINS b: DEC 11, 1852 in GA
  
  A List Of Harkins Who Died In Shelby Co Alabama Where Minnie MaeHarkins Was Born.
  James Marshall Harkins Died May 20, 1947 Shelby Co. Reporter H019
  John Harkins July 27, 1876 Sentinel H227
  Nancy Harkins Jan 28, 1926 Shelby Co Reporter H296
  Clarence A. Harkins July 25, 1935 Shelby Co. Reporter H147
  Gat Harkins Jan 16, 1919 Sun H373
  --  Brendy Martinez,http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2005420&id=I99796830
  
  1860 Federal Census, De Kalb County, Alabama, 3 July, Division 2, POLebanon, page 92, House #250, Family #257
  James M Harkins 40 M  Blacksmith $300 Personal Estate b SC
  Sarah M Harkins  32 F  SC
  Margaret S Harkins  13 F  GA
  John F P Harkins  10 M GA
  Bravin E Harkins  8 M GA
  Elizabeth D Harkins  4 F AL
  Sarah J Harkins  3mos F AL [b Mar 1860]
  
  The Reimer Family genealogy reports the full name of most of thechildren:
  Nancy Sabrina Harkins 1845-1879
  Margaret Saphronia Harkins 1847-1924
  John F Pinkney HARKINS 1850-1932
  Braven Alexander Harkins 1852-1920
  Lizzie Harkins b 1856
  Elizabeth D HARKINS b 1856
  Sarah Jane Harkins 1859-1894
  Thomas Lee Harkins 1864-1903
  Mary Ann Harkins 1868-1933
  --  Reimer Family,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11335587/person/-426467742?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Some genealogies (like the one noted above) report the death of JamesMarshall Harkins in 1947.  But note this could not be the same person! I suspect this is a grandson, but have not tried to follow thechildren of John (born 1818-19) and Sarah.  The Alabama Death Recordsreport that a James M Harkins died on 22 May 1947 in Jefferson County(Birmingham).  Several genealogies report he died on 20 May 1947 in DeKalb County, Alabama.  It appears that the latter was his address ofresidence at the time of death, but he died in Birmingham, probably inhospital.  I have not been able to figure out why this date is twodays earlier than the death certificate reports.
  
  Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
  Volume 20, Certificate #9504
  James M Harkins
  Death 22 May 1947
  Jefferson County
  
  One genealogy reports that James M died in Shelby County, Alabama, butthe date of death is in 1947, when he would have been 128 years old!

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 13 November, page 32 (scan p 263), Hse/Fam #1587
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, De Kalb County, Alabama
  • 3 July, Division 2, PO Lebanon, page 92, House #250, Family #257
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Harkins Family,
• 4. Ancestry Trees
  • Harkins/Shields,
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Brendy Martinez,
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Ginny's Kin,