Descendants of Shadrack Atkinson

Generation No. 4

5. EDMUND⁴ ATKINSON (NATHAN³, JOHN², SHADRACK¹) was born April 02, 1804 in Georgia¹⁰, and died March 19, 1862 in Georgia¹⁰. He married SARAH E. WADDELL Unknown. She was born December 29, 1809 in South Carolina¹¹, and died August 03, 1858 in Georgia¹¹.

Notes for EDMUND ATKINSON:

Edmund was a planter and owned more than 30,000 acres in Georgia. Some of the land was gained through land grants.

Homeward was the plantation home of Edmund Atkinson, son of Nathan Atkinson, and his wife Sarah Wadell. Mr. Atkinson studied law at the University of Georgia and was admitted to the bar in 1825. Although he was a practicing lawyer, Mr. Atkinson had an intense interest in agriculture and enjoyed life on his plantation so much that he was frequently seen heading homeward. Eventually the plantation became "Homeward" according to the family. At the time of his death, Mr. Atkinson was considered a wealthy and successful plantation owner.

Buried at Black Hammock along side his wife, Sarah. (photos of both headstones on file). Epithaph reads "Into thine hand I commit my spirit."

Notes for SARAH E. WADDELL:

There is a Sarah E. Waddell Atkinson, b: 12/29/1809, d: 8/3/1858, who is buried in Black Hammock cemetery who is probably this Sarah. Headston reads, "Yet in my flesh I shall see God."

Children of EDMUND ATKINSON and SARAH WADDELL are:

8. i. SATILLA⁵ ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1830.

ii. CAMDEN ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1832.

iii. EDMUND N. ATKINSON, JR., b. November 14, 1834, Camden County, Georgia; d. June 17, 1884; m. ELIZABETH LANG, December 09, 1868; b. 1832, Georgia; d. Unknown.

iv. ALEXANDER ATKINSON, b. August 27, 1836, Georgia¹²; d. February 17, 1912.

Notes for ALEXANDER ATKINSON:

Captain Alexander Atkinson, a brother of the gallant Colonel Edmund N. Atkinson. was born in 1836 and graduated at Franklin College about 1856. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He entered the Confederate Army early in 1861 and was elected to command the Quitman Guards, and infantry company attached to his brother's regiment. He was wounded in one of the battles in Virginia so severely that he was discharged from the service. He died at Black Hammock in 1912. (Source: History of Camden County Georgia by James T. Vocelle, 1914)

He is buried at the Atkinson Cemetery at Black Hammock (photo of headstone on file).[Brøderbund Family Archive #291, Ed. 1, Census Index: GA, GEORGIA CENSUS NARA Series M593, Camden County, 1870, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.291.2.7927.0]

Individual: Atkinson, A

Race: W

Age: 34

Birth place: GA

Township: Satilla Mills P

Microfilm: Roll 139, Page 663

v. CONSTANCE J. ATKINSON, b. 1843, Georgia; d. Unknown.

9. vi. ELIAS REED ATKINSON, b. February 05, 1847, Georgia; d. July 08, 1909, Martin, Marion County, Florida.

6. ANN CAROLINE⁴ ATKINSON (BURWELL³, JOHN², SHADRACK¹) was born November 09, 1809, and died May 21, 1889. She married ISAAC LANG, JR. September 02, 1824.

Children of ANN ATKINSON and ISAAC LANG are:

i. JOHN ATKINSON⁵ LANG, b. August 12, 1825.

Notes for JOHN ATKINSON LANG:

Buried in Homeward Cemetery.

10. ii. NATHANIEL LANG, b. October 25, 1847; d. October 13, 1929.

11. iii. ROBERT LANG, b. September 26, 1844; d. January 17, 1929.

7. ALEXANDER SMITH⁴ ATKINSON (BURWELL³, JOHN², SHADRACK¹) was born January 19, 1815 in Liberty County, Georgia, and died August 03, 1894 in Incachee Plantation, Camden County, Georgia. He married MARY ANN MCDONALD May 05, 1842 in Executive Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, daughter of CHARLES MCDONALD and ANNE FRANKLIN. She was born August 14, 1823 in Baldwin County, Georgia, and died July 12, 1884 in Marietta, Georgia.

Notes for ALEXANDER SMITH ATKINSON:

Alexander S. Atkinson was a Captain of the "Camden Rifles" and was attached to the 26th Georgia. (Source: History of Camden County Georgia by James T. Vocelle, 1914)

Incachee, in northern Camden County, is the home which Alexander S. Atkinson had build and is where he lived most of his life. His son Dr. Burwell Atkinson had the home after his death.

He is buried in Homeward Cemetery (photo of headstone on file).

He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1835 and began to practice law in Savannah. He soon returned to Camden County where he was elected representative in 1840 and 1841. He became interested in planting cotton and developed a fine plantation about seven miles west of Waverly. The house, built on a hill, was said to have been the site of a former Indian village. Because several little creeks and branches flow out from here, the name Incachee, which means "heading of the waters," was given to this plantation. (Source: Camden's Challenge)

Notes for MARY ANN MCDONALD:

Mary Ann McDonald was the daughter of a govenor of Georgia at the time of her wedding to Alexander Smith Atkinson. She is buried in Homeward Cemetery (photo of headstone on file).

Marriage Notes for ALEXANDER ATKINSON and MARY MCDONALD:

Mary's father was the governor of Georgia at the time of her marriage to Alexander S. Atkinson and the wedding ceremony took place in the Executive Mansion in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Children of ALEXANDER ATKINSON and MARY MCDONALD are:

i. JOHN FRANKLIN⁵ ATKINSON.

ii. CHARLES JAMES ATKINSON.

12. iii. ANNE ELIZABETH ATKINSON, b. February 06, 1842, St Marys, Camden Co, GA; d. August 16, 1919, Marietta, GA.

13. iv. BURWELL ATKINSON, b. September 08, 1848, Incachee Plantation, Camden County, Georgia; d. September 22, 1931.

v. SPENCER ROANE ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1850; m. MARY VIRGINIA HARRISON¹³.

Notes for SPENCER ROANE ATKINSON:

Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, a brother of Burwell Atkinson, has been on the Supreme bench of the state and was a candidate for governor against Allen D. Candler. (Source: History of Camden County Georgia by James T. Vocelle, 1914)

14. vi. LILLA CAROLINE ATKINSON, b. April 21, 1850, Camden County, Georgia; d. April 03, 1939, Marietta, Georgia.

vii. ELLA CALEDONIA ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1851¹³; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON BLANTON¹³.

15. viii. DEAN DUNWODY ATKINSON, b. Abt. 1853.

16. ix. SAMUEL CARTER ATKINSON, b. 1864; d. 1942, Atlanta, Georgia.