Samuel Akin (1771-1844) and his wife Darcus Starr Akin (1771-1849) [my 4th Great Grandparents] were some of the very earliest settlers of what became Greater Burwood.
Samuel Akin (1771-1844) and his wife Darcus Starr Akin (1771-1849) [my 4th Great Grandparents] were some of the very earliest settlers of what became Greater Burwood. Sometime before 1800 they arrived with intentions to settle in Davidson County Tennessee - hailing from from Charleston, South Carolina; and by 1801 had begun to purchase land from Thrasher McCullom near the headwaters of Murfree's Fork in Williamson Couty above the Duck River Ridge. The tract of land was considered to be some of the best in the western 4th Civil District. In 1811, he added to his farm from the sizable Benjamin Carter Revolutionary land grant. In 1831 he bought more land from Rev. John Pope. His farm was over 400 acres by this time. It seems that at least by 1803, he had established a log homestead - one that would be set facing south - toward the Carter's Creek Road about a mile south of Burwood. By 1810, they had a larger home constructed in front of the old log house which still stands...