John Akins of Dover Forge

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John Akins was paid for 3 months of work with a driving team at Dover Forge on 28 Jul 1827, according to the ledger on file at the Monmouth County Historical Society. So far I have been unsuccessful in finding any other information about this individual. Certainly individuals by that name appear in census and other records, but it's a common enough name, so without more specific identifying information, it's difficult to know if one of those is the same man as this one.    

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