This is where Cluster Theory comes in (you can read about that in an early post).
We know that Leeroy Akers was born in VA....as was his wife, Rebecca Nealey.
So these entries from the old Augusta books sticks out right away:
Processioners' Returns) - 1765: Wm. Bryans and Jas. Neely
report as follows, viz: For James Bryan (on Roanoke), for Wm. Bryan,
Jr., for David Bryan (Geo. McAfee present), for Rees Bowin, for Hugh
Mills, for David Cloyd (Tinker's Creek), for David Robinson, for Wm.
Graham, for Wm. Graham (on Bufallo Creek), Benj. Paulson present; for
Wm. Graham, Henry Holston present; for Peter Evans; for Thos. Tosh,
Danl. McNeal present; for Jno. McAdoo, Jas. Mellin present; for David
Dutton, Wm. Elam present; for Israel Christian, for Joseph Snodgrass,
for Joseph Robinson, for John Neilly for Baptist Armstrong, present Thomas Acres; for Wm. Carvin, for Wm. Terry, for Thomas Ackers, for James Neilly (on Carson's Creek).
29th January, 1750-51. William Alexander's appraisement, by Thomas Tosh, Wm. Akers, James Neeley.
While I'm not sure I have the time to keep digging right now. This is surely where I'd look.
Besides...the old census records show a cluster of Akers/Acres in Franklin Co Va (as well as Montgomery Co for that matter). Franklin is just north of the NC border and not all that far from the Huggins....
Happy hunting!
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