This collection contains a single manuscript compiled by Marion S. Adams titled "Eakin Family History." The document covers the Eakin family lineage beginning in Ireland in 1761 with the birth of John Eakin. Adams writes in an introduction that the Eakins family was once one of the most prominent families in Nashville. The document is 22 typed pages bound in a green folder. The manuscript is undated. Records Adams used from the Eakins family include the "Diary of Uncle William Eakin," "Uncle Eakin's History of the Eakin Family, August 21, 1865," "William Eakin, His Memoirs by Himself - Nashville, July 1st, 1846," and "Judge John R. Eakin," who wrote several chapters of a book about the family.