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The responses to my query re a will or other
documentary proof for the sons of Thomas Adair are quite interesting. However, none of them address the real question WHERE IS THE PROOF of Thomas' children. I am familiar
only with J.B. Adair's genealogy & he gives
no references to his sources, nor do the others. The big question is not so much did
Thomas had a son, James, but was he James, the Indian trader. The will which is puportedly that of James, the Indian trader,
was filed in Bladen Co., N.C. (will book 1
page 476). The bequests are to 3 daughters
apparently in the colonies, their children,
Robert Adair or his heirs (no relation given)
in Antrim Ireland, James Box (no relation given) of the Island of Bennet?, and Alexander Johnston (no relation given) of
Ireland. There are no legatees other than
Robert who bear the surname of Adair. It is
my feeling that J. B. Adair did not just pull his data out of the air, but had some
source. Probably, he had 3 sons, but the
problem is to sort them and the next generation. I have proven my line back to
James Adair of Montgomery Co. Va. who settled there about 1770. There is also a
Cornelius in Augusta Co. These Scotch-Irish
generally settled in Pa. for awhile then
went into western Maryland & Virginia & from
there to the Carolinas. Trying to trace them is a problem due to the frequency of migration, lack of records, and frequent
division & creation of new counties. I do
know that descendants of the Carolina branch
& the Montgomery branch all settled in southeast Tenn. near Knoxville about the same
time. The only way to resolve this is to
get as much original documentation as possible.
Jim
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