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Hi Cherokee Adair cousins!
Here is the will of John Adair with children listed by which mother. His daughter, Charlotte is my grgrgrandmother who married John Bell Jr. Hope this helps.
Abstracts of Abbeyville Dist Wills and Bonds on
file in the Abbeville,
SA Courthouse.
Condensed version:
Will of John ADAIR pp176-179:
Wife Jean.
Land at Flat Shoal River below Fish Trap called
Walters Trap, joins Kye's
line.
Son Samuel.
Son Walter to have one third of debts due me in
the Cherokee Nation which
he is about to collect. Walter to make title to
Thomas Benjamin Adair for
plantation where I now live.
To daughter Charlotte.
To son John 224 acres on Conneross purchased of
JAMES BAIRD.
Son Edward owes me considerable sum.
I also purchased note from James Head paid forty
two dollars for relapsing
and carrying through some lands. This I request
him to make title to my
son Thomas Benjamin Adair.
Son James land where I now live, joining Cane
Creek, John MOORE and SLOAN.
Daughter Jane (?).
Son William Henry land on Rusk's Still House
Branch.
Son Charles D. Adair
Son Washington Adair.
Son Benjamin Franklin Adair.
Son John Alexander Adair land in fork between
Cane Creek and Little River.
Furniture and stock kept together and plantation
cultivated for support
of children until they marry or come of age.
Dated 4 November 1815. Proven 4 Dec. 1815.
Witnesses: Samuel Boydstun, Thomas Lanier.
Executors: Joseph Reid, Samuel Boydston, Capt.
David Sloan.
Children of John Adair (and Jane Kilgore)
James Adair bc1792
Thomas Benjamin Adair bc1794 m. Rachel Lynch
Margaret Jane Adair b11 Mar 1797 m. Wm.
Richardson Nicholson
William Henry Adair bc1798
Charles Duncan Adair bc1800
George Washington Adair bc1802
Elbert Earl Adair bc1804
Mary Ann Adair bc1806
Benjamin Franklin Adair bc1808 m. Elizabeth
Martin
John Alexander Adair bc1810
And this:
Dr. James Robert Adair, b. 1709, County antrim, Ireland, d. abt 1790
his father is Thomas Adair (1680-1750), mother unknown.
Spouse of James is unknown (has a European wife)
Occupation: Trader to the Chickasaw Indians, Author
Children:
1. James Adair, Jr., b. 1747, d. 1831, m. Rebecca Montgomery
2. Edward Adair, b. abt 1750, d. ? GA, m. Elizabeth Scott Shepherd
3. John Adair, b. 1753, ?Scotland, d. 1815,
m. 1. Nancy GaHoGA Foster, 2. Jennie Kilgore
In Professor Robert L. Meriwether's book, THE EXPANSION OF SOUTH
CAROLINA 1729-1765 (1940). "The Settlement of the Back Country," p. 121:
James ADAIR, the Chickasaw Trader, and later author of the HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS, recently ruined in the attempt to win the Choctaws to the English alliance, graced the household of (James) Francis with his presence during 1750 and 1751. He went to the Cherokees in company with HENRY FOSTER, the two carrying two keps of rum and perhaps other Indian trade commodities..." [Copied from FAMILY PUZZLERS, May 17, 1997, Number 1491] http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ADAIR/1997-06/0866508941
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