Rachel Jester and James Adams had no children of their own, they however raised James Adams’ 2nd cousin Winston Fleming born out of wedlock, Rachel Jester and James Adams were the donators of the land and founders in 1844 for the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, on Nebo Road, Boonville, NC. They are buried there with their foster son Winston Fleming and his descendants.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BK-9XB : 12 April 2016), Rachel Adams in household of James Adams, Surry county, part of, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing family 950, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Space:Jesters_of_North_Carolina from the research of Ray Parker
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