John Hobbs Adams Sr. (1727 - 1804)

Born 1727 in Stafford, Stafford, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1804 at about age 77 in Roaring River, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

They had five children:^[1]

1. John Adams, Jr., b. 1747 in VA, d. 1815 in KY, m1. 1769 Nancy [Caudill?], m2. Letty Simpson;
2. Benjamin Adams, b. 1749 in VA, d. 1824 in KY, m. Henrietta Caudill;
3. Jacob Adams, b. 1753 in VA, d. 1833 in NC, m. wid. Mary Stamper Tomson;
4. Spencer Adams, b. 1759 in VA, d. 1830 in AL, m1. Ann____, m2. Nancy Irvin;
5. daughter, Frances Adams, aka "Franky", b. 1765 in VA, d. 1790 in NC, m1. 1781 Stephen Caudill (he m2. 1791 Sally Adams).

"The Church meeting in order Bro. John Adams and Sister Ann Adams joined the church by experience and baptism." Also mentions John's brother Spencer and a Henrietta Adams. -South Fork of Roaring River Baptist Church

Timeline

1 Jan 1769

On January 1, 1769, John Adams received a lifetime leasehold of 100 acres from Lord Thomas Fairfax, then governor of Colonial Virginia. This deed^[2] grants a leasehold at annual rent of forty shillings, "for lives of John Adams and his son John Adams and Spencer Adams (another of) his sons, and the longest liver of them." It was customary to use this phrasing and name young sons of the grantee in order to assure longevity of the term of lease. Adams's location, surveyed by Joseph Hough, was on the south side of Blue Ridge, on the line of William Fitshugh and corner of Edmondson, "by a swamp." This deed was duly recorded June 12, 1769, in the courthouse at Leesburg.^[1][3]

"Adams Families of Southeast Kentucky"

Generation #1131: John Adams Sr. (1727-1804 wife Ann (1730-1804), Image 9 of 196 (pdf): John Adams Sr. was of Loudoun County, Colonial Virginia, progenitor of several Adams families who settled the frontier of Southeast Kentucky after less than a generation in Surry & Wilkes Counties, North Carolina. Three of his four sons and only known daughter all migrated to Floyd County, Kentucky, two of theses sons dying there. John Adams Sr. never appeared to go to Kentucky. John Adams Sr. and his wife Ann appear to have died in their home on Roaring River, Wilkes County about the time two of their sons were moving to Kentucky.

Prior to John Adams Sr. and family migrating to Surry (now Wilkes) County, North Carolina this family were living in Loudoun County, Virginia. A Deed dated 1 January 1769 from Thomas Lord Fairfax of the County of Frederick, Colony of Virginia, to John Adams of the County of Loudoun, Colony aforesaid, grant land in the County of Loudoun, 100 acres of land for the sole use of John Adams, John Adams his son, and Spencer Adams his son. Deed proved by all three witnesses before the Court, 12 July 1769.

P4: Loudoun County, Virginia Tithes Lists: In 1775, John Adams Sr., Benjamin Adams, and Jacob Adams appear as three ththes for the LAST TIME in Loudoun County. The Revolutionary War was at its height, several sons served in the Continental Line. At this timeframe John Adams, Sr. and the entire Adams families left Loudoun County, Virginia, and appear on the 1777 Tax List for Surry County, North Carolina, on Roaring River. Within the year this land became Wilkes County, North Carolina.

(Total Images for pdf: 196) Extremely well documented history of John Hobbs Adams, Sr., and descendants of Loudoun County, VA, and Wilkes County, North Carolina, on Roaring River, where he and wife Ann died. Historical records of children migrating to Floyd County, Kentucky, detailing descendants.)^[1]

Land Grant Files

John Adams | Wilkes County, North Carolina | Issued: 1782-10-23 | Entered: 1779-10-26 | Acres: 100 | On Lewis Fork beg. on the South Bank | Grant #: 252^[4] |File #: 252 | River: Yadkin | Subsystem: Lewis Fork | GRID ^[5]

John Adams | Wilkes County, North Carolina | Issued: 1788-07-10 | Entered: 1782-11-02 | Acres: 50 | On the No. of fork of Lewis Fork Beg. on a hickory or stake in sd. line | Grant #: 252 |File #: 252 | River: Yadkin | Subsystem: Lewis Fork | GRID^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Griffith, Dorothy A. and Robert E. Parkin, Adams Families of Southeast Kentucky. (St. Louis, MO: Genealogical Research & Productions), 1986. Online at FamilySearch, #1131, pages 1-6.
2. ↑ Deed books, 1757-1901; general indexes to deeds, 1757-1916; General index to deeds, etc., v. 1, 1757-1812 -- General index to deeds, etc., v. 2, 1813-1833 (Index v. 1-2 index deed books, v. A-Z and 2-A to 3-Z.). Virginia. County Court (Loudoun County); Film # 007898584; image 9 of 619;
3. ↑ Deed books, 1757-1901; general indexes to deeds, 1757-1916; Virginia. County Court (Loudoun County); Deed book, v. F, 1767-1768 -- Deed book, v. G, 1768-1770; Film: 32300; image 276 of 396; Film #: 008190554; p. 122
4. ↑ NC LAND GRANT IMAGES AND DATA; Land grants issued in North Carolina from 1663 to 1960;
5. ↑ WebJMD.com; North Carolina and Virginia Geneology; Wilkes County, NC, Land Grants
6. ↑ WebJMD.com; North Carolina and Virginia Geneology; Wilkes County, NC, Land Grants

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31390033
• US Federal Census 1790, Wilkes, North Carolina
• North Carolina Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1787, Wilkes, North Carolina
• South Fork of Roaring River Baptist Church, Wilkes, North Carolina
• LDS/FHL Digitized Images (pdf) "Adams Families of Southeast Kentucky," by Dorothy A. Griffith & Robert E. Parkin, 1986. A Documented History of John Hobbs Adams Sr. Genealogy. St. Louis, MO: Genealogical R & P, Research & Productions, 1986.
• https://www.geni.com/people/John-Adams/6000000006740959088
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR82-Z4P