Sarah
Ann McNair
Adair
Born in Cherokee Nation (East)
Ancestors 
Daughter of Walter Scott Adair
and Nancy McCoy (Harris) Adair
Sister of
Elizabeth Neely (Adair) Walker, James Warren Adair, Edward Underwood Adair, Mary Buffington Adair, Hugh Montgomery Adair, Lucy Fields Adair and Minerva Cornelia Adair
Wife of
William Penn Adair
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Mary Elizabeth (Adair) Harris
Died about
at about age 30
in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
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Biography
Sarah was Cherokee.
Sarah Ann Adair was born about 1835 in the Cherokee Nation (East), the daughter of Walter Scott "Red Wat" Adair and Nannie McCoy, both Cherokee. [1] The 1835 Cherokee census shows the family living on Oothcaloga Creek. [2] The family was Removed to Indian Territory in 1838. Walter served as an assistant conductor in the Taylor detachment on the Trail of Tears. [3] In 1851 the family is found living in the Flint District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. [4] Sarah married William Penn Adair, her second cousin, on June 6, 1857. They were the parents of two children, Martha and Mary (Mamie). [5] Sarah died about 1865 [6] but her death place and burial location are unknown. The Find-a-Grave memorial has an incorrect date. [7]
Research Notes
William married again in 1868; daughter Martha is listed alone in Saline District on the 1880 census and William, wife Sue, and daughter Mamie are listed together on the 1880 Cherokee Census. [8]
Sources
- ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p.309. Digitized edition at Starr
- ↑ Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974. p. 79
- ↑ Brutrick, Daniel. The Journal of Daniel S. Butrick May 19-1838-April 1, 1839. reprint, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill, OK. p. 59
- ↑ Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Flint District, p. 78 family #237.
- ↑ Starr, History of the Cherokee, p. 410.
- ↑ Moore, Cherrie A. "William Penn Adair." Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Historical Society, 1951, Vol. 29, #1, p. 34
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88707258/sarah-ann_mcnair-adair : accessed 23 October 2021), memorial page for Sarah Ann McNair Adair Adair (1835–Mar 1882), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88707258, citing Tahlequah Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .
- ↑ Cherokee Census, 1880. Series 7RA-07. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Cooweescoowee, p. 2.
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