Jacob Adams Sr. (abt. 1735 - aft. 1807)

Born about 1735 in Henry, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 27 Oct 1807 after about age 72 in Patrick County, Virginia

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Biography

Jacob was born about 1735. Jacob Adams ... He passed away about 1807. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?

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Researchers Notes

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ28-1VD This tree gives him the name William Jacob.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99518011/jacob-francis-adams His Find A Grave gives him the name Jacob Francis Adams and indicates that he married Mary Peake in 1754. Note: The name of the cemetery is "Jacob Adams Graves" Located on north side of Goblintown Creek, about a mile west of Fairy Stone Park, at old Jim Roberson Place, and about 1/2 mile south of Road 717, in Patrick county, Virginia. "The stones are hand carved soapstone." ^[2]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-48679 This is possibly the same Jacob Adams, but DAR records indicate he was born circa 1750. DAR records also give his wife's name as Mary

Since this is a GED import, I am marking it as unsourced in hopes that more accurate sources may be found than Find A Grave. I have also requested a photograph of his headstone on Find A Grave. Usually, IF there is a headstone, it will be photographed within a week or two and a message will be sent, else a message will be sent that there is no headstone.

Will http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi03512.document

A Guide to the Patrick County (Va.) Will of Jacob Adams, 1807 December Accession number 50493 A Collection in the Library of Virginia

WILL OF JACOB ADAMS In the name of God, Amen. I Jacob Adams of Patrick County & State of Virginia being in a very low state of health in body but in perfect senses & memory & calling to mind the mortality of the body, I do constitute and ordain this to be my last will & testament. FIRST I recommend my soul to God who gave it & my body to the grave to be buried at the discretion of my Executors & such thing as God has given me I dispose of as follows, (to-wit) SECONDLY for all my just debts to be paid. THIRDLY I do give & bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Adams this plantation whereon I now live & all the working tools belonging hereunto & all my household & kitchen furniture also five Negroes named Aaron, Will, Samuel, Dilamder & Catey & a gray horse and a bay mare named Diamond & four cows & calves & all my stock of sheep & hogs also the debt that Thos. Reeves owes me. The above property for her to have without control during life or widowhood. FOURTHLY I give to my beloved son Jacob Adams a negro boy named Jeremiah. FIFTHLY I give to my beloved son Peter Adams a negro boy named John. SIXTHLY I give to my daughter Lydda Tittle a negro girl named Cielah during her lifetime & if she should die without heir born of her body the said Neby girl & her increase to return to my Estate & divided among the rest of my children. SEVENTHLY I give to my daughter Lydda Tittle a negro boy named Dick. EIGHTLY I give to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Keaton a negro boy named Arch to her and her children & not at all to be at the disposal of Zachariah Keaton her husband. NINTHLY I give to my beloved daughter Rebecca Hollandsworth & her children a negro girl named Hannah but not to be the disposal of James Hollandsworth her husband. TENTHLY I give to my beloved daughter Sarah Keaton & her children a negro boy named George but not to be at the disposal of Cornelius Keaton her husband. ELEVENTHLY I give to my beloved son William Adams a negro boy named Peter. TWELFYELY? I give to my beloved son Isaac Adams a negro boy named Isham also a sorrel mare & her increase & a feather bed. THIRTEENTHLY I do will & ordain that out of the the Estate give to my wife Mary Adams that Frances Cochrel shall have a horse valued to twenty-five pounds & it is further my will & desire that the rest of the land & property not herein mentioned shall be sold at twelve months credit & the money arising from such sale be equally divided amongst my children and further I do constitute & appoint my trusty friends Chas. Foster, Esq. & Capt. John Turner to be my Executors to this my last will & Testament. As witness my hand & seal this 27th day of October 1807. Jacob Adams Signed in the presence of us: James Cox, Thomas Hill, Danniel Maccantire Patrick De. Court 1807 Will Book 1, Page 96-97 THE ADAMS FAMILY

Sources

1. ↑ Adams-26056 was created by Anna Compton through the import of Compton - Hudson Tree.ged on Sep 30, 2016. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2470462/jacob-adams-graves

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 26 Nov 2020), "Record of Jacob Adams", Ancestor # A206248.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLL-HBXT : 13 December 2015), Jacob Adams, 1807; Burial, , Patrick, Virginia, United States of America, Jacob Adams Graves Pilson 433; citing record ID 99518011, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.