Matthias Adams Jr. was born about 1839 in Georgia[1].
In 1850, shown as age 11, he lived in Montgomery County, Georgia with his parents and siblings[1].
On the 1860 and 1870 census he is shown as Jasper Adams.
His second marriage was to Nancy Catherine Browning.
Mathias and Nancy had 5 children:
Ary Clifton Adams 1865–1944
Leonard Lee Adams Sr 1868–1943
William Thomas Adams 1870–1934
Mathias Charles Adams 1870–1958
Melton F Adams 1876–1903
Fact: Residence (1850) Montgomery county, Montgomery, Georgia
Fact: Residence (1870) Montgomery, Georgia, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) District 394, Montgomery, Georgia, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Militia Districts 394, 1531, McArthur, Glenwood Glenwood village, Montgomery, Georgia, United States
Fact: Burial (1904) Wheeler, Georgia, United States
Research Notes
Mathias was first married to Mary Ann McAlum, who died about 1864. There are no children known of this marriage. Her profile needs to be added to WikiTree, and a search made for her parents.
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"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJV-TK1 : 7 February 2020), Mathias J. Adams and Mary Ann McAlum, 3 Nov 1859; citing Marriage, Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 218,817.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMN-TJJ : Tue Mar 14 08:24:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Jasper Adams and Mary A Adams, 1860.
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJV-2NJ : 7 February 2020), Matthew J. Adams and Nancy C. Browning, 27 Feb 1865; citing Marriage, Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 218,817.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GJ-W2G : 13 January 2022), Math Adams, District 394, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JL-54V : accessed 24 June 2023), Mathias J Adams, Militia Districts 394, 1531, McArthur, Glenwood Glenwood village, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,213.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2021), memorial page for Private Matthias Jasper Adams (12 May 1839–3 Nov 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #21259794, citing Glenwood City Cemetery, Glenwood, Wheeler County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Dottie Gilder (contributor 47220799) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthias by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matthias: