Joseph was born about 1780 in South Carolina, United States.
In 1850, he was living in the household of Hardy Brown in Amite County, Mississippi. The household included three generations:
Name, Sex, Age, Place of Birth
Hardy Brown M 40 South Carolina
Joseph Adams M 70 South Carolina
William H Brown M 5 Mississippi
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LW-5WZ : 12 April 2016), Joseph Adams in household of Hardy Brown, Amite county, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family 171, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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