Mary Delilah (McNair) Adair (1845 - 1885)

Born 19 Apr 1845 in Indian Territory, United States

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Died 18 Apr 1885 at age 39 in Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

Mary was Cherokee.

Mary McNair was born in the Cherokee Nation in 1845. She is listed with her parents and siblings on the 1851 Drennan Roll, living in the Saline District. ^[1] Mary married Benjamin Franklin Adair in 1869. ^[2] The 1880 Cherokee Census lists B.F., Mary, and children Brice Martin, Sarah, William, George (died young), and Cherokee. ^[3]

Mary died in 1885 and is buried at Ross Mayes Cemetery in present day Salina, Mayes County, Oklahoma. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennan Roll. Saline, #476
2. ↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. Vol. II, Note H307.
3. ↑ 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. Saline, p. 613 ,
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6017040, mary-delilah-adair

• Shadburn, Don L., Unhallowed Intrusion, A History of Cherokee Families of Forsyth County, Georgia, McNaughton & Gunn, 1993, pp. 175.

• Hampton, David K., Cherokee Mixed-Bloods, 2005, p. 33.