This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tandmrainbolt Surnames: ADAMS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adams/14550.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: TO: H.G.ADAMS56 FROM: P.RAINBOLT (ADAMS) THIS IS WHAT I HAVE AND IT IS DOCUMENTED: JOHN ADAMS (B.1729 IN LANCASTER, PA) (D.1765) LEFT ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. AND MOVED TO KENTUCKY THROUGH CUMBERLAND GAP WITH DANIEL BOONE. HE MARRIED EVA SMITH (SCHMIDT?). HIS SON, PETER "BEECHFORK" ADAMS (1759-1845) MARRIED JERUSHA BARLOW AT FT. HARRODSBURG,KY NOV. 16, 1787. THEY SETTLED IN WASHINGTON CO., KY. 1795.THEY HAD 15 CHILDREN. PETER'S NAME WAS NOTED IN WASH. CO. RECORDS AS A "BONDSMAN", SURVEYOR AND APPRAISOR. HE BECAME A LAY MINISTER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL HIS DEATH JUNE 8, 1845.HE WAS CALLED "BEECHFORK" BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER PETER ADAMS LIVING NEARBY AND "BEECHFORK" LIVED CLOSEST TO THE BEECH FORK RIVER. ONE OF THEIR SONS, ELISHA MYERS ADAMS, BORN 1839 DIED SEPT. 19, 1863 IN THE BATTLE OF CHICAMAUGUA, TN. HE WAS CAPTURED IN COURTLAND, ALA, JULY 1862. HE JOINED ARMY NOV. 21, 1861 IN LEBANON, KY AT AGE 22. CO. E, 10TH REGIMENT INFANTRY. HE WAS OF FAIR COMPLEXION, BLUE EYES, 5'10" TALL, LIGHT HAIR, OCCUPATION WAS FARMER. I HAVE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL DIS! CHARGE PAPERS FROM THE ARMY FOR HIM, REASON FOR DISCHARGE WAS "DEATH." PETER "BEECHFORK" ADAMS FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AND I HAVE DOCUMENTATION IN THE D.A.R. PATRIOT BOOK AS WELL AS THE "RECORDS OF PENSIONS PERTAINING TO SOLDIERS OF EARLY WARS." PETER'S BROTHER, JOHN, REMAINED IN NORTH CAROLINA. PETER RESIDED AT BOONE'S STATION WHEN HE SERVED UNDER CAPTAIN HAYS, WHO WAS A SON-IN-LAW OF DANIEL BOONE, IN COL. LOGAN'S REGIMENT. WITH THAT REGIMENT HE MARCHED TO THE MOUTH OF THE LICKING RIVER WHERE IT WAS JOINED WITH OTHER TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. GEORGE R. CLARK WHO ASCENDED THE OHIO RIVER IN BOATS FROM LOUISVILLE, KY. TO THE PLACE OF RENDEZVOUS. JOHN HUNTER IS THE COUSIN OF PETER BF ADAMS. I HAVE MORE DETAILS. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.