I don't think John C. Adams was born as late as 1810. His mother Jane would have been 54. Not impossible, but not likely. That would also leave a 6 year gap between him & his sister born in 1804. Grace S. Green GRACEGENES.tripod.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lee <jimlee@beachlink.com> To: GAELBERT-L@rootsweb.com <GAELBERT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, May 06, 2001 4:38 PM Subject: [GAELBERT] Hiram Gaines Adams and Faith Ann Dickerson > Mona, over in Mississippi, asked for my source on the marriage of JOHN >CUNNINGHAM ADAMS and FAITH ANN DICKERSON, and on their son HIRAM GAINES >ADAMS (1839--1910). > While he does make some errors, John McIntosh's "History of Elbert >County 1790--1936" is my usual starting point. While some editions of his >book are not indexed, fortunately mine is. I have in the huge ADAMS family, >JOHN C. ADAMS m. MISS DICKERSON, 1833. He also has JAMES ADAMS JR. >(Revolutionary Soldier) b. October 18, 1753, d. 1835, m. June 19, 1772, JANE >CUNNINGHAM, b. abt .1756. JAMES ADAMS (Senior) is shown as having married >CECILY FORD in 1751. JAMES ADAMS SR. is shown as a son of ROBERT ADAMS d. >1740, m. MOURNING LEWIS. > The McIntosh book was apparently assembled from the personal >recollections of people still living in Elbert County in the 1930s. If >there were no members of a family still living in Elbert County, he had to >rely on courthouse records. It is still a valuable book. > One source is Jim Roach, jhr@earthlink.net who has done a lotof research >on the Dickerson family. > Mark Mann today referred us to his excellent web site, >brave@ourfamilies.net which takes HIRAM GAINES ADAMS through his marriage to >PARTHENA JANE FRANCES PAYNE KEZIAH BLAKE SEYMOUR and their eight >ldren. --Jim Lee > > >