This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2088 Message Board Post: Hi! I'm descended from an Adams family that has roots in Nelson County and then Harrison County, IN. My earliest well documented Adams ancestor is James Adams, born Nelson County, 1814. We believe now that James's father was Benjamin Adams, also born in Nelson KY. We have Benjamin in Harrison as early as 1817, going by deeds records. He also is listed in the 1820 Harrison, IN census. In 1830, he is not listed in Harrison. We suspect now that he was alive in Floyd County in 1830. He can be found in the 1830 Floyd County census. Does anyone out there know anything about this Benjamin Adams? We also suspect that he died during the 1830s. Does anyone out there know about the condition of probate records back during the 1830s? Any help would be appreciated! Family homepage: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Robert-L-Schneider/index.html Robert Schneider Berkeley MO 63134