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/xUB.2ACE/4220.3.1 Message Board Post: Dale and Nanalee, It took me a while to look through all of the photocopied docs I have for Wilkes Co.---I apologize for being so long in getting back to you. Like I said, your Adams family isn't my family, as far as I know.. There were two sets of Adams men in Wilkes---yours on Lewis Fork, which was founded by a William Adams, Sr. (d. 1783,) and the ones that lived by my William Harris on the Roaring River, almost on the Surry Co. line (Benjamin, John, Jacob & Spencer that I know of.) (I don't know if these neighbor-Adams may have been relations to my Will Harris or not, as I don't know the maiden name of his wife, but they all lived in the same little community in Wilkes. [There was also a John ADAMS in Culpeper, Virginia where my Will Harris was, but I don't know if this might be the same family or not.]) I find William ADAMS Sr.'s land entries on Lewis Fork, then a notation of his death (but don't have record of his will), and I find a William (apparently Jr.) listed in the Land Entry Book, index, but don't have the entries themselves; then I find record of Moses selling Wilkes Co. land. I wasn't able to locate much but I hope what little I did find at least gives you some help. :-) Here it is. Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ============================================= Extracted from: ABSHER, Mrs. W.O. (Ruby T.): Land Entry Book, Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1778-1781; Copyright, 1988, by Southern Historical Press; Published, 1988, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, USA; ISBN #0-89308-645-2 [Land Entry Book 1, Wilkes Co.] --- p. 40: 30 Dec 1778 William ADAMS, Senr. enters 100 acres on Lewis Fork…including the improvement. Entry No. 661. --- p. 40: 30 Dec 1778 William ADAMS, Senr. enters 100 acres on Lewis Fork…joining William MITCHELs [Mitchell, Esq.] entry…including ADAMs improvement. Entry No. 662. ============================================ Extracted from: ABSHIRE, Mrs. W. O : Wilkes Co., NC, County Court Minutes, Vols. I & II, 1778-1788; Copyright, 1980, by Wilkes Co. Gen. Society, Wilkesboro, NC; Published, 1980, by Wilkes Co. Gen. Soc. --- Vol. I, p. 34: Court date: 30 July 1783 Vol. I, 1778-1784 - Vol. I, p. 35: Ordered that Letters of Administration be granted to Omy ADAMS on the estate of William ADAMS; John HALL Senr., security. ============================================= ABSHER, Mrs. W.O. (Ruby T.): Wilkes County, North Carolina Deed Book D, F-1, G-H, 1795-1815; Copyright, 1990, by Southern Historical Press; Published, 1990, by Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC, USA; ISBN #0-89308-676-2 --- p. 160: Wilkes Co., NC Deed Book D, p. 161 Deed dtd. 2 Feb 1795 Between Moses ADAMS and Ann ADAMS, for 15 pounds, 100 acres in Wilkes Co. ([author notes] no place description.) Signed: Moses Adams Wits.: Ambrose WADKINS (X his mark), William CHAMBERS ============================================= [END OF POSTING]

> > Dale Pam and Nanalee, I am desecnded from John Adams of Roaring River and I also have a William Adams, married Mary Copenhaver, from Lewis Fork and some Harris/Adams connections in my files. I have had my DNA tested and will share the results. Bob Adams Rockbridge, Ohio > > It took me a while to look through all of the photocopied docs I have for > Wilkes Co.---I apologize for being so long in getting back to you. > > Like I said, your Adams family isn't my family, as far as I know.. > > There were two sets of Adams men in Wilkes---yours on Lewis Fork, which > was founded by a William Adams, Sr. > (d. 1783,) and the ones that lived by my William Harris on > the Roaring River, almost on the Surry Co. line (Benjamin, John, Jacob & > Spencer that I know of.) (I don't know if these neighbor-Adams may have > been relations to my Will Harris or not, as I don't know the maiden name > of his wife, but they all lived in the same little community in Wilkes. > [There was also a John ADAMS in Culpeper, Virginia where my Will Harris > was, but I don't know if this might be the same family or not.]) > > I find William ADAMS Sr.'s land entries on Lewis Fork, then a notation of > his death (but don't have record of his will), and I find a William > (apparently Jr.) listed in the Land Entry Book, index, but don't have the > entries themselves; then I find record of Moses selling Wilkes Co. land. > > I wasn't able to locate much but I hope what little I did find at least > gives you some help. > > :-) > > Here it is. > > Pam > pamstone@cfl.rr.com > > ============================================= > > Extracted from: > ABSHER, Mrs. W.O. (Ruby T.): Land Entry Book, Wilkes > County, North Carolina, 1778-1781; Copyright, 1988, by > Southern Historical Press; Published, 1988, by Southern > Historical Press, Easley, SC, USA; ISBN #0-89308-645-2 > [Land Entry Book 1, Wilkes Co.] > > --- > > p. 40: > 30 Dec 1778 > William ADAMS, Senr. enters 100 acres on Lewis Fork…including the > improvement. Entry No. 661. > > --- > > p. 40: > 30 Dec 1778 > William ADAMS, Senr. enters 100 acres on Lewis Fork…joining William > MITCHELs [Mitchell, Esq.] entry…including ADAMs improvement. Entry No. > 662. > > ============================================ > > Extracted from: > ABSHIRE, Mrs. W. O : Wilkes Co., NC, County > Court Minutes, Vols. I & II, 1778-1788; Copyright, > 1980, by Wilkes Co. Gen. Society, Wilkesboro, NC; > Published, 1980, by Wilkes Co. Gen. Soc. > > --- > > Vol. I, p. 34: > Court date: 30 July 1783 > Vol. I, 1778-1784 > - > Vol. I, p. 35: > Ordered that Letters of Administration be granted to > Omy ADAMS on the estate of William ADAMS; > John HALL Senr., security. > > ============================================= > > ABSHER, Mrs. W.O. (Ruby T.): Wilkes County, > North Carolina Deed Book D, F-1, G-H, 1795-1815; > Copyright, 1990, by Southern Historical Press; > Published, 1990, by Southern Historical Press, > Greenville, SC, USA; ISBN #0-89308-676-2 > > --- > > p. 160: > Wilkes Co., NC Deed Book D, p. 161 > Deed dtd. 2 Feb 1795 > Between Moses ADAMS and Ann ADAMS, for 15 pounds, > 100 acres in Wilkes Co. ([author notes] no place description.) > Signed: Moses Adams > Wits.: Ambrose WADKINS (X his mark), William CHAMBERS > > ============================================= > > [END OF POSTING] > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/2006 > >