This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ADAMS, CANTRELL, POWERS, MEEK, WARD, BLANTON, BURCHETT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/373 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Joel B. Adams, b. Abt 1810. My great-grand uncle, Bill, who would have been Joel Adams' grandson, always told us his grandfather came from Wise, Virginia, which would have been in Russell County at that time. He claimed that Joel was married to a Native American girl, but her family didn't approve and chased Joel out of Virginia into Kentucky, where he remarried and had more children. Joel can be found in the 1870 Kentucky Census living in Johnson County. According to the census, Joel was born in Virginia, and both his parents were born in North Carolina. Joel was married to Annie Davis and they had 3 children. According to the census, Joel's oldest son, James Henry Adams, was 5 in 1870 and born in Kentucky. Joel Adams is not listed in the 1850 census, so he must have come to Johnson county, Kentucky between 1850 and 1865. If anyone has information on Joel B. Adams, please contact me at chuckadams01@yahoo.com