Adams Family of Stewart County, Georgia

Samuel Adams was born 1803 in North Carolina. Wife, Eliza Oliver.

Stewart County Deeds

Deed Book E, page 187. Georgia, Muscogee County. 20 August 1830. J. F. Camp of Muscogee County to Samuel Adams for $400, 202-1/2 acres in Land Lot 25 of 24th District of originally Lee, now Stewart County.

Deed Book B, page 188. Georgia, Houston County. 10 October 1831. Lunsford Letts of Houston County to Samuel Adams of Stewart County for $900.00, land in the 24th district of Stewart County, formerly Randolph County, in Land Lot 40.

Deed Book D, page 358-9. 19 February 1834, Samuel Adams of Stewart County to John Lunsford of the same for $100, land in the 4th district of originally Lee, now Stewart County, in Lan d Lot 41, being 101-1/4 acres on the southside of spring branch.

Deed Book D, page 359-360. 2 September 1834. Samuel Adams of Stewart County to James S. Lunsford of the same, land in Land Lot 41, 24th district of formerly Lee, now Stewart County, 101-1/4 acres for $50.00.

History of Stewart County, Vol. II, by Sara R. Dixon and A. H. Clark:

"Samuel Adams III is said to have a sister, Maria and brother, Harmon, the latter marrying Sarah, the daughter of McDaniel Oliver. In 1826 Harmon an Samuel Adams were on the tax Digest in Capt. Tysons district of Twiggs County. In 1835 Samuel and Harmon Adams had lands in Township 12, Range 26, Section 17, Barbour County, Alabama."

The Indian troubles of the mid 1830s probably drew the Adams brothers out of Barbour County. In 1850, Samuel and Eliza Oliver Adams removed from Stewart County to Ashley County, Arkansas where they appeared on the 1830-1870 Census. All fourtreen of their children were born in Georgia. Issue:[1]

I. William Franklin Adams, born 1829 in Twiggs County, died 1863, served in the Confederate army.

II. Frances C. Adams, born 1831 in Twiggs County, died 1845.

III. Nancy T. Adams, born 1834 Georgia, died 1924.

IV. Oliver Harrison Adams, 1835-1836 Georgia.

V. Samuel J. Adams, born 1837 Georgia, died 1889, served in the Confederate Army.

VI. Bryant Adams, born 14 October 1838 Georgia, died 4 July 1909 in Tremont, Louisiana. He served in the Confederate Army.

VII. Job Adams, born 1840 Georgia, died 1859.

VIII. Anne E. Adams, born 1842 Georgia, died 1850.

IX. John Ellis Adams, born 1844 Georgia, died 1863 during the War Between the States.

X. Daniel Pelham Adams, born 1846 in Georgia, died 1918.

XI. Willis A. Adams, born 1847 Georgia, died 1900, served in the Confederate Army.

XII. Jack Downing Adams, born 1850 Georgia, died 1922. Wife, Dorah, born 1851. They were residents of Danley, Faulkner County, Arkansas in 1880 (Census). Issue:

A. Wilson Adams, born 1873 in Danley, Arkansas.
B. William Adams, born 1875 in Danley, Arkansas.
C. Joseph Adams, born 1877 in Danley, Arkansas.
C. Charles Adams, born 1878 in Danley, Arkansas.

XIII. Lizzie C. Adams, born 1852, died 1857.

XIV. George W. Adams, born 1854 Georgia, died 1857.