Joel Adams1

Male, #56784, (4 Feb 1750 - 9 Jul 1830)

Parent*James Adams1 (s 1725 - )
Parent*Agnes Walker1 (s 1731 - )
Joel Adams|b. 4 Feb 1750\nd. 9 Jul 1830|p56784.htm|James Adams|b. say 1725|p56783.htm|Agnes Walker|b. say 1731|p15.htm|||||||Henry Walker|b. say 1700|p56785.htm||||

Birth*4 Feb 1750 He was born on 4 Feb 1750 at Virginia.1 
 He was the son of James Adams and Agnes Walker.1 
Death*9 Jul 1830 He died at Richland District, South Carolina, on 9 Jul 1830.1 
Research note1 Jun 2006 From Wallace Adams-Riley:

My father ...after having come across a published abstract, hired a couple of different folks to look through the records of Anson Co., N.C., and there found two deeds that were clearly our family: the first deed (the abstract for which he had come across) is from the 1750's wherein Henry Walker deeds land on the Rocky River to James Adams; and, in the second deed, from the 1760's, the same land is deeded by Agnes (or perhaps "Agra" -- hard to read)) Culpepper and a William Adams to a second party. Matching up the information in these deeds with the naming pattern of Joel's children( his first son being named James, and his third son being named Henry Walker), and with the family story, we feel confident that these are "our people," as they say. My "discovery" of the naming pattern in the Culpepper family (Joel, Joel Adams) seems to fit nicely with this line of thought, i.e., that Joel's step-brothers or half-brothers Malachi and Joseph III both named sons for him.2 
Biography*14 Feb 2007 According to tradition, Joel Adams ran away from home when he was very young because of an intense dislike for his stepfather. Apparently he was about eighteen years of age when he came to lower Richland County in 1768 and obtained a grant of land adjoining the property of William Weston. Although lacking a formal education, Joel Adams was a very intelligent, hardworking, courageous and ambitious man of the highest character. By his own merits he amassed a fortune....3 

Last Edited 14 Feb 2007

Citations

  1. Laura Jervey Hopkins, Lower Richland Planters, Hopkins, Adams, Weston and Related Families of South Carolina, 1976.
  2. E-mail from Wallace Adams-Riley, e-mail address to Lew Griffin, 6 Jun 2006.
  3. Laura Jervey Hopkins, Lower Richland Planters, Hopkins, Adams, Weston and Related Families of South Carolina, 1976.
    Page 304.