Benjamin Adams

Benjamin Adams

• Father: Unknown Adams
• Mother: Unknown (?)

• Benjamin Adams was born circa 1801 in Tennessee.
• He married Nancy Anderson on 17 December 1828 in Marengo County, Alabama.
• David Hogan was granted six land patents for a total of about 480 acres in Marengo County on 28 October 1835 (apparently after his death), on the same date patents were granted to James H. Adams and Benjamin Adams.
• Benjamin Adams was granted a land patent for about 40 acres in Marengo county on 28 October 1835, the same date patents were granted to James H. Adams and David Hogan.
• James H. Adams was granted two land patents for a total of about 160 acres in Marengo County on 28 October 1835, and on the same date patents were granted to David Hogan and Benjamin Adams.
• Benjamin Adams and Nancy Anderson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Adams.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• Benjamin Adams became a widower at the between 1850 and 1856 death of his wife Nancy Anderson.
• He married Jennette McNeil, daughter of Archibald McNeil and Unknown (?), on 7 January 1857 in Marengo County, Alabama.
• Benjamin Adams and Jennette McNeil appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama, enumerated next to Kizzie Shields.. Other members of the household included Thomas Adams and Elisha Adams.
• He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
• Research Note: It remains to be verified whether Keziah Adams, Nancy Adams, Benjamin Adams, James H. Adams and Felix Grundy Adams are children of Howell Collier Adams and Nancy Rayburn. Research is ongoing. It may be significant that Howell Collier Adams' sister (who first married Nancy Rayburn's brother Thomas) Rebecca Adams Rayburn Gainer ended up in Monroe County, Mississippi, very near to the Alabama counties where the Adams siblings settled.
• Research Note: Piecing together this generation of the Adams family is a work in progress. Connecting the Adams siblings Keziah, Nancy, Benjamin, James and Felix has involved a a close examination of others' family history records, family lore, census proximities, connections indicated by deeds, &c. A cooperative effort by some descendants of these likely siblings is under way, intent upon identifying new solid evidence of their relationships and discovering their Tennessee origins, looking particularly at Sevier County. We invite all with an interest in these individuals and their descendants to share information and opinions -- Always delighted to hear from cousins!

• Last Edited: 10 Sep 2011