Display Patriot - P-101322 - James ADAMS Jr

James ADAMS Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-101322

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A000540

Birth: 18 Oct 1753 / Albemarle / VA
Death: 07 Sep 1835 / Elbert / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

ALSO PRIVATE, ORDERLY SERGEANT; CAPTAINS RODGER THOMPSON AND WALKER DANIEL; COLONELS CHARLES LEWIS AND COX


Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Rev War Pension *S16306
  3. Alex M. Hitz: Land Grants Made to Veterans of the Rev War by State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia
  4. Grave Registry form. National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)

Spouse: (1) XX Wells; (2) Jane Cunningham
Children: William; Samuel; Jane/Gency; Robert; Ann Thompson; Elizabeth Daniell;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1988-03-31 FL 222990 Fred Heller Turner (131044) William   
1996-05-16 GA 203643 Clyde Thomas Adams (146489) William   
1998-07-23 GA 1370 Winford Alexander Gaines (150510) William   
2001-06-28 GA 9506 Roy Eldon Gunnells USA (Ret.) (152617) William   
2002-04-05 TN 11483 Reginald Franklin Gunnells (153830) William   
2002-06-28 GA 13861 Randall Webb Fleming (158616) William   
2003-02-26 GA 15377 Jack Gaines Ginn (157616) William   
2016-07-29 GA 70441 Sidney Gaines Adams (199412) William   
2017-06-02 PA 75036 Wayne Charles McFadden (203014) James   
2018-01-12 CA 78940 Barrett Sterling Adams (205906) Weldon   
2018-01-12 CA 78941 Charles Breckenridge Adams (205907) Weldon   
2021-12-31 AL 100137 William Eugene Griggs III (221196) Samuel   
Location:
Elberton / Elbert / GA / USA
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Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
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SAR Grave Dedication Date:
03 Nov 2018

Comments:

second find-a-grave memorial - 99480593 - points to marker at Midway Baptist Cemetery, Midway, AL



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

James Adams            b. 10/18/1735 d. 1835                            ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

He served as a Minuteman and Orderly Sergeant in the 11th Regiment of the Virginia Troops.  In 1777, he enlisted in Fluvanna County, Virginia under Captain Roger Thompson and Colonel Charles Lewis.  He received a pension for his services.

 

Buried:  Coldwater Methodist Church Cemetery (memorial marker).

 

See:       (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.

               (2) Early Cemeteries and Gravestones, Elbert County, Georgia, p. 34.

               (3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 20.

 

Source:  Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke.  Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

 

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index. 

 

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

 

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA  30605-3408

 


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