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James Taylor Adams collection

Authors

Format

Microfilm 16mm

Language

English

Publication Date

1971

Publisher

R.R. Seibel and D.A. Griffith

Place of Publication

St. Louis, Missouri

Physical

13 microfilm reels : ill., geneal. tables, ports. ; 16 mm.

Notes

Microfilm of ms., typescript, and printed materials collection at the Cooke-Wyllie Library, Clinch Valley College, Wise, Virginia.

James Taylor Adams collected material on various Adams/Addams/Addoms/ Adamson and connected families throughout the United States. Most of the material was collected between 1921 and 1954. Many of the families were from Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. He also collected material for a history of the first settlers of Wise County, Virginia, so some of the families have ties to Wise County.

Includes the Ball, Breeding, Bolling/Bowling, Day, Horne/Horn, Huff, Kilgore, Mullins, Davis, Short, Sturgill, Webb, Wells, Roman, Triplett, and other connected families.

James Taylor Adams was born on a farm near Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, in 1892, the son of Rev. Joseph Adams (1855-1900) and Mary Jane Short Adams (1854-1929). He was the grandson of Rev. Spencer Adams (1823-1905) and William Alfred Short (1825-1893). He married Dicy Roberts (b. 1892) of Big Laurel, Virginia, in 1908. She was the daughter of Shadrick Roberts (d. 1897) and Letty Adams Roberts. They had five children, 1910-1925, born in Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, and Virginia. He was a newspaperman, worked as a salesman and manager for nursery and insurance companies, and was postmaster of Big Laurel, Virginia.

"Abstracts of the first four reels [G.S. numbers 1689768-1689771] appear in Adams addenda, volumes 1 thru 21 (1991).".

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Film/Digital Notes

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NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFormat
Box 88. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes notes on Adams marriages, Floyd Co., Kentucky; research notes; James Taylor's will, Grainger Co., Tennessee, 1813; Adams census records, Greene Co., Ohio, 1860; Isaac Addams family of Somerset Co., Maryland; The Adams family / Frank Allaban; Addams/Adams family [ca. 1650-1780] and other genealogical and biographical sketches; Adams in Barbados census, 1680 and 1715; Adams wills, Barbados; Adams probate records, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689768 9022259
Box 89. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes newspaper clippings; reminiscence of the life and Civil War service of W. A. Adams; notes on William Adams family of Ispwich, Mass., and other genealogical and biographical sketches; Adams family record forms; pedigree charts: ancestors of Eli Adams (1795-1870) and descendants of Phillip and Anne Crewe Addams; research notes; will of Robert Adams of Goochland Co., Va. and deed of Mourning Adams, 1754; notes on the Adams family, Culpeper Co., Va.; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689768 9022259
Box 90. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes Leason Adams, Madison Abner Adams, William Adams of Jelico, and other biographical sketches; Francis Adams of Christian County, Illinois and his descendants, descendants of Robert Adams of Newberry, Mass. and other genealogical sketches; obituaries; newspaper clippings; Who's who in the Adams family, etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689768 9022259
Box 90 (cont.). Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes notes on Adamses in South Fork of Roaring River Church records; notes on Adamses in Missouri and North Carolina records; Genealogy of the Adams family of upper South Carolina / B.F. Taylor; Pedigree of the Adams family, originally located (in America) at Braintree, Mass., and other genealogical sketches; newspaper clippings; research notes; notes on Adamses found in the records of Warren Co., Kentucky; Adams wills in North Carolina; etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 91. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes Short family [ca. 1635-1892]; the Cummings and Brackenridge ancestors of Eliza Cummings Adams / Charles Joseph Adams; Newberry Adams family; Thomas Thomas Adams' Revolutionary record, Abner Adams branch; Charles W. Adams; Abraham and Jesse Adams; Charles Lynch Adams; Dr. Charles Adams, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; pedigree charts; family group sheets; family photographs, etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 92. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes United States census, San Diego County, California, 1850; research notes; family photographs; "By the name Adams" / Ewd. W. Saul; genealogy of the Cutten family of Nova Scotia / George Barton Cutten; the Thomas Adams family of Amherst, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; Bible records; Adams immigrants to America; North and South Carolina Adams marriage records; notes on Adamses in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia records; etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 93. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes genealogical records of Major George Adams, 1767-1832; Robert Adams family of Greene Co., Pa.; Joseph Adams; Scott/ Adams; Prewitt/Pruitt; John Adams (1825-1864); and other genealogical and biographical sketches; will of Andrew J. Adams, Crawford Co., Georgia, 1878; [pedigree] Christopher Christian Zeiger and Mary Adams (Pa.); Adams marriages in Fayette Co., Kentucky, 1803-51; etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 93 (cont.). Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes [pedigree] ancestors of Edith Adams; family photographs; copies from printed books; Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and some of his descendants; Major George Adams, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; certificates from the Adams family association; newspaper clippings; Bible records, copies of wills; family group sheets; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689770 9016736
Box 94. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes newspaper clippings; Adams family [Pennsylvania, ca. 1765-1817]; Adams misc. notes; Adams--McDole / Elizabeth McDole, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; family documents; pages from city directories; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689770 9016736
Box 95. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes a pedigree chart, Clary--Stebbins descent lines / Barnabas Bryan; research notes; family photographs; newspaper clippings, etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689770 9016736
NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFilmImage Group Number (DGS)Format
Box 88. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes notes on Adams marriages, Floyd Co., Kentucky; research notes; James Taylor's will, Grainger Co., Tennessee, 1813; Adams census records, Greene Co., Ohio, 1860; Isaac Addams family of Somerset Co., Maryland; The Adams family / Frank Allaban; Addams/Adams family [ca. 1650-1780] and other genealogical and biographical sketches; Adams in Barbados census, 1680 and 1715; Adams wills, Barbados; Adams probate records, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689768 9022259
Box 89. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes newspaper clippings; reminiscence of the life and Civil War service of W. A. Adams; notes on William Adams family of Ispwich, Mass., and other genealogical and biographical sketches; Adams family record forms; pedigree charts: ancestors of Eli Adams (1795-1870) and descendants of Phillip and Anne Crewe Addams; research notes; will of Robert Adams of Goochland Co., Va. and deed of Mourning Adams, 1754; notes on the Adams family, Culpeper Co., Va.; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689768 9022259
Box 90. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes Leason Adams, Madison Abner Adams, William Adams of Jelico, and other biographical sketches; Francis Adams of Christian County, Illinois and his descendants, descendants of Robert Adams of Newberry, Mass. and other genealogical sketches; obituaries; newspaper clippings; Who's who in the Adams family, etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689768 9022259
Box 90 (cont.). Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes notes on Adamses in South Fork of Roaring River Church records; notes on Adamses in Missouri and North Carolina records; Genealogy of the Adams family of upper South Carolina / B.F. Taylor; Pedigree of the Adams family, originally located (in America) at Braintree, Mass., and other genealogical sketches; newspaper clippings; research notes; notes on Adamses found in the records of Warren Co., Kentucky; Adams wills in North Carolina; etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 91. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes Short family [ca. 1635-1892]; the Cummings and Brackenridge ancestors of Eliza Cummings Adams / Charles Joseph Adams; Newberry Adams family; Thomas Thomas Adams' Revolutionary record, Abner Adams branch; Charles W. Adams; Abraham and Jesse Adams; Charles Lynch Adams; Dr. Charles Adams, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; pedigree charts; family group sheets; family photographs, etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 92. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes United States census, San Diego County, California, 1850; research notes; family photographs; "By the name Adams" / Ewd. W. Saul; genealogy of the Cutten family of Nova Scotia / George Barton Cutten; the Thomas Adams family of Amherst, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; Bible records; Adams immigrants to America; North and South Carolina Adams marriage records; notes on Adamses in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia records; etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 93. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes genealogical records of Major George Adams, 1767-1832; Robert Adams family of Greene Co., Pa.; Joseph Adams; Scott/ Adams; Prewitt/Pruitt; John Adams (1825-1864); and other genealogical and biographical sketches; will of Andrew J. Adams, Crawford Co., Georgia, 1878; [pedigree] Christopher Christian Zeiger and Mary Adams (Pa.); Adams marriages in Fayette Co., Kentucky, 1803-51; etc.Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1689769 8116625
Box 93 (cont.). Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes [pedigree] ancestors of Edith Adams; family photographs; copies from printed books; Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and some of his descendants; Major George Adams, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; certificates from the Adams family association; newspaper clippings; Bible records, copies of wills; family group sheets; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689770 9016736
Box 94. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes newspaper clippings; Adams family [Pennsylvania, ca. 1765-1817]; Adams misc. notes; Adams--McDole / Elizabeth McDole, and other genealogical and biographical sketches; family documents; pages from city directories; etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689770 9016736
Box 95. Unsorted. Chiefly genealogical correspondence. Includes a pedigree chart, Clary--Stebbins descent lines / Barnabas Bryan; research notes; family photographs; newspaper clippings, etc.FamilySearch LibraryUnited States & Canada B1 Floor Film1689770 9016736

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