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Desc Absalom Adams

1767-1855   Married Jane Grantham 1796

Adadms Family DNA Project

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Absalom Adams (s/o Ezekiel Adams & ?--> who was the s/o Willoughby Adams & Elizabeth Weeks--> s/o Abraham Adams & Barthia ?) and Jane Grantham had the following children:
1  Elizabeth Adams 1794 –  ?,
1  Mathias Adams 1797 –  ?,
1  Zachariah Adams 1797 – 1880,  
........ + Elizabeth Horn, 
............. 2  Nathan Adams,
............. 2  Nancy Adams,
1  Zacheus Adams 1801 –  ?
........ + Married Dicey unkn, 
............. 2  James D.W. Adams,
............. 2  Joseph Adams,
............. 2  Nancy J. Adams,
............. 2  Sally Adams,
............. 2  John Q. Adams,
1  Mary Adams 1803 –  ?,
1  Elijah Adams 1804 – 1887 Married Mary Lewis, 11 Children:
............. 2  Maranza Anna Adams, b: Robeson Co., NC;  d: 1873 Fayette Co, TX;  m:  Rev. Sanford Samuel Saxon
............. 2  Absalom J. Adams,
............. 2  Lewis Gratis,b: Oct 8, 1835, Robeson Co., NC; d: Sept 12, 1912, Hardin Co., TX; m Mar 6, 1866, Butler Co., AL
...................+ Laura Mansfield Anthony, d/o Thomas B.W. Anthony & Sarah K. Lewis; b: Dec 2, 1844, Montgomery Co., AL;  d: Apr 4, 1937, Hardin Co., TX.
........................ 3  Cornelia Agnes Adams, 1867 – 1935
........................ 3  Leonard Adams, 1869 – 1874
........................ 3  Pete Adams, 1870 – 1875
........................ 3  William T. "Willie" Adams, 1872 – 1877
........................ 3  Ellie Lewis, Sr Adams, b:  May 27, 1873, Bluff Springs,  FL; d: Jan 13, 1952, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX; m: Aft 1900
................................ + Sarah Bracken, Oct 25, 1877, Hardin Co., TX; d:  Jun 26, 1950, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX
...................................... 4 Ellie Lewis "Diche" Adams, Jr., b: Feb. 17, 1902 d. Dec. 25, 1980
........................................... +  Burns
................................................ 5  Bobby Burns Adams
...................................... 4 Mabel Adams
...................................... 4 Samuel Boyd Adams
...................................... 4 Beulah Mae Adams
...........................................+  John Thomas Blessing ll, b: Jul 29, 1908 Tarrant Co, TX; d. Nov 4, 1961, at home, Kountze, Hardin Co. (s/o John Thomas Blessing and Grace V. Babcock.)
...................................... 4 Anita Adams, b: 1907, d: 1995
...........................................+  Royal Walker, (s/o Nathan B. Walker of Palestine, Anderson Co., TX), b: Feb 25, 1902, Palestine, TX; d:  Jan 1, 1969, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX. (They lived at 2385 Victoria St. Beaumont where he was a self-employed Barber)
................................................ 5 Nathan Benton Walker, b: Apr 13, 1938, Jeff Davis Co. TX
...................................... 4 Helen Adams
...................................... 4 Esther Adams
...................................... 4 Laura Adams
........................ 3  Marvin Adams, 1875 – 1880
........................ 3  Thomas M. Adams, 1877 – 
........................ 3  Sarah May "Sallie" Adams, 1880 – 1973
.............................. +  James Olander Fountain
........................ 3  Mary Gertrude Adams, 1882 – 1976 
........................ 3  Elizabeth Adams,
........................ 3  John Tally Adams,
........................ 3  Wright Adams,
........................ 3  Archibald B. Adams,
........................ 3  Rhoda J. "Rody"Adams,
........................ 3  Millard Fillmore Adams,
1  Elisha Adams 1804 (Twin of Elijah), d. ?, ; m. Mar 26, 1838, Robeson Co, NC
......... + Ann Eliza Horn, 
............. 2  Wm. Adams,
............. 2  Unity Adams, 
............. 2  Marcus Adams,
............. 2  Caroline Adams,
............. 2  Margaret Adams,
............. 2  Elizabeth Adams,
............. 2  Henry Adams,

NOTE: In the Robeson Co., NC Marriage Records, there is an Asa Adams who married a Phereby Barefoot on Feb 23, 1802.  Don't know if he is related or not.

Adams & Related Families in Kountze, Hardin Co., Texas

Below is the Adams Family Plot in the Old Hardin Cemetery, Hwy 326, west of Kountze, Hardin Co. TX

Lewis Gratis Adams (#6 above)  ran a General Store in Kountze. Several of his & Laura's children and their descendants are buried here. 

Sign on Hwy 326 S. (n side of rd), from Kountze
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Main Entrance
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Names with an "*" will have an Obit listed here.

Number in
group shot
above 

Name/s on the headstones

Individual Headstone Photos

1

Lewis Gratis Adams

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2

Laura Mansfield Anthony
w/o Lewis Gratis Adams

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3

Ellie Lewis Adams, Jr
s/o Ellie Lewis Adams & Sarah Frances Bracken
Father of Bobby Burns Adams (#13)

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4

Ellie Lewis Adams, Sr (s/o Lewis Gratis & Laura M.A. Adams) & Sarah Frances Bracken (d/o Dallas Bracken & Mollie Boyd)

 

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5

James Olander Fountain, Jr (s/o James Olander Fountain & Sarah May "Sallie" Adams) & Arlene Marietta Scott

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6

James Olander Fountain, Sr & Sarah May "Sallie" Adams (d/o Lewis Gratis & Laura M. Anthony Adams)

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7

Royal Walker (s/o Nathan Benton Walker & Leola Adilene McIver) & Anita Adams (d/o Ellie Lewis Adams, Sr & Sarah Frances Bracken)

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8

Laura Lydia Fountain, (d/o James Orlander Fountain, Sr & Sarah Frances Bracken), m. Robert Wilson Wier.
Died 27 Nov 1999, San Antonio, Bexar, TX

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9

Robert Preston Tillery and Sallie May Fountain (d/o James Olander Fountain, Sr & Sarah Frances Bracken)

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10

John Thomas Blessing & *Beulah Mae Adams (d/o Ellie Lewis Adams, Sr & Sarah Frances Bracken)

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11

Baby Tatum, child of Mary Gertrude Adams (d/o Lewis Gratis Adams & Laura M. Anthony)  & Louis Joseph Tatum

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12

Mary Gertrude Adams (d/o Lewis Gratis Adams & Laura M. Anthony)

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13

Bobby Burns Adams, (s/o Ellie Lewis Adams, Jr & Minnie Rob Burns)

Birth Record shows "Bobbie"

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14

T.E. George Elliott & Helen E. Adams (d/o Ellie Lewis Adams, Sr & Sarah Frances Bracken)

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15

A. J. Richey & Esther Adams (d/o Ellie Lewis Adams, Sr & Sarah Frances Bracken)

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Elijah Adams 42
Mary Adams 37
Maranza (Anna) Adams 17
Absalom J Adams 15
Lewis (Gratis) Adams 13
Elizabeth Adams 11
John T Adams 9
Wright Adams 7
Archibald B Adams 5
Thomas Adams 2

Source Citation:
1850; Census Place: Southern Division, Robeson, North Carolina;
Roll  M432_642; Page: 395A; Image: 292.

 

Elijah Adams 75
Mary Ann Adams 66
Elizabeth Adams 40
John T. Adams 35
Rody Jane Adams 25
Mallard P. Adams 22
Paratine Saxon 17 (granddaughter)
 
Source Citation:
1880; Census Place: Old Town, Conecuh, Alabama;
Roll  T9_9;Family History Film: 1254009; Page: 103.3000;
Enumeration District: 50; Image: 0208.

 
   
   

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