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Part Two

John Adams, Jr., Generation 6

John Adams, Jr., is known as the only child of John Adams, Sr. and his unknown wife (perhaps a

Hamilton?). John Sr. may have had an earlier family in Ulster Ireland where son John is stated

to be native by indenturtude documents and Butler County, Pennsylvania historical records. The

following reference to Ebenezer C., John’s son from his marriage with his second wife, Anabell

Wasson Thompson states:

EBENEZER C. ADAMS was born in Clay Township, Butler County, August 24,

1831, son of John and Annabel (WASSON) ADAMS, natives of Ireland and

Pennsylvania, respectively. His father located in Butler County in 1800, and reared

a family of twenty children, our subject being the eighteenth in order of birth. John

Adams died in 1838, aged seventy-three years.

Ref: History of Butler Co., PA., R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895, p. 1055

All comparable references from The History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co.,

Publishers, 1895 were extracted from web address:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pabutler/1883/ through the Butler County PAGenWeb and

their transcription volunteers' countless hours of work. The inclusion herein is made with their

permission.

The pioneers of Clay Township were not, as a rule, strangers in Pennsylvania when

they entered the forests of this section to establish homes. From the townships now

known as Parker, Fairview, Centre, Brady, Butler and Penn came many of the

families who made the first improvements in this part of the county. Hailing from

Northern Ireland, they brought into the wilderness strong hands and hearts, and

converted it into a rich agricultural district.

Ref: History of Butler Co., PA., R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895, p. 569

Note that Anabell (above) is spelled Annabel, which is the common spelling. However, John’s

Will showed the earlier spelling. I have elected to use Anabell, as that is the name shown on her

gravestone at the West Sunbury Union II Cemetery. See Anabell Thompson Adams’s headstone

shown on page 65.

War of the Revolution

John Jr. fought along with his father in the Revolutionary War. The following record represents

one of many such records on file during his tenure of patriotic service. John would have been

twenty years old when this Certificate was issued.

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John Adams, Jr.'s Active Duty War Service Record, 1785 Ref: ARIAS, the Archives Records Information System

The first federal census was taken in 1790. The Westmoreland County, Washington Township

enumeration shows John Adams, Sen’r as living with his presumed wife. John Adams, Jun’r is

shown living with his wife, Margaret Hall Adams, and one female presumed to be their daughter,

Elizabeth, born 02 August 1788. Daughter Margaret was born 17 June 1794 and would not have

been listed on this census. Wives and daughters were not identified by name or age but only as

“Free white females, including heads of families.” The male head of household was listed by

name and “Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families, were

enumerated as were “Free white males under 16 years.”

John Sr. and son fought side by side as Westmoreland County Rangers under William Conwell’s

Company and both served as Rangers on the frontier at least during the years from 1781 to 1785

according to their War archive records.

Ref: Westmoreland County in the American Revolution, Paul W. Myers, Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1988, p.

24, p. 96.

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Ref: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol XXIII, Rangers on the Frontiers,

1778-1783, Page 316 (Footnote Source) See William Conwell's Company

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< J.A.,Jr.

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. II, Battalions/Militia,

Westmoreland Co., PA Page 349 (Footnote Source)

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The following document is a researched copy of John Adams’ Petition of Naturalization that was

apparently required in spite of the fact he earlier served his country honorably during the war.

Petition of Naturalization

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Land Purchases of John Adams, Jr.

John Sr. and his son lived their lives on the same land they both worked and fought for. They

likely both worshipped together as Poke Run Presbyterian Church congregants where John Sr. is

buried. One would presume they likely cleared and worked the fields, hunted game for both their

pelts and the meat on their tables, fished, and perhaps reminisced over their war days together.

John Jr. had also acquired through his War service a tract of land to the north of his Father’s

“Eden” property. This land consisted of 156 acres, 60 perches contiguous with the northern

property line of his father’s Eden tract. This tract of land on “Poak Run” was called “Superior”

and his Warrant was signed by

Peter Muhlenberg, Esquire, and

the Vice President of the Supreme

Executive Council of the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Warrant was dated 26

February 1788, S.B. 1-156A and

surveyed on 1 November 1795.

The land was patented 2 April

1799 and shown in Patent Book

P38, page 529 at the Pennsylvania

State Archives in Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania. This land was

designated Superior in the land

Patent located just south of the

Polk Run Church in what is now

called the community of Apollo in

Washington Township,

Pennsylvania.

1788 Land Survey for the Warrant for John Adams, Jr.’s land, “Superior" Superior Land Track Survey dated 1 November 1795

Ref: Patent Book P38, page 529 at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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The land track was surveyed by John Moore, L. S. and shows John’s father’s property (Eden)

bordering to the south.

John Adams, Jr.'s Land Tract, “Superior” Superior Land Track Survey dated 1 November 1795

Ref: Patent Book P38, page 529 at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

John Adams, Sr.’s indenture dated 22 August 1795 provides a clear record that he sold his land

called “Eden,” on the waters of Beaver Run in Washington Township of Westmoreland County

to his son and is shown in script in the following legally drawn and recorded indenture. It is of

interest to note that John Sr.’s wife is not mentioned in this indenture. Although women

generally did not hold title to property during this time it was customary to include their names

in property deeds of the sellers. His wife may have died, therefore, between the census

enumeration in 1790 and 1795 as she also is not mentioned in John’s will dated 14 April 1799.

The following is a copy of the written Indenture between John, Sr. and his son, dated 22 August

1795, for the Eden property and in consideration of the sum of 266 pounds, 13 shillings and 4

pence. John Sr. was obviously an excellent businessman and his son, John, Jr. an equally

successful farmer.

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The following Adams’ Indenture, recorded about three years before John Sr.’s death, on 13

December 1796 in Vol. 2, page 502 of the Grantor Index at the Westmoreland County

Courthouse, located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The land consisted of 310 3/4 acres and

allowances of 6% for roads, etc.

It is interesting to note that many of the property benchmarks were marked on highly variant

objects, i.e., “...beginning at a Black Oak..." and "ninety perches to a post"...!

It was not until 1807 did this country establish efforts to coordinate surveys nationally.

In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson signed a bill for the "Survey of the Coast,"

thus establishing the United States Coast Survey. In its early decades, the Coast

Survey was responsible for charting the coastlines. But its responsibilities grew

with the acquisition of Alaska in 1867 and the 1871 law requiring the Coast

Survey to carry geodetic surveys into the interior of the country. Thus, in 1878 the

U.S. Coast Survey became the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). In

1965, the Coast and Geodetic Survey became a component of the Environmental

Sciences Services Administration (ESSA). And then in 1970, ESSA expanded and

was reorganized into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA).

Ref: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastandgeodeticsurvey/index.html

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Indenture of John Adams, Sr. dated 22 August 1795

Ref: Westmoreland County Book of Wills, Vol 2, page 502 of the Grantor Index

Westmoreland County Courthouse, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

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It is of some interest to note the use of English pounds, shillings and pence as currency and

“perches” as units of measure. There were 20 shillings to the pound and 12 pence to a shilling.

The farthing was worth one quarter penny and the ha’penny was one half of a penny. There were

two pennies in tupense; three in a thrupenny.

A perch was a distance of 16.5 feet, later called a rod, and was derived from the approximate

distance above ground that a bird would alight or “perch” for aboveground safekeeping.

1 Acre = 160 square rods, 1 Acre = 160 perches, 1 Acre = 43,560 square feet

In 2001 we visited the land of “Eden” and “Superior” near Poke Run, in Westmoreland County,

Pennsylvania. The land as viewed today appears to have remained as it was during John’s

ownership. There is but little development consisting of a few scattered home sites and few

paved roads. Routes 66 and 286 now cut through a portion of the property and there is planned

development nearby that shows a road therein called Adams Way. The land otherwise does not

appear to have changed much over the years as the following photograph depicts.

Eden as depicted in December, 2001

Near Poke Run Presbyterian Church, Washington Township,

Westmoreland County, PA

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Marriage of John Adams, Jr. to Margaret Hall

John Adams, Jr. likely married Margaret Hall before 1787 when John was 22 years old, shortly

after his militia duty in the War of the Revolution. Both John and his father were living upon the

land earlier described with his wife, Margaret.

Vestigial stone foundation rubble are still present on this property that may have supported the

original family home on a fifty acre portion of land now owned at the time of this writing by

Edward and Rita Heinline and observed in 2001.

John Adams, Jr., and his first wife, Margaret Hall, had eight children:

1) 1788 Elizabeth Adams

2) 1790 James Adams

3) 1794 Margaret Adams

4) 1798 Sarah Adams

5) 1800 John Adams, III

6) 1801 Mary Adams

7) 1802 Rachel Adams

8) 1805 Joseph Adams

Joseph, the youngest, is the son from whom our family directly descends. Joseph, Mary, and

Rachel were all born in Heidelberg Township of Butler County after the family’s leaving

Westmoreland County in about 1800. Heidelberg later became part of Centre Township which

became Clay Township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

There were apparently strong economic reasons for settling into Butler County in the early

1800’s. The Settlement Law of 1792 enabled many settlers to purchase land not taken up by the

claims of the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army and was thereafter offered for sale under the Act on the 3rd of April, 1792 and described in early Butler County history:

THE SETTLEMENT LAW OF 1792

The lands in the "triangle" and the "struck district" and the residue of the lands in the

Depreciation and Donation Districts, including the greater portion of them not taken up by

the claims of the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army were offered for sale under

the Act of the 3d of April, 1792.

Of this law, which contains the conditions on which a large number of the Butler County

pioneers obtained their lands by "settlers' right," we give a careful synopsis:

Section 1. The price of all the vacant lands within the purchase of 1768, excepting such

lands as had been previously settled on or improved, was reduced to the sum of fifty

shillings for every hundred acres; and the price of vacant lands within the purchase of 1784,

and lying east of the Allegheny River and Conewango Creek, was reduced to the sum of £5

for every hundred acres.

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Section 2. All the lands lying north and west of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny and

Conewango Creek, except such parts thereof as had been, or thereafter should be,

appropriated to any public or charitable use, were offered for sale to "persons who will

cultivate, improve and settle the same, or cause the same to be cultivated, improved and

settled, at and for the price of £7 10s for every one hundred acres thereof, with an

allowance of 6 per centum for roads and highways to be located surveyed and secured to

such purchasers, in the manner hereinafter mentioned."

Ref: 1883 History of Butler County Pennsylvania Waterman, Watkins, & Co., Chicago, 1883, Pg. 28

It was affirmed that John was attracted to this Butler land value considering the higher land costs

in Westmoreland County and was listed as one of the early settlers in Clay Township. See the

following Agreement between John Adams and Christopher Mc Michael dated the “10th day of

Martch in the year 1797.” There is no indication why the Agreement was sworn and subscribed

on the fifth day of June, 1808 and not recorded until 2 July 1808. John likely still resided in

Westmoreland County at the time of the Butler County land purchase.

Ref: Butler County Court Records, Butler County, Pennsylvania

John Adams, Jr. Land Agreement

Note: For better readability, the author took liberty in correcting some, but not all of the miss-

spellings.

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A memorandum of Agreement made and concluded on betweenst John Adams of

the one part and Christopher McMichael of the other part witnessed that

considering they have exchanged, eatch of them to eatch other, the quantity of two

hundred ackers of lan that is to say the sout end of both their places in witness

whereof we have set our hands this 10th day of Martch in the year 1797 A.D. They

are to make covenants to eatch other after they can get an rights to themselves

witnesses present:

Daniel McMichael

James Finley

Christopher McMichael (Seal)

John Adams (Seal)

Butler County & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared before me

one of the Justices of the Peace in and for? County James Finley and Daniel

McMichael and being sworn as law directs did, on their solemn oath, declare and

say they were present at the time the witnessed parties executed the written

memorandum of a bargain between them and that we were the subscribing

witnesses to the same sworn and subscribed by us.

I do hereby certify the above, James Finley and Daniel McMichael were sworn and

subscribed before me this 5th day of June A.D. 1808 and recorded the 2nd July

1808.

Clay Township, Butler County

Butler County history provides some names of the early land holders in Clay Township:

Clay Township-- James RUSSELL, 1797; John ADAMS, Christopher MCMICHAEL, James MCJUNKIN, Judge

Samuel FINDLEY, Hugh and William WASSON, 1798; Joseph, John, James, William and Samuel GLENN, about

1799

Ref: 1883 History of Butler County Pennsylvania

Waterman, Watkins, & Co., Chicago, 1883, Pg. 30

John is also mentioned in listings (bold type added) of early residents, in addition to his daughter

Elizabeth and fellow patriots Hugh and William Wasson:

EARLY RESIDENTS (Clay Township)

Ref: 1883 History of Butler County, Pennsylvania.

During the decade beginning with the year 1796, people began to settle in that

portion of Allegheny County known as Butler. Before 1800, the territory now

termed Clay Township, received its first settlers. Since that time, many changes

have taken place, here, as elsewhere. None of the earliest inhabitants now survive,

and they have left but few meager records behind them. However, by dint of much

research and inquiry we learn, that among those who settled within the present

limits of the township prior to the year 1800, were the brothers, Hugh and

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William WASSON, who owned about 500 acres, John ADAMS, the maternal

grandfather of R.H. YOUNG, who owned 500 acres, adjoining the WASSON tract.

He came from Westmoreland County. He was married twice and was the father of

twenty children, of whom Elizabeth became the wife of John, and the mother of the

present R. I. YOUNG.

Peter YOUNG was a native of Ireland, but became a resident of Pittsburgh,

Penn., before the year 1800. After a few years' residence there, however, he

settled near Darlington, Beaver County, Penn., where the remainder of his days

were passed. Of his family, of eight or ten children, John was the oldest. The

latter, also, was born in Ireland, and after his marriage to Elizabeth ADAMS, or

about the year 1830, he moved from Crawford County, Penn., (where he had

resided for a few years), to Butler County, and located on a portion of the

ADAMS tract, which he had purchased from his father-in-law, John ADAMS.

About 1845, he moved to Cherry Township, where he died in 1866. His wife died

in 1836. Of the eight children of John and Elizabeth YOUNG, Peter, Elizabeth,

Nancy, and R. H. YOUNG alone survive. The MCILVAINS and a veteran of the

Revolutionary war, Christopher MCMICHAEL, and family settled early. The

people already mentioned, all lived in the same neighborhood, and east of the

present borough of West Sunbury. David PATTERSON settled in the central part

of the township; Joseph TIMBLIN in the southwest quarter near Muddy Creek;

Martin THOMPSON, on the premises now occupied by John SUTTON; James

and William MCJUNKIN (brothers), near the locality now known as the Muddy

Creek Church, and Samuel FINDLEY and his sons, Robert, David, and Samuel,

Jr., who occupied a central position in the northern half of the present township.

Christopher MCMICHAEL was one of many Scotch-Irishmen who immigrated

from the north of Ireland to America prior to the beginning of the struggle for

American Independence. He joined the Continental army. After experiencing

various vicissitudes, was taken prisoner at the battle of Brandywine, and held as

such until peace was declared. Afterward, having become an experienced and

most successful scout, he performed good service on the frontier, while the

Indians were yet war-like and troublesome in the wild regions west of the

Alleghenies.

Ref: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., Chicago, 1883, Pg. 411

John sold most of his Eden property, with the exception of about 100 acres, in Westmoreland

County to Rudolph Weister in 1805. His family had already moved about forty miles west to

Clay Township in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The 100-acre exclusion on the north property

boundary was later either sold or given to his firstborn son, John III, who was born about 1791,

for his eventual family’s use.

The only legal documented record of Margaret, as John’s wife, is found in the indenture between

John Adams and Rudolph Weister wherein John sold a majority portion of Eden in 1805. The

first paragraph states:"…witnesseth that the said John Adams, by and with the consent of

Margaret, his wife". The indenture bearing the signature of John Hamilton, Esquire, the

Administrator of the will of John’s father, is shown in its entirety on page 56.

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Property Indenture

400 acres of land "On the waters of Muddy Creek", Butler County Property Purchase by John

Adams, Jr. from Charles and Margaret Campbell, 08 December, 1809 for $900

This was the second property John Adams, Jr. purchased in Heidelberg Township, Butler

County, Pennsylvania. John and Margaret had six children at this time, with Joseph being the

youngest, at age six. Heidelberg Township would become Centre, and later, Clay Township, all

in Butler County.

Property Sale of Eden to Weister

The Weister Indenture also states that John Adams, Jr. was from Heidelberg Township of Butler

County, Pennsylvania. John and his family acquired the Butler County property and apparently

moved to Butler.

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County close in time to his father’s death in 1799.

John Adams, Jr. sale of land to Rudolph Weister, 3 April 1805, Recorded 17 January 1810

Ref: Butler County Courthouse. Map Quest, 2004

The community of Weister is still shown on current maps of the Poke Run region of Washington

Township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

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John Adams/Rudolph Weister Indenture

Ref: County Courthouse, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, recorded 4 April, 1805

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Little else is known of Margaret Hall. No obituary of Margaret has yet been found, and there was

no detailed account of her in record searches conducted other than Margaret was mentioned as

John’s wife in earlier recorded deeds. Their third, not first, daughter was named Margaret, after

the mother, which was not customary during that period of time. One affirming account found in

the Lawrence County history of John and Margaret’s daughter, Rachel, indicated her mother

Margaret’s maiden name was Hall.

Margaret and John both moved to Butler County and issued Mary, Rachel and Joseph.

1820 Butler County, Clay Township Federal census

MALE FEMALE

First name Last name | 0 10 16 26 45 | 0 10 16 26 45

John Adams | 2 2 0 0 1 | 0 1 3 0 0

Note: No Margaret (or female) listed 26 to over 45 years old is listed in the above 1820 Federal

Census. Margaret must have died after Joseph was born and prior to the 1820 Census. John, Jr.

would have been of age 55 years.

Marriage of John Adams, Jr. to Anabell Ann Wasson Thompson

There is ample record that John Jr. married Anabell Ann Wasson, the wife of his land neighbor

and good friend, John (Bear Creek) Thompson, after Thompson’s death on 27 August 1822 in

Missouri. John Thompson possibly died as a result of Indian skirmishes during the Missouri

Compromise. Why he fought at this time is unknown; he was 57 and had four children with

Anabell.

Anabell Wasson and her first husband, John Thompson issued four recorded children, the oldest

of which was Jane Thompson, born in 1811 in Butler County. Other identified children were

John Robert (1813), Annabel (1815) and William W. (1818). Our records show their marriage

was made in 1824. John and Anabell had an additional twelve children prior to John Adams’

death in 1838. These children are:

1) 1824 David Adams

2) 1825 Jemima Adams

3) 1828 Jonathan Adams

4) 1829 Nancy Margaret Adams

5) 1829 Mariah Adams

6) 1830 Anne Adams

7) 1831 Ebenezer C. Adams

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8) 1832 Martha Adams

9) 1834 Janet Adams

10) 1835 Hugh Adams

11) 1836 Mary D. Adams

12) 1836 Jane Adams

Additional information is provided later for some of this family later in this chapter.

Our Adams lineage extends directly through both my 2nd

Great Grandmother and my 2nd

Great

Grandfather, as Jane Thompson and Step-brother, Joseph Adams were married in 1831 in John

Adams' "mansion" by Rev. John Coulter (see pg. 138) in Coultersville Pennsylvania.

The Wasson Family

The story of John Wasson and his wife, Ann (Nancy Ann Means) has been widely retold. Below is the

version by Walter Reed Sloane:

The story of Ann Wasson is not one of youth and romance as has been portrayed

of other Indian captives, but that of suffering and privation. The story of a noble

pioneer woman who was willing to risk all that this country should be developed

for her children. In the spring of 1756 we find Ann Wasson living with her second

husband, John Wasson, and seven children-John, William, Robert and Jane

Sloan, issue with her first husband, William Sloan, and Thomas, James and

Elizabeth Wasson, issue with her second husband, John Wasson- on a plantation

of 450 acres in Peters Township, Cumberland (now Franklin) County. The times

were exceedingly dangerous. Since Braddock's defeat the previous fall the Indians

had been terrorizing this whole section. Many settlers had lost their lives and

many been captured. Rev. John Steele's meetinghouse had been turned into a fort,

which was a place of refuge for the women and children of the neighborhood as

well as a stronghold when attacked by the Indians. On April 5, 1756, Fort

McCord, just a few miles away, had fallen with the loss of many lives. Seedtime

was at hand. John Wasson was busy tilling his land On May 26, 1756, Ann

Wasson leaving her seven children at Fort Steele, had gone to their plantation,

risking her life that she may be at the side of her husband. Without warning they

were attacked by the Indians. John Wasson was horribly mangled and scalped.

Ann Wasson was taken captive. We find this account in the Pennsylvania Gazelle,

Page 108, 1756. "On Wednesday 26th May, I756, they (the Indians) came to the

plantation of John Wasson in Peters Township, Cumberland County, whom they

killed and mangled in so horrid and cruel manner, that a regard to decency

forbids describing it, and afterwards burned his house and carried off his wife. A

party of Steele’s and Peters men went out after the enemy, but to no purpose."

The authorities were notified. John Potter, the first sheriff of Cumberland County,

took charge. The question arose as to what should be done with the children. The

older ones--young lads, nearly grown--told of an uncle, a brother of their

mothers, who live near Newton, Bucks County. It was decided that the children

should go to him. A notice was written to Mr. Robert Means: These are to certify

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to you, your brother John Wasson last Wednesday was barbarously killed by the

Indians and his wife carried captive and as the time is so exceeding dangerous in

these parts and no relatives of the orphans here to take care of them the children

desires to go to you and all things considered it appears to be most advisable and

with them we send you an account of his estate as it is now situate his crops in the

ground the young lads Can tell you best. His debts appears to be near fifty pound

and if you incline to administer send word or come up with the young lads

yourself, you being the nighest relation. This 29th of May 1756. John Potter, Will

Maxwell, Hez Alexander, Win Dunwody and Moses Thomson.

Just where Ann Wasson spent her captivity is hot known. She was held in captivity

for three and one-half years. On November 27, 1759, a pass was granted to

Teedyuscung, a famous Delaware King, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to conduct

four white captives, two women and two boys, to l) Philadelphia, to deliver to the

governor. Ann Wasson is identified as one of these captives: Page 692, Vol. 3,

First Series, and Pennsylvania Archives: "Timothy Horsfield's Pass to

Teedyuscung. 1759. Northampton, 55. L. S.) These are to request all his Majesty's

liege people to suffer the bearer, King Teedyuscung & Daniel, with seven other

Indians, men & women having with them four white captives, viz. two women & 2

boys to pass unmolested to Philada. There business being to deliver the said

captives to his honour, the Governor. Given under my hand & seal at Bethlehem

on the 27th Nov., 1759. Timo. Horsfield." In December 1, 1759, Teedyuscung

delivered Ann Wasson to James Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor of the province of

Pennsylvania. The official record of this delivery is found in an original

manuscript, the property of the State of Pennsylvania, in the State Library at

Harrisburg, which reads:

Memorandum of Ann Wasson. She was taken ill the year 1756 in the beginning of

May, at Caghnehseheeky in Cumberland County. Her husband John Wasson was

then killed and scalped. She left seven children about two miles off, and she hopes

they are alive some where. She is unable to support herself. She has two brothers

some where in Chester or Bucks County. Memorandum of Maria Wagoner she

was taken in the year 1757 in September and her husband was then killed and

scalped his name was Conrad Wagoner they lived on Scarboro in Lancaster

County, she has no children. Peter Newfang, a lad of about 11 or 12 years of age

was taken in the year 1756 in May on the other side of the mountains, his mother

was then killed. He can't talk a word of German. His father, Balhaser Newfang, is

a private soldier in Battalion of Penna. Regiment. Endorsed on the back of the

above record is the following: "Names of 4 prisoners delivered by Teedyuscung to

Gov. 1st Dec.1759" James Hamilton was just beginning his second term as

Lieutenant Governor of the province of Pennsylvania when Teedyuscung

delivered these four prisoners to him in Philadelphia. In fact he had not yet made

his inaugural address. On December 4, 1759, he addresses Teedyuscung:

Page 6, Vol. 3, Fourth Series, Pennsylvania Archives: James Hamilton, Lieu

tenant Governor, to Teedyuscung chief of the Delaware, December 4, 1759.

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Brother: The sight of our flesh and blood, after a tedious captivity gives us great

pleasure, and I thank you for the return of the four prisoners, and expect you will

continue to (10 your utmost that all be returned to us as soon as possible. (Gave a

string of Wampum.) Brother: You have acted a just part in bringing the six horses

that have been stolen from the poor people on the borders by some of your

unthinking young men. The condition of the prisoners is described by Lieutenant

Governor Hamilton as being "naked and destitute" in a message he sent to the

assembly on Dec. 7, 1759

Page 12, Vol. 3; Fourth Series, Pennsylvania Archives: James Hamilton,

Lieutenant Governor, to the Assembly, December 7, 1759. There are two Indian

messengers in town from the Ohio, who, with Teedyuscung, to whom they were

recommended to be conducted here, have been assisting in a council of Indians

held at Atsintsing, an Indian town, situate on the Cayuga Branch of the

Susquehanna.

Teedyuscung, having delivered to me four prisoners, two elderly women and two

boys, who are quite naked and destitute, I recommend it to you to enable me to

make some provision for them, and likewise to send these messengers away well

pleased with their reception, being of opinion with Teedyuscung, that it will be of

great service, at this time, to engage the friendship of the nation to whom they

belong. Isaac Norris, Speaker of the House finds that the assembly made some

provision for the four prisoners in the response to the Lieutenant Governor's

message, on December 8, 1759.

Votes of Assembly, Vol. 5, December 8, 1759: We have recommended the other

parts of your Honor's message to the commissioners who will make a suitable

provision for the prisoners now delivered, and also to take care that the

messengers from the Ohio shall depart well satisfied with their reception.

Amongst us signed by the Order of the House December 8, 1759 Isaac Norris,

Speaker.

Just when and where Ann Wasson was united with her children is not known. On April 22, 1762,

letters of administration were issued at Carlisle on the estate of John Wasson, with Ann Wasson

and William Sloan, her eldest son, as administrators in the settlement of this estate it was brought

out that John Wasson "had received all and singular the personal estate of William Sloan", Ann

Wasson's first husband as this sum was now due the Sloan children. William Allison, John

Holiday, William Maxwell and James Potter asked to act as arbitrators. On May 26, 1762, they

made settlement with the consent of all parties. This settlement was confirmed at an Orphan's

Court held at Shippensburg on the 8th day of March 1763.

John Wasson: in Nov. 1951, while digging a ditch along the South Penn railroad,

a farmer uncovered the skeleton of a man believed to be that of John Wasson. The

examining pathologist reported that the man was brutally attacked with both a

tomahawk and war clubs. Marks on the skull and other indications pointed to a

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violent death; ribs were fractured by blows to the body, and one of the skeleton's

arms was broken by twisting.

Ref: This account was written by Walter Sloane for the Franklin County School Annual and

donated by the Mary E. Dessen Estate to the Kittochtinny Historical Society, and issued permission

to print.

Recorded Documents of John Adams, Jr.

John Adams, Jr. left numerous recorded documents that collectively assist in describing an

interesting portrait of a devout, pioneering, hard working, benevolent and intelligent Presbyterian

Patriot soldier who must have had a keen legal and business sense.

Many of the recorded documents provide a useful resource to assist in gaining some insight into

the lives of our early families. These documents also confirm familial ties and affirm the close

bond that ordinary people maintained with their legal representatives. The lack of otherwise good

recordkeeping likely was a principal reason why families kept connected with their attorneys.

The following recorded document confirms John’s relationship with Anabell’s son, William

Thompson, and indicates bond payment to William Ayres from John’s sale of land to William

Webb.

Ref: Butler County Court Records filed under John Adams.

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The above two recorded documents also provide insight into debts and credits of John.

The “f” in Wafon, above, indicated, during that time, a double “s”, therefore, Wasson.

The following will of John, Jun’r include all eight of his children of his first wife, Margaret,

namely, Rachel, Sarah, James, Margaret, Elizabeth, John III, Mary and Joseph. However, only

10 of his 12 children with Annabel are listed, namely, Anne, David, HD, Jane, Martha, Nancy,

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Jemima, Moriah, Ebenezer and Hugh. Jonathan and Janet are not identified in the will for

reasons not clearly known. Jonathan may have died early and Janet may have been too young or

not yet born in 1836, when John’s will was penned. John died in 1838, at the age of 73, two

years after his will was drawn. Hugh was 3 years of age and Janet may still not have been born.

Prolific Scottish men they were, but woe to their women!

The Last Will and Testimony of John Adams Jr., Original

The original Last Will and Testament of John Adams, Jr.

of Centre Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania

29 September 1836

Ref: Last Will and Testament of John Adams, Jun’r. September 29, 1836 Butler County Will Book, Page 77,

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Last Will and Testament of John Adams, Jr., 29 September 1836, Transcribed

In the name of God, I, John Adams, considering the uncertainty of this life and

being of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make

and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form (Viz) First, I give

and bequeath unto my beloved wife Annabel Adams, her living from the proceeds of

one hundred acres of land on which I now live which she is to enjoy during her

natural life or widowhood also two horses, all the cow, cattle, sheep, an hogs and

all the farming utensils, wagon and wind mill. Also all the household & kitchen

furniture with beds and bedding, also four hundred and twenty four dollars out of

which she is to pay my debts and funeral expenses--- In consequence of the above

bequeath, Annabel is to board and school the children. Item, I give and bequeath

unto my daughter Elizabeth Young, five dollars. Item, I give and bequeath unto my

daughter Jane Stewart, thirty dollars. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John

Adams, two dollars. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Wilson,

one hundred dollars. Item, I give and bequeath unto Sarah Stewart fifty dollars.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Wasson sixty dollars. Item, I give

and bequeath unto my daughter Rachel Akens (Akins) twenty-five dollars. Item, I

give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Scott fifty dollars. Item, I give and

bequeath unto my daughter Anne Adams five dollars. Item, I give and bequeath

unto my son David Adams five dollars. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son

Joseph Adams a note of hand which I hold on him calling for fifty dollars dated the

eighth of September 1830. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son James Adams two

dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto my son Ebenezer fifty acres of the above

mentioned land to be laid off on West end of the lot by a straight line parallel with

the North and south lines and is to get the use of the whole of the lot against he be

twenty years of age except the mansion house and his (mothers) maintenance from

him until my son Hugh arrives at the age of twenty years. At which time I ordain

that he shall possess the other fifty acres of land contained in the above mentioned

lot after which time the above named Ebenezer and Hugh Adams shall be an equal

share of their mother’s maintenance and shall allow her the whole disposal of the

mansion house. I also ordain that if either of the above named Ebenezer and Hugh

should die before they arrive at the age of twenty years, the survivor shall be his

sole heir. I also ordain that the above named Ebenezer and Hugh Adams shall give

(pay) each of their sisters Jemima, Nancy, MD and Mariah Adams thirty dollars

each paying an equal share.

John Adams (seal)

Note: For ease of identification, names in bold italics are children with Margaret, names in bold

text are children with Annabel. Original will dated September 29, 1836, original text of Butler

County Will received from Will Book B, page 77, Butler County Courthouse.

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When John died on 22 February 1838, at age 73,

Anabell was left to raise their twelve children

ranging from 14 down to two years of age. John is

not likely buried at the West Sunbury Union

Cemetery, Clay Township in Butler County,

Pennsylvania where other later Adams' were laid to

rest. Research is being conducted to locate John's

original burial site location, but is most likely on the

land he owned and lived upon in 1838, the date of

his death. (A grave marking ceremony and

headstone were laid for John Adams, Jr. detailed in

Part 5.)

Anabell died on the 23rd of October, 1870 at the

age of 83, most likely from pure exhaustion.

Anabell is buried at the West Sunbury Union

Cemetery, Clay Township in Butler County,

Pennsylvania. Her headstone reads "Anabell"

however; most documents show "Anabel" or

"Annabel" while some property deeds show her

name as "Anible". A rose by any other name...!

Anabell's Headstone Courtesy of William Young III, (W.F. Young Funeral Home), 2010.

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Records of John Adams' Will and Estate Disbursements

Butler County ss

Personally appeared before the subscriber Registrar for the probate of wills and

granting Letters of Administration, me and foresaid County, Wm Christy, by

one of the subscribing witnesses to the above will and being duely sworn

according to law, depose and saith that he was present at the home of the

Testator, John Adams, in Center Township on the 29th day of September, 1836

and have the Testator subscribe his name to the foregoing will publishing JA

the same time to be his last will and testament and he appeared to be of sound

mind, memory and understanding and he, at his request and in his presence

subscribed his name as witness thereto.

William Christy, Sr.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th February 1838.

John Welsh, Reg'r.

The Will of John Adams

Filed the 14th Feb'y 1838

John Welsh, Reg'r.

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Adams, John

A-20

Butler County S/S

Personally appeared before me the subscribing Registrar for the Probate of Wills

and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County, John Coulter,

Jr., one of the subscribing witnesses to the contested Will and being duely sworn

according to law deposeth and saith that he was present at the home of the

Testator, John Adams in Center Township somewhere about the last of

September, 1838 and the Testator presented the within Will to him to subscribe

his name to it as a witness at the same time publishing it as his last Will and

Testament and he appeared to be of sound mind, memory and understanding

and he, at his request and in his presence he subscribed his name as a witness

thereto.

John Coulter

)

Sworn and subscribed before me the )

subscriber this 13th day of Feb, 1838 )

)

John Welch, Reg'sr

Butler County SS

We, George Gubbins & William McCall of Butler County, Centre Township do swear by

Almighty God, the searching of hearts, that we will honestly, faithfully and impartially

appraise all such personal property as may be produced to us for that purpose of the

Estate of John Adams late of County and Township, aforesaid Deceased, and a true

inventory make thereto to the best of our judgment and that as we shall answer to God

at the great day.

Sworn & Subscribed by us.

George Gubbins (Seal) William McCall (Seal)

Sworn & Subscribed

Before me the 22nd

of Feb'ry 1838

John Timblin, J.P.

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LIST OF INVENTORY ARTICLES

1 Gray Mare 30.00

1 lone horse 50.00

1 Brindle colt 10.00

1 Check cow 12.00

1 " " white face 10.00

2 Spring Calf 07.50

24 Sheep 02.00

1 Windmill 06.00

11 Hoggs 16.00

1 Waggon 10.00

1 Harrow 1.12

1 Log Chain 1.50

1 Pare of bubble trees 1.25

2 pelts horse gear 3.50

1 Boot axe 0.50

1 Foot adge 1.00

1 Cooper's adge 0.20 (An adge is a carpenter's or cooper's tool,

_____ like an axe with a thin arching blade)

172.57

2 Mall hinges 0.30

1 Hammer 0.10

1 pare stilyards * 0.75

1 axe & snubbing hook 1.50

1 iron chattles 0.50

1 riding bridle 0.25

1 lathe & hangangs 0.50

1 iron wedge 0.20

2 hoves 0.25

1 hayfork 0.12

2 rakes 0.24

1 shovel 1.00

1 flat poorake 1.00

1 cutting box iron 0.50

1 sledge 0.50

1 grindstone 2.00

1 lorg 0.10 (a stamp, for leaving a mark)

1 loose board 1.50

1 riddle 0.37

1 clock & case 6.00

1 bureau 4.50

1 stand 0.10

1 wheel & reel 0.50

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1 table 0.75

1 dow chest 0.75

1 corner cupboard 5.00

cupboard citchest furniture 10.50

2 brass cittles (kettles?) 5.00

1 bedstead & bedding 2.00

1 coverlid 7.00

1 blanket 2.00

3 quilts 4.50

2nd trundle bedstead & bedding 3.50

3rd bedstead & bedding 8.00

1 falling leaf table 2.00

______

82.48

*a simple balance for weighing foodstuffs etc; the thing to be weighed hangs from the

short side of a beam; the long side has graduated notches for a standard weight

6 bushels wheat 6.00

16 bushels oats 5.00

2 bushels corn 1.25

1 sider (cider) barrel 0.37

1 cap 0.25

old barrels 1.50

bacon 6.00

4 baggs 1.00

1 side ladle 5.00

1 ladle 2.00

1 lot of books 3.00

1 looking glass 0.12

1 hackle 0.25

1 stone crock 0.40

1 crane & hooks 2.00

1 peck dried apples 0.14

4 bushels potatoes 1.00

table cloths & hand towels 1.50

His body clothes 8.00

Lot of chairs 1.50

.5 barrel of soap 1.00

1 bushel of lath 0.75

1 tub 0.37

_______

48.40

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We do certify that the above is a true schedule whereof we bare hands & seals

Geo. Gubbins, Seal William McCall, Seal

The appraisers in addition to the above enter the following items:

Five acres of fall grain at 3 dollars per acre. 15.00

A note of Joseph Adams (Son) for fifty dollars, dated 8th September 1830 50.00

A note of James Adams (Son) for twenty three dollars dated 30th of

November, 1835 23.00

Geo. Gubbins William McCall

The account of Benjamin Douthett, Executor of the last will and testament of John Adams,

late of Centre Township, Butler County, deceased.

The accountant charges himself with all and singular

accordingly to an inventory filed in the Registrar's Office 411.75

The executor charges himself with fifty nine dollars

ninety cents received on the 16th day of March 1838 on

a judgment on the Prothonotary* ack'd against John Webb 59.90

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1838 100.00

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1839 100.00

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1840 100.00

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1841 100.00

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1842 100.00

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1843 100.00

To am't due from John Webb on note due 1 April 1844 109.93

_____

$1181.58

$1176.00

____________

Balance in hands of Executor: $ 5.58

Butler County SS

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Before the subscriber Registrar for this probate of wills and granting of administration in and

for said county personally came Benjamin Douthett, Executor of the last will and testament of

John Adams, deceased, and being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and sayeth that the

forgoing account is a just and true exhibit of the goods and chattels rights and credits of said

dec'd to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Sworn and subscribed before me this ) Benjamin Douthett

2nd day of February, AD 1846 )

)

William Balph, Reg'r

* NOTE: The title Prothonotary means first officer. As the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Civil

Division, under the supervision of the judges of this court, the Prothonotary generally has the power to sign

and affix the seal of the court to all writs and processes, and, also to the exemplifications of all records and

process.

No Cr(Credit) $ cts

The account claims a credit for the following adjustments

1 By amount of inventory taken by widow as per receipt 338.75

2. By amount paid John McCall as per receipt .85

3. Frazier administration " .68

4. John Timblin " .50

5. Andrew Wick " 3.83

6. Zirgler & McBride " 2.1/12

7. John Sweney " 3.83

8. Jacob Mechling " 7.76

9. William Ayres " 11.20

10. William Ayres " 23.80

11. Andrew Wick " 23.81

12. William Thompson " 17.00

13. William Wasson " 3.32 1/2

14. John Thompson " 34.45

15. John Welsh, Reg'r " 4.30

16. William Wasson " 7.67

17. Dr. James Graham " 7.68 1/4

18. Little and McMurtry " 1.12 1/2

19. A note on James Adams (not collectable) 23.00

20. David & Jane " 7.73

21. Robert Carnaham " 1.50

22. David & Jane " 9.73

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23. Anabal Adams " 7.67

24. David Adams " 5.00

25. Joseph McKinley " 5.00

26. John Young " 5.00

27. Thomas Dunlap " 18.44

28. George Smith, Esq. " 15.00

29. William Thompson " 23.00

Philadelphia 13 Feb'ry 1838

Dear Sir,

I rec'vd yours of the 7th this morning & hasten to answer it. John Adams's estate will be & is

now considerably indebted to me & I think it will be better for me to renounce. I can do more

by being the counsel of the executors of execution whoever they may be.

I hereby decline and renounce the office execution in the will of the late John Adams of

Butler County and agree that letters testamentary may issue to any other.

13 Feb'ry 1838.

Wm. Ayres

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Dear Sir,

I think Wm Douthett had better take out letters testamentary & have the personal property

appraised & take care of it and have it sold unless such as is specifically diverse or otherwise

directed in the will, in such cases the articles must be delivered to the devisee & the excerpts

of the devisee to him. However the personal property may be devise. The debts must be paid &

of course the personal property must be appraised & sold. I think the decedent was not much

in debt, perhaps little more than he availed me.

It is expected now that the convention will adjourn on the 22nd, sine die. * Nobody was ever

more industrious than the convention i.e., for the purpose of getting through again that time. I

think at present we will not get through before that time. It's probable I may be home before

the first of April. If the packets begin to run by the 1st of March as usual, I will wait for them

so as to avoid the railroad to Harrisburg.

I am Sir,

Your ado fro,**

Wm Ayres

John Welsh, Esq'r

* Without a day specified for a future meeting; indefinitely. ** Yours, without further time, from

Butler, July 24, 1860

Received of Benjamin Douthett, Executor of the estate of John Adams decs'd sixty eight

cents in full of all apt due the estate

23rd Feb, 1838 Received of Benjamin Douthett, Executor of the estate of John Adams, deceased, the sum of three hundred and thirty eight dollars and seventy five cents for value rec'vd.

Anabel Adams Geo. Gubbins John Welsh

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Copy of Recorded Original Bequeath Document from John Adams to Anabel

Butler County Court House Records

Rec'vd , Butler- July 20th 1839 of Mr. B. Douthett, nine dollars & 73 cents for Mrs. Anabell Adams David Isam (?)

Original Document from John Adams to Anabell Adams

Butler County Courthouse Documents

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John Adams' Will Disbursement to Daughter, Elizabeth Adams Young

From Butler Area County Library, Butler, PA

Note: All of the above documents were transcribed from originals, as shown above.

Received of Benjamin Douthett, executor of the estate of John Adams, late of Centre Township, deceased, the sum of five dollars bequeathed to his daughter, Elizabeth Young, formerly Elizabeth Adams, March the 12th, one thousand eight hundred and forty four in full. Received by me, John Young

Original Bequeath Document From John Adams to Elizabeth Adams Young

Note: John Young, Elizabeth's husband, received the bequeath, as Elizabeth died on 10 Jan

1836 when she was 48 years of age and two years before her father, John Adams died. It

apparently took six years to resolve John Adams' estate disbursements. There are other

numerous additional documents pertaining to the settlement of John Adams, Jr.'s Will that

are available from the Butler County Courthouse.

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Supplemental Documents for John Adams, Jr.

John Adams, Jr's "Superior" land tract acquired in 1785 for his war service

John Adams, Sr Land Grant

Signed by John Dickenson, then President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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John Adams sale of land Indenture to Charles and Margaret Campbell

December 8, 1809

Bk. B-322 8 Dec., 1809 Charles/Margaret Campbell and John Adams Recorded 17 Feb., 1910

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Exchange of goods agreement between John Adams and William Wasson,

December 23, 1837

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John Adams/ Edward Webb Indenture

8 May 1835 Original

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John Adams Sale of Land to Edward Webb

Bk. J-124

8 May 1835 Transcribed and Recorded

This Indenture made the eighth day of May in the year of our Lord, One Thousand

eight hundred and thirty five, between John Adams and Anabel, his wife, of Butler

County Pennsylvania of the one part and Edward Webb, late of Washington

County Pennsylvania, of the other part witnesseth that the said John Adams and

Anabel his wife in, and for the consideration of', the sum of twelve hundred and

nine dollars, ninety three and one-fourth cents to their in hand paid by the said

Edward Webb before the unveiling and delivery of these this receipt whereof is

hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained and sold to the said Edward Webb

the following, herein after described lot or parcel of land at Butler County, Centre

Township on the waters of Muddy creek the same being part of a tract obtained by

said Adams by Deed from Charles Campbell and Margaret his wife of Indiana

County, Pennsylvania by deed bearing date eighth day of December eighteen

hundred and nine as reference to the records in the Register’s office in Butler will

more fully show beginning at a post south thence east one hundred and one

perches to a post thence south eighty seven. West one hundred and thirty three and

eight tenths to a post thence south thru east one hundred and fourteen perches to a

post thence south eighty-seven. West eighty four and seven tenths to a post thence

north thru west two hundred and fifteen to a post thence north eighty seven. East

two hundred eighteen and five tenths to the place of beginning. Containing one

hundred and eighty said acres and twenty three perches bound by land of John

Harper on the south, the Reverend John Coulter on the east and said John Adams

on the north, and William Wasson on the west to have and to hold this aforesaid

bargained premises together with all the buildings, improvements, rights and

privileges belonging or in any way appertaining with the said Edward Webb, his

heirs and assignees will warrant and defend the same from said heirs and

assignees and all and every other person lawfully claiming or to claim the same

from us, them or any of them unto others Edward Webb, his heirs and assignees

will warrant and defend free and clear of all encumbrances to the only proper use,

benefit and behoove of him the said Edward Webb, his heirs, assigns forever.

John Adams

Anabel Adams

The one hundred dollars due the first of April 1839 from Thos. Stewart

The one hundred dollars due on the first of April 1840 –

The one hundred dollars due on the first of April 8, 1841 from James Orry

Winthrop Joseph McQuistiost

Benjamin Douthitt

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us.

John Timblin

Josiah Timblin

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Received on the day of the above date of this indenture of Edward Webb twelve

hundred and nine dollars and ninety three and one fourth cents the consideration

among therein in consideration.

Signed and sealed.

John Timblin

John Adams

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Notes for John Adams Jr. Name: John Adams Date: 29 Jul 1772 Residence: Philadelphia Occupation: Apprentice, taught house carpenter's trade, found meat, drink, washing and lodging, time to go to evening school two quarters each winter, the father paying the expense of the schooling. Whom Indentured: Thomas Proctor and his assigns. Term: 3 yrs., 9 mo. 3 d. Ref: Philadelphia PA. Indentures, 1771-1773 If this is our John, Jr., he would have been 7 years old at time of indenture, almost 11 at close of term in 1776. The 1790 census shows John Adams, Sr. and Jr. both residing in Washington Township of Westmoreland County. They are the only Adams' shown in Washington Township of Westmoreland County, PA. BUTLER COUNTY ADAMS AND OTHER EARLY RESIDENTS (Clay Township) Note: West Sunbury, in Clay Township, was originally known as Coultersville. The name change took place on July 24, 1890. George Boyd was the first Postmaster. Ref: Postal History of Butler County, PA, R. D. Ross, 1967 Butler Co. Library Center Township, Butler County, was first settled in 1796 by a colony of 60 men migrating primarily from Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties. Mostly of Scotch-Irish descent, the men agreed to place their names into a hat in order to draw for the 400-acre parcels of land located in the area that is now Center, Franklin, Clay, and Oakland Townships. In hopes of promoting business, on October 8, 1805, the Township was officially established. Votes were then taken for governor, congressman, senator, and commissioners to represent the citizens of the Township. Located in the "center" of Butler County, the Township's principal industry had been farming with coal mining a distant second. However, today, retail and service industries lead the way with farming still an integral part of many residents' way of life. Beautiful rolling hills, picturesque views, and a close proximity to the city of Butler combine to make Center Township an excellent place for people who want to live in the "country" and still have all the advantages of city life. Ref: History of Butler County, Pa., 1883, ---------------------------- Ref: History of Butler County Pennsylvania - 1883 CHAPTER IV ADVENT OF THE WHITE MAN AS A SETTLER FIRST SETTLERS IN THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS Clay -- James RUSSELL, 1797; John ADAMS, Christopher McMichael, James McJunkin, Judge Samuel Findley, Hugh and William Wasson, 1798; Joseph, John, James, William and Samuel Glenn, about 1799. Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co., Pa. 261 taxables ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Adams, Junr View Image Online™ State: PA Year: 1790 County: Westmoreland Roll: M637_9 Township: Washington Page: 268

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Image: 0043 See copy in J. Adams, Jr. file ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1803 Slippery Rock Twp. was much larger than the current Slippery Rock Twp. It included the portion of the county north of an east-west line drawn from the northern corner of the western boundary of the County. In regards to the current townships, this area includes all of Slippery Rock, Allegheny, Cherry, Marion, Mercer, Parker, Venango, and Washington Townships, portions of Brady, Clay, Concord, Fairview and Worth Townships, the Boroughs of Bruin, Cherry Valley, Eau Claire, Fairview, Harrisville, Petrolia, Slippery Rock, and West Sunbury, and parts of the Boroughs of Karns City and West Liberty. Ref: This information is from pages 59 through 63 of the History of Butler County, Pennsylvania Vol II., R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895. This source also includes the number of cows, oxen, and horses owned, the valuation, and the amount of the tax, but this information was not transcribed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Acreage Comments ADAMS, John 300 ADAMS, Peggy --- ADAMS, Thomas 200 ADAMS, William 400 (2 mills) Margaret does not appear in the 1820 Centre Twp, Butler Co., PA census. (See notes for Margaret) A death record for Margaret has not been found between 1803 and 1820. John married Anabell) about 1824. Received by Vaughn P. Adams, Jr. from W. E. McClelland, February 20, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John and Anabell Adams lived near West Sunbury, Butler County, which is only 12 miles from Slippery Rock Township. They were early settlers (1808 deed). In his will, 29 September 1836, he named Margaret Wilson as one of their daughters. A traditional story, recorded by James Speer in 1915, states that our Margaret Adams was from (born?) near Sunbury, so these two bits of information makes this a tentative family (nineteen other children) for her. Sometimes tradition gets "born" and "from" mixed up, so in this case she may be from West Sunbury. John and family arrived about 1800, after Margaret was born. There is a Sunbury on the Susquehanna River. In the book, Emigrants to Pennsylvania, page 230, there is mention of a village of Sunbury, near Philadelphia in 1773. The early Butler settlers may have come from either of these places and named the new village West Sunbury. No further research made. (Received from W.E. McClelland, 20 February 2001) Note: We know that Anabell and John Adams, Jr. were not a couple in 1808 and did not marry until 1824 after John Thompson died. History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895 John was an early settler Clay Township, arriving there in 1798 along with Hugh and William Wasson. Ref: History of Butler Co.PA. - 1883, Ch. 4, pg. 30. EARLY RESIDENTS During the decade beginning with the year 1796, people began to settle in that portion of Allegheny County known as Butler. Before 1800, the territory now termed Clay Township, received its first settlers. Since that time, many changes have taken place. Ref: Chapter 46 [p.411] Clay Township: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Waterman, Watkins, & Co., Chicago, 1883.]

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Clay Twp. - James RUSSELL, 1797; John ADAMS, Christopher MCMICHAEL, James MCJUNKIN, Judge Samuel FINDLEY, Hugh and William WASSON, 1798; Joseph, John, James, William and Samuel GLENN, Samuel FINDLEY, Hugh and William WASSON, 1798; Joseph, John, James, William and Samuel GLENN, about 1799. Ref: First Settlers In The Several Townships, from the 1883 History of Butler County, p. 29-30. Transcribed by Ed Book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John is stated to have located to Butler County in 1800, and reared a family of 20 children. 1883 History of Butler Co., Pa. John ADAMS, a settler of 1820, was the father of twenty children. Ref: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895 [p. 570] Clay -- James RUSSELL, 1797; John ADAMS, Christopher MCMICHAEL, James MCJUNKIN, Judge Samuel FINDLEY, Hugh and William WASSON, 1798; Joseph, John, James, William and Samuel GLENN, about 1799.

Note: John Adams, Jr. was living in Westmoreland County in 1797. However, he agreed to

purchase land from Christopher McMichael during this year. John and Margaret may have

moved their family to Butler County during this time; however, he had not yet sold his

Westmoreland County property.

See the Agreement between John Adams and Christopher Mc Michael dated the “10th day of

Martch in the yr 1797.” There is no indication why the Agreement was sworn and subscribed on

the fifth day of June, 1808 and not recorded until 2 July 1808. John still resided in Westmoreland

County at the time of the Butler County land purchase.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Westmoreland County Docket 4 Register of Wills Office Westmoreland County Courthouse CHURCHES (of Clay Township) Muddy Creek Presbyterian Church was organized in 1803, re-organized in 1823, and incorporated in 1864. Rev. John McPHERRIN preached in the neighborhood as early as 1799, and was stated supply for two years after organization, and pastor from 1805 to 1813. For ten years the society was without a pastor, but in 1823, Rev. John COULTER, a licentiate of the Ohio Presbytery, was installed as pastor. He resigned in 1850, and was succeeded in 1852 by Rev. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, who severed his connection with this church in 1856. Rev. Samuel WILLIAMS, who succeeded him the same year, was installed May 23, 1857. He is still the pastor and bids fair to round out a half-century of service in this congregation. The original members of the society were Robert WALLACE, Robert THORN, William and John NEYMAN, David FINDLEY and William McCANDLESS, all ruling elders; George, James and John McCANDLESS, Anthony and John THOMPSON, John McJUNKIN, James McJUNKIN, David McJUNKIN, Nathaniel ALLISON, John TURK, Conrad SNYDER, John WICK, John WIGTON, John COVERT, Andrew ALLSWORTH, Stephen ALLEN, James CAMPBELL and Samuel McCall. In 1803 a log-house, twenty by twenty-four feet in size, was erected, which was used for meetings until 1824, when a hewn log house, thirty by sixty feet in size, was built, oak shingles being used for roofing.

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The interior was plastered and a plaster ceiling was introduced, so that it was then considered one of the finest Presbyterian churches within the limits of the Presbytery. The present brick building, fifty by sixty feet in size, was begun in 1845, and completed in 1852. It has been repeatedly repaired and appears substantial enough to endure for a century. The church was incorporated March 29, 1864, with the following trustees: Josiah McJUNKIN, John R. McJUNKIN, and James FINDLEY. The constitution as adopted December 7, 1863, was signed by Nathan F. McCANDLESS, secretary. The membership at the close of 1894 was 125, a small number compared with former years, as the Unionville church, and other societies, organized in recent years, embrace many of its original members. Mr. WILLIAMS is one of the best known Presbyterian ministers in Butler County, where he has labored faithfully for nearly forty years. Ref: History of Butler County, Brown, 1895, Closson Press, pp 571-572. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Aug 12, 2002, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.39.192] Individual: Adams, John County/State: Butler Co., PA Location: Centre Twp Page #: 013 Year: 1830 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File - {series #13.50} Arranged alphabetically by surname of soldier. The abstract card file contains transcriptions of data extracted from original records in the custody of the State Archives concerning Revolutionary War service in the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy. Note that duty after November 1783 is not considered Revolutionary War service. Information provided is name and rank of soldier, whether active or inactive duty, county of residence, battalion in which served, and record from which information was extracted. Also noted are whether soldier was delinquent and fined or whether militia fines were abated. The entry "Active Duty" indicates that the soldier saw active duty in either the Pennsylvania Militia or the Pennsylvania Line while "Inactive Duty" indicates that the soldier did not necessarily see active duty. Associators were volunteers who comprised the Military Association, a civilian reserve designed to repel any invasion of Pennsylvania until the collapse of the Association in the winter of 1776-1777. The Pennsylvania Militia was organized under an Act of the Assembly of March 17, 1777 that required compulsory enrollment by constables of all able-bodied white males between the ages of 18 and 53 to repel invaders. The "Flying Camps" were special battalions of Pennsylvania Line troops recruited from the Pennsylvania Associators. Rangers were soldiers who served long periods of enlistment to protect the frontier against Indian incursions. Entries for Depreciation Pay Certificates apply to soldiers who served 1777-1780 when the currency was depreciating and were paid in Continental Bills of Credit that quickly lost value. To compensate for such depreciation, each soldier of the Pennsylvania Line who remained in service in 1781 was awarded a substantial sum in Depreciation Pay Certificates which were both interest bearing and negotiable. In addition, at the end of the war arrears and allowances due were met by issuing to each soldier still in service a number of interest-bearing final settlements called Pierce's Certificates (named after the paymaster who dispensed them). Some cards show a certificate number that relates to the Militia Loan of 1784-1785. This loan was established to pay individuals for services and goods provided during the Revolutionary War that had not been reimbursed at that time. Note that not all certificate numbers give additional information. See obit for Jemima taken from the Butler Citizen 13 February, 1913, found in the John Adams' family file. 1860 United States Federal Census

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Anabell Ann Wasson ANABELL (62) IS SHOWN IN THE 1850, CENTRE TOWNSHIP, LAWRENCE COUNTY, PA DWELLING 190 FAMILY 197, LINES 34-41, DATED 28 SEPTEMBER, 1850 AND INCLUDES: JEMIMA (24), EBENEZER C. (18), AND HUGH (14). [Adamstemp.ftw] Note: West Sunbury, in Clay Township, was originally known as Coultersville. The name change took place on July 24, 1890. George Boyd was the first Postmaster. Ref: Postal History of Butler County, PA, R. D. Ross, 1967 Butler Co. Library EBENEZER C. ADAMS was born in Clay Township, Butler County, August 24, 1831, son of John and Anabell (WASSON) ADAMS, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively. His father located in Butler County in 1800, and reared a family of twenty children, our subject being the eighteenth in order of birth. John Adams died in 1838, aged seventy-three years. Ebenezer C. learned the carpenter's trade in early manhood, and has followed it more or less all his life. He conducted a hotel at West Sunbury for a time, and in 1889 purchased his present farm of twenty acres, where he makes a specialty of growing small fruits. Mr. ADAMS was married October 15, 1856, to Ann SMITH, who became the mother of five children, two of whom are living: John S., and Sarah N., wife of J. P. CAMPBELL. Mrs. ADAMS died September 15, 1881, and he was again married June 29, 1882, to Margaret EKIN. Mr. ADAMS and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics, he is a Republican. Ref: History of Butler Co., PA R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895 p. 1056 Ref: 1860 United States Federal Census about Jemima Adams Name: Jemima Adams Age in 1860: 35 Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Clay, Butler, Pennsylvania Gender: Female Post Office: Coultersville Household Members: Name Age Anabell Adams 73 Jemima Adams 35 Anabell Ann Wasson Thompson Adams is buried at the West Sunbury Union Cemetery, Clay Township in Butler County, PA. Her tombstone reads" Died October 23, 1870 aged 83 years, 3 months and 12 days, Daughter of William and Jane McDowell Wasson and wife of John Adams. Jemima Adams Page 11 of 16 Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:37:48 PM

Ref: Bill Roy's Genealogy Page Roy/Monks Family Notes for Mariah Adams Name: Mariah ADAMS Sex: F Birth: 14 FEB 1829 Death: 8 DEC 1901

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Burial: Mt. Joy Cemetery, Rarden Twp., Scioto Co., Ohio Note: Feb. 14, 1829 birth of Mariah Adams in Pennsylvania 1830 PA Fed. Census 1840 PA Fed. Census 1848 Marriage of Thomas Campbell to Mariah Adams in PA 1850 PA Fed. Census, Butler Co. Centre Twp. Enumerated Oct. 4,1850 Dwelling 247/family 254. Thomas Campbell, male, age 29, chairmaker, real estate value 200, born PA. Mariah Campbell, female, age 21, born PA. Joseph E. Campbell, male, age 1, born PA. Thomas Campbell, male, age 7, born PA. Ref: 1860 PA Fed. Census, Butler Co., Concord Twp. 9 pg. 126 Enumerated July 31, Dwelling 853, family 830. Thomas C. Campbell, age 39, cabinetmaker, real estate value 600, personal property value 155, born PA. Mariah Campbell, age 31, born PA. Joseph Campbell, age 11, born PA, attended school within year. John Campbell, age 9, born PA, attended school within year. Andrew Campbell, age 7, born PA, attended school within year. Alexander Campbell, age 5, born PA, attended school within year. Thomas Campbell, age 4, born PA. Anabell Campbell, age 1/12, born PA. 1870 Ohio Fed. Census, Scioto Co. Morgan Twp. Lucasville, page17 Dwelling 105/family 108. Thomas C. Campbell, white male, age 48, farmer, real estate value 450, personal property value 450, born, PA, mother foreign born, eligible to vote. Maria Campbell, female, age 41, keeps house, born PA, father foreign born, white. Andrew S. Campbell, white male, age 17, farm labor, born PA. Anabell (T or F) Campbell, White female, age 15, at home, born PA. Alexander S. Campbell, white male, age 13, attending school

Jemima Adams 1860 United States Federal Census About Jemima Adams Name: Jemima Adams Age in 1860: 35 Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Clay, Butler, Pennsylvania Gender: Female Post Office: Coultersville Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Anabel Adams 73 Jemima Adams 35 Mary D. Adams Could H. D. be Annie D. who married William Wasson? HD Adams probably is M. D. (Mary D. Adams) in John Adams' 1836 will. Mariah Adams Page 12 of 16 Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:37:48 PM

See 1860 census for Slippery Rock, Butler County, PA about John Adams Name: John Adams

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Age in 1860: 2 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Post Office: Slippery Rock Jonathan Adams 30 Mary Adams 25 Sarah Adams 5 John Adams 2 White female, age 15, at home, born PA. Alexander S. Campbell, white male, age 13, is attending school within year, born PA. Thomas P. Campbell, white male, age 11, attending school within year, born PA, can't read or write, Mary Campbell, white female, age 9, attended school within year, born PA. William H. Campbell, white male, age 5, born in Ohio. Sarah V. Campbell, white female, age 3, born Ohio. Aug. 24, 1879 Maria Campbell's Bible was purchased at Portsmouth, Ohio although Mrs. Campbell resided in Sedan. This Bible was passed from Mildred Smith to Alta E. Platt, and then to her daughter, Alta Mona Porter's possession where it now remains. The Bible was published in 1874 and purchased in 1879 for $3.00. 1880 Ohio Fed. Census, Scioto Co. Morgan Twp. Enumerated June11, 1880 by Edward Crabtree, SD 4 ED 147, page 15. Dwelling134/ family 137 Thomas Campbell, white male, age 58, married, farmer, born PA, father born PA, mother born Ireland. Maria Campbell, white female, age 57,m wife, married keeping house, born PA, father born Ireland, mother born PA. Alexander Campbell, white male, age 22, son, single, farm labor, born PA, parents born PA. Thomas Campbell, single white male, son, age 20, farm laborer, born PA, parents born PA. Mary Campbell, daughter, single white female, age 17, without occupation, born PA, parents born PA. Harvey Campbell, single white male, age 15,son, farm labor, born Ohio, parents born PA. Nancy Campbell, single white female, daughter, without occupation, born Ohio, parents born PA. Irene Campbell, single white female, daughter, age 9, born Ohio, parents born PA. Emma Campbell, daughter, single white female, age 6, born Ohio, parents born PA. More children listed in John Campbell dataset. Father: John ADAMS b: in Ireland Mother: Annabelle (Ann) WASSON b: 10 JUL 1787 in Butler, PA Marriage 1 Thomas C. CAMPBELL b: 28 AUG 1821 in Pennsylvania Married: 16 MAR 1848 Ann D. Adams Could this be H.D. Adams shown in John Adams' will? "H" may be an "A". Jonathan Adams Page 13 of 16 Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:37:48 PM

[Adams.ftw] PA (WEST) 1870, CENSUS INDEX OF WESTERN COUNTIES SHOWS AN EBENEZER ADAMS AGED 38 LIVING IN BUTLER CO, CLAY TWP. EBENEZER C. ADAMS (AGE 18) ALSO APPEARS AS LIVING WITH ANABEL ADAMS (AGE 62) IN THE 1850 CENTRE TWP DWELLING LISTING 190, FAMILY 197.Carpenter, Hotel Operator in West Sunbury, Pa., Farmer- fruits (WFT Vol. 3, Ed.1, Tree 1659) EBENEZER C. ADAMS was born in Clay Township, Butler County, August 24, 1831, son of John and Annabel (WASSON) ADAMS, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively. His father located in

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Butler County in 1800, and reared a family of twenty children, our subject being the eighteenth in order of birth. John Adams died in 1838, aged seventy-three years. Ebenezer C. learned the carpenter's trade in early manhood, and has followed it more or less all his life. He conducted a hotel at West Sunbury for a time, and in 1889 purchased his present farm of twenty acres, where he makes a specialty of growing small fruits. Mr. ADAMS was married October 15, 1856, to Ann SMITH, who became the mother of five children, two of whom are living: John S., and Sarah N., wife of J. P. CAMPBELL. Mrs. ADAMS died September 15, 1881, and he was again married June 29, 1882, to Margaret EKIN. Mr. ADAMS and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics, he is a Republican. Ref: Biographical Sketches in the 1796-1883 History of Butler County, Pa., Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883, p. 1056 See obit for E. C. Adams in the John Adams' Family file taken from the Butler Citizen, 13 February, 1913. Note: Obit file for Butler Co. shows Ebenezer C. Adams passing away in West Sunbury on 6 June, 1907, at age 76, showing Mrs. Jemima Hutchison as his sister. CHURCHES The United Presbyterian Church of West Sunbury may be said to date back to May 2, 1840, when a meeting was held at Samuel EKIN's house and John SMITH, Samuel LOUDON and Joseph W. CHRISTY were appointed a building committee. They received a donation of four acres from Samuel EKIN and Mrs. Robert FINDLEY and, on November 7, 1840, awarded the contract for a house, forty feet square, to Joseph WASSON, for $700. He framed the church building and the people of the congregation and neighborhood were invited to assist in raising it. When the walls were raised and the roof timbers taken up, and the men ready to put them in position, a long beam on which the weight rested suddenly broke, precipitating men and timbers to the ground. Many were severely injured, but none killed. Mr. WASSON gave up the contract, receiving $200 for what he had done, and John BREWSTER and John BRACKNEY took the contract to finish it for $570. A new building, fifty-five by sixty-five feet, was erected in 1858-59 by Hugh SPROUL, for $2,100 and the old building. In 1883 E. C. ADAMS repaired and remodeled the building for $1,500, and finally W. J. MCKINNEY re- [p. 576] moved the building from its old site into the village, where it now stands, paying for it, $2,100. 1860 United States Federal Census Record about Ebenezer C Adams Name: Ebenezer C Adams Age in 1860: 28 Birth Year: abt 1832 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Clay, Butler, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Post Office: Coultersville Ebenezer C. Adams Page 14 of 16 Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:37:48 PM

See also, WFT 3 Pedigree #1659 1880 United States Federal Census Post Office: Coultersville Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Ebenezer C. Adams 28 Ann Adams 28 Marilda E. Adams 3 John S Adams 10.12

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Peter RHODES located and began business here in 1849. David VANCE kept a hotel where is now the CORBETT dwelling. The building was torn down and MCCLUNG erected on its site a new house. James TIMBLIN kept the next hotel where the Widow CONWAY now resides, a part of her house being the original TIMBLIN Hotel. Isaac DONALDSON carried on a hotel next to Samuel HUNT's present dwelling. Fifteen years ago the old house was torn down. David PATTERSON built the upper story of the WICK House; Ebenezer ADAMS succeeded him as landlord and, in 1875, C. F. WICK, the present proprietor, purchased the property. Ref: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, 1895 West Sunbury Borough, Chapter 51, Pg. 573, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895 1870 United States Federal Census About Ann Adams Name: Ann Adams Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Age in 1870: 39 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Clay, Butler, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Coultersville Household Members: Name Age Ebenezer Adams 38 Ann Adams 39 Marilda Adams 12 John Adams 10 Jemima Adams 8 Nancy Adams 4 Lewis Walford 24 Mary Walford 20 Emma Walford 1 Ella Walford 1 Martha Adams Could she have been a daughter of John and Margaret? Birth year does not match with John and Anabell's marriage. Hugh Adams 1880 United States Federal Census about Hugh Adams Name: Hugh Adams Home in 1880: Camp Creek, Pike, Ohio Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Emily Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age

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Hugh Adams 44 Emily Adams 40 John T. Adams 22 Marion E. Adams 14 Lina A. Adams 12 Sarah E. Adams 10 Elvira Adams 7 Elmina Adams 7 William O. Adams 5 David Groves 26 ADAMS. JOHN T.. Railroad Contractor; born. Coopersville. O.. Feb. 9. 1858; son of Hugh Adams and Emily (Long) Adams; educated: Common Schools of Southern Ohio. Married. Sarah Noel. Aug. 12. 1882. Was a School Teacher, Merchant, County Auditor, and at present is a railroad contractor. Has completed several big engineering projects. Societies and clubs: Masons; Columbus Athletic Club. North minster Presbyterian Church. Home address: 1S2 Buttelts Ave.. Columbus. OH. Janet Adams Name added from genealogy of Roy/Monks Family. Ref: RootsWeb.com (WorldConnect Project)

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Family Group Sheet for John Adams Jr. and Margaret Hall Husband: John Adams Jr. Birth: 1765 in Northern Ireland Death: 22 Feb 1838 in Coultersville, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA Burial: 1838 in West Sunbury Union ll Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA adjacent to his wife, Anabel Adams Marriage: 1787 in Westmoreland County, PA Father: Mother: John Adams Sr. Unknown Hamilton Wife: Margaret Hall Birth: Abt. 1766 in PA Death: Bet. 1810–1820 in PA Father: James Hall Sr. Mother: Jean Unknown Children: Name: Elizabeth Adams Birth: 02 Aug 1788 in Westmoreland Co., PA Death: 10 Jan 1836 in West Sunbury, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA Burial: Jan 1836 in Private cemetery located on a hill behind a residence at 206 Gilbert Road, West Sunbury, PA Marriage: 1813 in West Sunbury, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA 1 F Spouse: John Young Name: James Adams Birth: 1790 in Westmoreland, Washington Twp., PA 2 M Name: Margaret Adams Birth: 17 Jun 1794 in Westmoreland Co., PA Death: 25 Sep 1865 in Slippery Rock Twp., Lawrence Co., PA Burial: 1865 in Plot: I - 7 #25 Rose Point Cemetery, Lawrence Co., PA Marriage: 1815 in Shenango Twp., Beaver County, PA 3 F Spouse: Thomas Wilson Name: Sarah Adams Birth: 1798 in Westmoreland Co., PA Marriage: 1819 in Portersville, Lawrence County, PA 4 F Spouse: Matthew Stewart Name: John Adams Birth: 1800 in Westmoreland, Washington Twp., PA Death: Butler Co., PA

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5 M Name: Mary Adams Birth: 03 Apr 1801 in Butler Co., PA Death: 03 Apr 1845 in West Sunbury, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA Burial: West Sunbury Union Cemetery, Clay Twp. Butler Co., PA 6 F Spouse: William Wasson Jr.

Name: Rachel Adams Birth:1802 in Butler County, PA Death: 21 Jun 1880 in Aiken Homestead, Perry Twp., Lawrence County, PA 7 F Spouse: Andrew Aiken Name: Joseph Adams Birth: 1805 in Butler County, PA Death: 07 Apr 1880 in Oakland Twp., Butler Co., PA Burial: 1880 in West Sunbury Union II Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA 8 M Spouse: Jane Thompson, daughter of Anabell Wasson and John Thompson

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Family Group Sheet for John Adams Jr. and Anabell Wasson Husband: John Adams Jr. Birth: 1765 in Northern Ireland Death: 22 Feb 1838 in Coultersville, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA Burial: 1838 in West Sunbury Union ll Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA adj. to his wife, Anabell Adams Marriage: 1823 in Butler County, Pennsylvania Father: Mother: John Adams Sr. Unknown Hamilton Wife: Anabell Ann Wasson (Thompson) Birth: 10 Jul 1787 in Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA Death: 23 Oct 1870 in Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA Burial: Oct 1870 in West Sunbury Union II, Clay Twp. Butler County, PA Father: Mother: William McClelland Wasson Jane Jean McDowell Children: Name: David Adams Birth: May 1824 in Butler County, PA Death: Aft. 1900 1 M Spouse: Nancy Russell Name: Jemima Adams Birth: 02 Jun 1825 in Butler County, PA Death: 14 Feb 1913 in West Sunbury, Butler Co., PA Burial: Feb 1913 in West Sunbury Union II - Rev. W. A. Chambers Marriage: 20 Feb 1868 2 F Spouse: William Moorhead Hutchison Name: Mary D. Adams Birth: 1826 in Butler County, PA 3 F Name: Jane M. Adams Birth: 1827 in Butler County, PA 4 F Spouse: William Stewart Name: Nancy Adams Birth: 1828 in Butler County, PA Death: Bef. Jul 1870 Marriage: Butler, Butler County, PA 5 F Spouse: John Guin Guinn

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Name: Mariah Adams Birth: 14 Feb 1829 in Butler County, PA Death: 08 Dec 1901 in Rarden Twp., Scioto County, Ohio Burial: Mount Joy UP Cemetery, Rarden Twp., Scioto Co., OH Marriage: 16 Mar 1848 in PA 6 F Spouse: Thomas C. Campbell Name: Ann D. Adams Birth: Abt. 1830 in Clay Township, Butler County, PA 7 F Spouse: Joseph McKinley Name: Jonathan Adams Birth: 1830 in Butler County, PA Marriage: Abt. 1854 in PA 8 M Spouse: Mary Unknown Name: Ebenezer C. Adams Birth: 24 Aug 1831 in Clay Twp., Bulter Co., PA Death: 27 May 1907 in West Sunbury, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA 75/8/3 Burial: 06 Jun 1907 in West Sunbury Union Cemt'y, Clay Twp. Marriage: 15 Oct 1856 in Clay Twp., Butler County, PA 9 M Spouse: Ann Smith Name: Martha Adams Birth: 1832 in Butler County, Pennsylvania Death: Bet. 1836–1910 10 F Spouse: William Scott Name: Hugh Adams Birth: 29 Sep 1835 in Butler County, Pennsylvania Death: 16 Jan 1905 in Rarden, Scioto County, OH Marriage: 25 Dec 1856 in Coopersville, Pike, OH 11 M Spouse: Emily Long Name: Janet Adams Birth: Oct 1836 in Butler County, Pennsylvania Death: 08 Dec 1901 12 F Spouse: Stewart