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About John Adair, Sr.
John Adair, Sr.
- b.4 Oct 1780 Pennsylvania
- d.1 Mar 1856 Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Facts and Events
- Name John Adair, Sr.
- Gender Male
- Birth[1] 4 Oct 1780 Pennsylvania
- Marriage Mary 'Polly' McCorkle - 21 Apr 1808 -Rockbridge County, Virginia
- Death[2] 1 Mar 1856 Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia
- H. John Adair, Sr. 1780 - 1856
- W. Mary 'Polly' McCorkle - 1782 - 1854
- m. 21 Apr 1808
- Samuel A. Adair - 1809 - 1895
- Jane Adair - 1810 - 1886
- James Adair - 1812 - 1864
- Margaret Adair - Abt 1815 - Bef 1849
- John Adair - 1817 - 1885
- William Adair - 1819 - 1842
- Mary Adair - 1822 - 1894
- Hannah Adair - Abt 1825 - 1847
- Alexander Adair - Abt 1827 -
Will of John Adair
John Adair's Will
of sound and disposing mind and memory.....
Sons John and Alexander will have "my body decently interred in the burying-ground where my son and two daughters are buried"......
to my two sons John Adair and Alexander Adair all my stock of Horse, Cattle, sheep and Hogs..... also all my money, Bonds, notes and accounts... out of which funeral charges and debts to be paid.
to my son John Adair all farming utensils of every kind also all my household and kitchen furniture.
To my son Samuel Adair $50.00 and a bond of $90.00 which I hold on him-- the $50 to be paid at expiration of 2 years after my death by sons John and Alexander.
To my son James Adair $60.00 to be paid by my sons John and Alexander 2 years after my death.
To my daughter Mary Adair - McCorkle $40.00 and a bond of 430.00 I hold on her husband executed by him to my son William. Adair deceased-- the $40 to be paid by sons John and Alexander 2 years after my death.
Tract of land I now reside on to be divided as follows: Beginning at 2 small black oaks on the line north from the house, South West course to a white oak near the Black Smith shop, With general course of present land to a white oak near the former Boat yard. South East course to a red oak and chestnut marked in the line between me and John Chaplin now Quinton Armstrong, following all lines to beginning.
To my son Alexander Adair all my lands lying on the South east side of said dividing line to him and his heirs forever.
I charge my son John Adair with support and maintenance of my beloved wife Mary in decent and comfortable manner during her life at her death he and my son Alexander to have her body decently buried at the same place with my own.
I charge that my son John shall keep my daughter Jane a comfortable home at my dwelling house as long as she lives or chooses to remain with him.... to keep her decently... furnish good clothes and a horse and saddle to ride when she wishes to go to church or to visit her friends. If she married she is bequeathed $150.00 to be paid in equal portions by my sons John and Alexander in 90 days after her marriage, $50 in money and $100 in property. My daughter Jane having taken care of her "neace Marthay G. Leckey" for about 4 years for which keeping her I claim payment from her father James Lackey Jr.
I will and bequeath my daughter Jane whatever sum I may receive from said Leckey for keeping his daughter with interest.
Appoint two sons John Adair and Alexander Adair executors without security.
15 Nov 1851
(Signed) John Adair
in presence of: Wm. C. Lewis, A. S. Bacon, Alex. J. McCown
7 March 1856- produced in court- proved by oaths of William C. Lewis and Algernon S. Bacon- ordered to be recorded. John Adair and Alexander Adair executors on bond of $2,000.00 Certificate granted for obtaining probate.
Ordered to be recorded
Teste C. Chapin C.C.
[Source: Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 25, p. 187}.
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▼ Information on John Adair
Rockbridge County, Virginia Cemeteries
Volume 1
Kerrs Creek District
Plot 53
- Adair, John Graham 23 Dec 1849- 15 Mar 1914
- Adair, James "Lafayette" 18 Jul 1846- 17 Dec 1915
- Adair, Samuel A. 16 Sep 1851- 22 Aug 1920
- Adair, Miss Bessie May 24 Apr 1881- 29 Jan 1965
- 4 Oct 1920 produced in court and ordered to be recorded.
- Adair, Samuel 10 Feb 1809- 18 Jul 1897 (son of this John Adair)
- Adair, Jane 4 Dec 1810- 28 Mar 1886 (daughter of this John Adair)
- Adair, John 5 Jul 1817- 15 Apr 1885 (son of this John Adair)
- Adair, John d. 1 Mar 1856 aged 75y
- Adair, Hannah d. 30 May 1847 (broken stone) (daughter of this John Adair)
- Adair, William d. 4 Dec 1842 aged 23y (son of this John Adair)
- Adair, Henry M. (broken stone)
▼References
↑ Scotch-Irish Society of America (Nashville, Tennessee). Proceedings and addresses of the congress. (Nashville, Tennessee: The Society, 1889-)
pg. 278.
ADAIR, JAMES McDOWELL, Lexington, Va. 1895.
Born in Rockbridge County, Va., May 22, 1852; son of James Adair, who was born in Rockbridge County, Va., December 22, 1812; grandson of John Adair, Sr., who was born in Pennsylvania October 4, 1780, and was brought by his father into Rockbridge, then taken into East Tennessee; after his father's death, at Jonesboro, he returned to Rockbridge County, Va.; great-grandson of James Adair, who with his wife (Polly) and two brothers, emigrated from North of Ireland, vicinity of Londonderry, and located in Pennsylvania; dry goods merchant/ member and deacon in Presbyterian Church, Lexington.
Virginia, United States. Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917. (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2011).
Name: John, Adair Sr.
Birth Date: abt 1781
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 1 Mar 1856
Death Place: Rockbridge, Virginia
Death Age: 75
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Adair
Mother Name: Jane
FHL Film Number: 2048583
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42875181
United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
762 766 John Adair 70 M Farmer 2500 Va
- Polly Adair 68 F Va
- John Adair 33 M do Va
- Jane Adair 36 F Va
- Alexander Adair 23 M Va
- Martha Leckey 7 F Va
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John Adair, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1780 |
October 4, 1780
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Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1809 |
February 10, 1809
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Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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| 1810 |
December 4, 1810
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Rockbridge County, VA, United States
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| 1812 |
December 22, 1812
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Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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| 1815 |
1815
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Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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| 1817 |
July 5, 1817
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Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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1819
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| 1822 |
May 10, 1822
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Rockbridge County, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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| 1825 |
1825
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Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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| 1827 |
1827
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Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
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