Family Name Origin

ADAMS

I believe our surname Adams was adopted from one of the slaveholding families that migrated to America in the early history of this country. – Ed Adams

It is generally believed that this branch of the Adams family trace their line to Duncan Adams, son of Alexander Adams who lived in the reign of King Robert Bruce, and had four sons: Robert, John, Reginald and Duncan, from whom all the Adams, Adamsons and Adies in Scotland are descended. The youngest son, Duncan Adams, accompanied James, Lord Douglass, in his expedition to the Holy Land with King Robert's heart, and from him is stated to have descended John Adams, who accompanied King James IV. to the field of Flodden, and there lost his life anno 1513. He had a son, Charles Adam, seated at Fanno,co. Forfar. In the middle of the 17th century there were three brothers, descendants of this family, the eldest of whom remained in Scotland, while the other two, adding an s to their patronymic, left their country; James went to Ireland, and is the ancestor of the Adams's of Northlands, co. Cavan and Monagan; and William went into North Wales, and from him sprang the Adams of Carmathanshire (now known by the name of Ap Adam) of the Adams of Pembrokeshire.

Source:

Whittemore, Henry, History of the Adams Family,

New York: Willis McDonald and Co., (1893), pp. 67-68.

Descendants of Mingo Adams

(Personal information on living individuals has been withheld)

The earliest ancestor I have found on the Adams side of the family is Mingo Adams. My aunt Christine Adams Tucker told me, shortly after I began my research in 1973, that my grandfather Harvey Adams’ parents were Mingo and Rachel. Mingo was born about 1833 in Alabama, Arkansas, or Mississippi as listed in several records.

Anthony Neal, a cousin and fellow researcher, informed me that Maria Adams was thought to be the mother of Mingo after she was found listed on the Census with a son Levi Adams whose birth year was the same as Mingo’s brother Levi Adams. Maria Adams is listed here a possibility of being the first generation. This has not been proved.

There is also a possibility that Levi and Mingo might be George and Ephraim who were slaves of William Adams of Mississippi who died in 1842. William Adams never married. His slaves were distributed among his brothers and sisters. It was not determined who received George and Ephraim.

Descendants of Maria Adams

Generation No. 1

1. MARIA¹ ADAMS was born 1793 in Maryland.

1850 U. S. Federal Census, Howard, Anne Arundel, Maryland;

Roll: M432_278; Page: 501; Image: 468.

Maria Adams 57 F M Maryland (Estimated year of birth - 1793)

Levi 21 M M Maryland (Estimated year of birth - 1829)

Mary Boon 2 F M Maryland (Estimated year of birth - 1848)

Children of MARIA ADAMS are:

2. i. LEVI² ADAMS, b. 1832, Maryland;

3. ii. MINGO ADAMS, b. May 1833, Mississippi;

4. iii. SARAH ADAMS, b. 1832, Mississippi.

Generation No. 2

2. LEVI² ADAMS (MARIA¹) was born 1832 in Maryland. He married AMANDA. She was born 1835 in Kentucky.

Notes for LEVI ADAMS:

MINGO, LEVIE and SARAH were deeded as gifts to Henry Cato from Burrell Cato November 4th, 1842. The next day on November 5th, 1842, Henry Cato deeded as gifts slaves LEVI and SARAH to Frances Cato. On January 27, 1849, SARAH about 16 or 17 years and her 5 or 6 months child MARTIN were deeded as gifts to Mahala Gray from Frances Cato. The negro boy LEVI about 16 years was deeded as a gift to Sterling Cato from Frances Cato

on January 27, 1849.

Jefferson County Deed Book E - Pages 451 & 452 - (Deeds of 1842) - Microfilm Number: 12012

Jefferson County Deed Book G - Pages 89 & 125 (Deeds of 1849) - Microfilm Number: 12013

Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

1870 > MISSISSIPPI > JEFFERSON > UNION CHURCH P O

Series: M593 Roll: 733 Page: 23

Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

ADAMS LEVI 38 M B MS MS JEFFERSON UNION CHURCH P O 1870

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Township 8, Jefferson, Mississippi;

Roll: M593_733; Page: 23; Image: 46.

Adams, Levi 35 M B Fame Laborer Mississippi

Amanda 32 F B " " Ky

Kentuck 11 M M " " Mississippi

Web 9 M B at home "

Mary Jane 2 F M at home "

1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_655; Family History Film: 1254655; Page: 121.1000;

Enumeration District: 35; Image: 0241.

Adams, Levi B M 48 Farmer Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Amanda B F 36 Wife House Keeping Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky

Mary B F 14 Daughter At Home Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Webb B M 20 Son Farmer Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Jane B F 21 Wife House Keeping Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Levi is living in Caseyville, Lincoln County, Mississippi during the 1880 Census. The ancestry.com index lists him with Amanda and Mary only. The actual census document has Webb and Jane listed in the household.

1880 > MISSISSIPPI > LINCOLN > CASEYVILLE

Series: T9 Roll: 655 Page: 121

Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

ADAMS LEVI 48 B MS MS MS LINCOLN CASEYVILLE 1880

Levi Adams gave a deposition for Sterling Cato before the Southern Claims Commission. Linda Durr Rudd was told that Levi may have been a Free Person of Color. She doesn’t have the evidence to support this theory other than that Levi never says in his deposition that he was a slave of Sterling Cato, only that he lived on his place.

1873 Deposition of Levi Adams (col’d) in the
Southern Claims File of Sterling Cato
Compiled by Linda Durr Rudd
Deposition Obtained from Cynthia Benua

Levi Adams being duly sworn doth depose and say my name is Levi Adams. I am 39 years of age reside upon the plantation of Mr. Sterling Cato…..and am by occupation a farmer. I resided upon the plantation of Mr. Cato all through the war, and one morning in the spring of the year during one of the years of the war I do not now recollect the year—Genl Grierson came thro here—I had been down to the horse lot and had just fed the stock and was on the point of returning when my attention was called to a body of cavalrymen who were coming up the road. They rode up to where I was and on by. Some of them in the mean time stopped and went into the horse pasture they opened the big gate as they went in, they caught the two mules that were in the lot and a blaze-faced sorrel horse changed their saddle and bridles from some worn out mules that they were riding to Mr. Cato’s and immediately rode out and joined the main body. Three of the mules that they left we fed and took care of that year and we managed to plow them a little—I also saw the Grey horse that Mr. Cato used to ride—one of the soldiers rode him in the yard. I think he came in for the purpose of getting water. He stopped but a short time when he rode off with others who had come in the yard with him, later in the year another raid came through here. There was about 40 or 50 men two of them stopped at our horse lot and took out two mules, and put saddles and bridles upon them that they had upon some broken down horses that they were riding—and rode them off. They had got but a short distance when they met Mr. Marshall Clark who was riding a bay horse. He was returning home from Mill and had a sack of meal upon his horse. They stopped him pushed the sack of meal off—took the saddle and bridle off from one of Mr. Cato’s mules and put them on the horse and rode along—Mr. Clark knew the mule and rode him here and gave him up to Mr. Cato—who gave him one of the old horses that the soldiers had left—the other horse that was left was old and broken down, we kept him—he was worth about $25. I would not have given that for him he was an old baldfaced brown—we kept him I do not know what ever became of him—…..the two mules taken were a dark and light bay I broke them both and they were worth anybody $200 a piece…..The last raid stopped here about an hour and fed their horses from the corn crib. Came in the house and took the plates off from the table and toted off what there was upon the plates and took all down to where their horses were eating and they they got through they left the plates lying upon the side of the road. I do not know how much that they fed but they could not have fed less than 10 barrels or bushels. Both of the times that the stock was taken it was early in the morning. Mr. Grierson took off the grey horse and the sorrel horse and the two mules and the last raid took off one bay mule making five altogether—from the looks of the stock that they left behind them I think they needed the horses and mules that they got from Mr. Cato—….I cannot tell what year it was both of the raids came through in one year—Mr. Cato and all of us were bothered a great deal for plow stock them a week or two and then sent them on home. These were the only two raids that came out here during the war—they were Yankee soldiers—We never got any of the horses or mules back that they took from us, and we did not look for them. We heard that the sorrel horse was left at Brookhaven but we never found him—I have no interest in this claim of any kind—I recollect everything that happened very well—it was not often such sights were to be seen—

Levi Adams

Sworn and subscribed 28 day of Oct 1873 before CN Wilson Special Commsr

Sources:

From the Research Notes of Cynthia Benua, Cato Descendant

NARA. Record Group 123. United States Court of Claims--Congressional Jurisdiction.

Southern Claim File of Sterling Cato. Case # 865.

The Cato Family's Slaves

Linda Durr Rudd

“Remembering Their Names”

(What I found was -)

The Union troops mentioned in the deposition of Levi Adams are most likely troops from General Grierson’s units.

General Benjamin Henry Grierson was a U. S. Army cavalry general during the Civil War. In December of 1862, he participated in the pursuit of Confederate Earl Van Dorn after his Holly Springs raid against the supply lines of General Ulysses S. Grant.

Grierson led Grierson’s Raid in 1863, a major diversionary thrust deep unto the Confederacy, ordered by Grant as part of his Vicksburg Campaign. He departed from LaGrange, Tennessee, on April 17, in command of 1,700 men of the 6^th and 7^th Illinois and the 2^nd Iowa Cavalry regiments. Over 17 days, his command marched 800 miles, re-peatedly engaged the Confederates, disabled two railroads, captured many prisoners and horse, and destroyed vast amounts of property, finally ending in Baton Rouge on May 2. More importantly, he diverted attention of the Confederate defenders of Vicksburg away General Grant’s main thrust. He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in June. In 1864 he was assigned to the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Mississippi and in 1865 he took part in a campaign against Mobile. On March 2, 1867, Grierson received a brevet promotion to the rank of major general in the regular army for his famous raid.

Grierson decided to remain in the regular army after the war and received the rank of colonel. He organized the 10^th U. S. Cavalry, one of two mounted regiments composed of black enlisted men and white officers, called the Buffalo Soldiers.

The part of Colonel Marlowe, played by John Wayne in the movie The Horse Soldiers, is loosely based on Grierson.

Sources:

Dee Brown Grierson’s Raid: A Cavalry Adventure of the Civil War

Warner, Ezra J., General’s in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1964.

Burel Cato to Henry Cato

Deed of Gift

Received for Record the 7th day of november 1842

This indentured made the 4th day of November A.D. between Burrel Cato of the County and State aforesaid of the one part and Henry Cato son of the said Burrel Cato of the same place. Witnesseth that the said Burel Cato for, and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he have and bear unto the said Henry Cato his son have given granted and aliened (?) and confirmed by these present do give, grant, aliened, (?) and confirmed unto the said Henry Cato his son, his heirs and assigns all the rights, title and interest in and to (?) of the said Burel Cato negros viz. MINGO, LEVIE, & SARAH, slaves for life to have and to hold the above named negroes together with all and singular the advantages and hand and seal this 4th day of November A.D. 1842.

Burrel Cato (Seal)

Test Neill Buie Sen'r

Source:

State of Mississippi

Jefferson County Deed Book E, Page 451

Microfilm Number: 12012

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Sent to me by Linda Durr Rudd

Cynthia, Sent this one so you can have the source where this particular deed is found.

More About AMANDA:

Census: 1910, Copiah Co., Mississippi

Source: 1910 U. S. Federal Census, Gallman, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T624_737; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 573.

Children of LEVI ADAMS and AMANDA are:

i. WEBSTER³ ADAMS, b. 1861, Union Church, Jefferson County, Mississippi; m. MARY JANE; b. 1860.

5. ii. MARY JANE ADAMS, b. 1868, Union Church, Jefferson County, Mississippi.

Until recently, the earliest record I had of Mingo Adams and Rachel was a Freedmen’s Bureau Records labor contract sent to me by Linda Durr Rudd, a Mississippi family history researcher and cousin. Mingo Adams and Rachel Adams are listed on a labor contract dated January 1866 to work a plantation for Henry Cato and David McRee in Copiah County, Mississippi.

3. MINGO² ADAMS (MARIA¹) (Source: Name information from my aunt Christine Adams Tucker) was born May 1833 in Mississippi (Source: 1900 U. S, Federal Census, Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi; Roll: T623 817; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 102). He married (1) RACHEL NEWEL. She was born Apr 1843 in Mississippi. He married (2) MELVINA RILEY in 1881, daughter of THOMAS RILEY and CELIA. She was born Apr 1857 in Hinds County, Mississippi, and died 08 Nov 1930 in Arcola, Washington County, Mississippi (Source: Mississippi Death Certificate .).

Notes for MINGO ADAMS:

1870 Census index lists Mingo Adams as born in Alaska. The actual copy of the 1870 Census lists Mingo Adams' place of birth as ArK (possibly Arkansas). Subsequent census records show his place of birth as Mississippi.

Year of Birth listed as 1833 and 1837.

For 1833 he would be approx. 17 in the 1850 Slave Schedules and approx. 27 in the 1860 Slave Schedules.

For 1837 he would be approx. 13 in the 1850 Slave Schedules and approx. 23 in the 1860 Slave Schedules.

Earlier in my research there was the possibility that Mingo may have been slave Andrew Ephraim, age 9, son of Elizabeth, age 30, sold with her daughter, Pesliss, age 2, and James, age 35, to Mary Polly Adams Redd and Levi Laird Redd by Nancy Ann Adams Brown and William Brown. Date of the sale, January 2, 1843. Mary and Nancy were sisters and the daughters of Robert Adams from South Carolina. Nancy received the slaves from her brother William Adams in his will when he died in 1842. William inherited the slaves from his father Robert. Elizabeth was William's personal slave and rumor has it that Elizabeth's son, Andrew Ephraim, was fathered by William. However, James, Elizabeth, Andrew, and Pesliss may have been a family group. This information was received from Debra Keeton, a family history researcher and descendant of William Adams.

Also in my earlier research was the possibility that Mingo may have been a slave of Charles M. Adams, Doctor, born 1835, Georgia, who lived in Hinds, County, Mississippi, but also lived in other Mississippi counties.

1860 U. S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Brookhaven, Lawrence County, Mississippi

C. M. Adams - 1 Slave

Age Gender Race

28 M Mulatto (Estimated year of birth 1832)

Records of the Freedman's Bureau Office of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands

- Contracts were made shortly after emancipation and in some cases they represent the first listing of the names

of former slaves as free persons.

Louisiana M1027

Mississippi M826 Reel 42

Occupation 1866 Copiah Co., MS (Freedmen's Records)

Freedmen's Bureau Records

January 1, 1866 Microfiche Number 49-007, Roll Number 2022

Mississippi Archives

Freedmen Labor Contract - List of Freedmen

Planter: Henry Cato and David McRee

Plantation: D. McRee

County: Copiah

Date: January 01, 1866

Microfiche Number: 49-007

Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd

NAME

Mingo Adams

Rachel Adams

Tony Coleman

Anderson Franklin

John Erain

Ann Redrick

Luke Redrick

Samuel Redrick

Willis Ferrell

Mariah Ferrell

Lydia Holmes

Harriett Thomas

Levie Newel

Jack Newel

father of Levi

Freedmen Labor Contracts - List of Freedmen

Planter: Henry Cato and David McRee

Plantation: McRee's Farm

County: Copiah

Microfiche Number: 49-204

NAME

Ely Barnes

Enoch Barnes

Stephen Allen

Dorcus Allen

Oma Thompson

Penne Thompson

Extracted by: Linda Durr Rudd

“Remembering Their Names”

Information from the labor contract can be viewed at:

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/gljmr/McRee.html

I searched online and found the following:

FREEDMEN'S BUREAU HELP PAGE

After the Civil War, former slaves were given the opportunity to enter into work contracts with planters to ensure equitable payment for their labor. The Freedmen's Bureau (officially the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands) was established by Congress to supervise all affairs relating to refugees and freedmen, including the writing of labor contracts of planters/farmers with freedmen. The Mississippi labor contracts that

are indexed cover the period 1865-67 and are taken from the National Archives microfilm M826 rolls (43-50). One additional roll for Tennessee, M999 (roll 25), includes a small number of Mississippi contracts; only the Mississippi contracts were indexed.

In 1860 Mississippi had 436,631 slaves; these contracts contain the names of some 36,000+ of those former slaves.

There are no contracts for six (6) counties: Amite, Claiborne, Greene, Jefferson, Lafayette, and Perry. For searches of a county created after the Civil War (Alcorn, Benton, Forrest, George, Humphreys, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Leflore, Montgomery, Pearl River, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Stone, Tate, Union, and Webster), the parent county must be queried.

The contracts must include the former slaves' names (many times only given a name), where they were working (usually a county but sometimes also a plantation), age (not always given), family relationships (given infrequently), their employers (planter), terms of their pay (whether in money or crops or both), and in some instances, comments on their health. The terms of the pay are not included in the database.

Searches can be made four ways. The search may also be qualified by specifying a county.

Some definitions:

Freedman - This is the individual who is agreeing to work for a set wage. Where a full name was recorded, it is entered, last name first. When given named included adjectives such as "Big," "Yellow," or "Old," the adjectives are entered as part of the given name: "Big Sara," "Old George," etc. Illegible names are noted as such. Variants in spelled are retained as found.

Planter - The employer (or his agent) of the freedman, last name entered first

Plantation - If a plantation had a name other than that of the planter family, this field was used.

(Example: Chesterfield; example: Hawkins Place, the planter's name was not Hawkins). When the name of the plantation and the planter surname were the same, the plantation field was not used. If the freedman worked for the railroad or a company, that information would appear here also.

County - The location of the plantation or the home county of the planter.

Search Results:

Age - The age of the freedman if given on the contract. If no age was recorded, a zero is entered. A child's age is given in months or months and years is converted to the next highest year. For example 3 months = 1 year.

Remarks - The contract may have recorded remarks and/or symbols to indicate freedmen relationships. These remarks are entered using "see" references. Example: The names John and Mary are bracketed on the contract, indicating a couple. On the index, when John is in the freedman field, the remarks read, "See Mary."

Microfilm is self serve in the Media Reading Room.

Name Age County Planter Plantation Date Contract No. Roll No.

Adams, David 0 Neshoba Adams, John Q. 08/21/1865 141 2574

Adams, Minga 0 Copiah Cato, Henry & David McRee McRee, D. 01/01/1866 007 2022

Adams, Rachel 0 Copiah Cato, Henry & David McRee McRee, D. 01/01/1866 007 2022

Adams, Louisa 0 Neshoba Adams, John Q. 08/21/1865 141 2574

Adams, Martha 0 Neshoba Adams, John Q. 08/21/1865 141 2574

Adams, David 0 Neshoba Adams, John Q. 08/21/1865 141 2574

Adams, Peter 0 Neshoba Adams, John Q. 08/21/1865 141 2574

Adams, Mary 0 Neshoba Adams, John Q. 08/21/1865 141 2574

Newel, Jack 0 Copiah Cato, Henry & David McRee McRee, D. 01/01/1866 007 2022

Newel, Levie 0 Copiah Cato, Henry & David McRee McRee, D. 01/01/1866 007 2022

Name Age County Planter Plantation Date Contract Number Roll Number

Adams, 0 Copiah Cato, Henry & McRee, D 01/01/1866 007 2022

Minga David McRee

Adams, 0 Copiah Cato, Henry & McRee, D 01/01/1866 007 2022

Rachel David McRee

Source:

National Archives and Records Administration,

African American Records: The Freedmen’s Bureau, 1865-1872

http://archives.gov/research/african-americans/freedmens-bureau/#state

Linda Durr Rudd sent me information that Burrell Cato gave a gift of three slaves, Levi, Mingo, and Sarah, to his son Henry Cato.

MINGO, LEVIE and SARAH were deeded as gifts to Henry Cato from Burrell Cato November 4th, 1842. The next day on November 5th, 1842, Henry Cato deeded as gifts slaves LEVI and SARAH to Frances Cato. On January 27, 1849, SARAH about 16 or 17 years and her 5 or 6 months child MARTIN were deeded as gifts to Mahala Gray from Frances Cato. The negro boy LEVI about 16 years was deeded as a gift to Sterling Cato from Frances Cato

on January 27, 1849.

Jefferson County Deed Book E - Pages 451 & 452 - (Deeds of 1842) - Microfilm Number: 12012

Jefferson County Deed Book G - Pages 89 & 125 (Deeds of 1849) - Microfilm Number: 12013

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Further information on this can be viewed by going to the web page:

The Cato Family Slaves

Remembering the Cato Slaves

Copiah and Jefferson Counties, Mississippi

by Linda Durr Rudd

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/gljmr/Cato.html

The following information received through Linda Durr Rudd from Cynthia Benua of Ireland, a descendant of the Cato family.

Burel Cato to Henry Cato

Deed of Gift

Received for Record the 7th day of november 1842

This indentured made the 4th day of November A.D. between Burrel Cato of the County and State aforesaid of the one part and Henry Cato son of the said Burrel Cato of the same place. Witnesseth that the said Burel Cato for, and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he have and bear unto the said Henry Cato his son have given granted and aliened (?) and confirmed by these present do give, grant, aliened, (?) and confirmed unto the said Henry Cato his son, his heirs and assigns all the rights, title and interest in and to (?) of the said Burel Cato negros viz. MINGO, LEVIE, & SARAH, slaves for life to have and to hold the above named negroes together with all and singular the advantages and hand and seal this 4th day of November A.D. 1842.

Burrel Cato (Seal)

Test Neill Buie Sen'r

Source:

State of Mississippi

Jefferson County Deed Book E, Page 451

Microfilm Number: 12012

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Townships 9 and 10 east of RR, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: M593_727; Page: 248; Image: 499

Adams, Mingo 33 M B Farmer Ark

" Rachel 29 F M Keeping House Miss

" Harriet 5 F M Miss

" Calvin E 3 M M Miss

" Allen M 1 M Miss

" Mashae 2/12 M M Miss

1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C;

Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713

Adam, Mingo B M 47 Farmer Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

" Rachel Mu F 37 Wife Keeping House " " "

" Hariette B F 16 Daughter " " "

" Calvin B M 15 Son Farmer " " "

" Allen M B M 12 Son Farmer (Rheumatic) " " "

" Meschack B M 10 Son Farmer " " "

" Jack B M 8 Son " " "

" Mila B F 6 Daughter " " "

" Leon B M 4 Son " " "

" Harvey B M 1 Son " " "

" Debby B F 2 Daughter " " "

" Martin B M 8 Son " " "

" Mary B F 6 Daughter " " "

" Huckie B M 2 Son " " "

Educable Children – Lincoln County, Mississippi – 1892 Colored – Additionals - A

Compiled by John Paul Smith

Transcribed by Barbara Prestridge

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Note: Some full names & spouses filled in by transcriptionist from my own personal records

Please let me know if you find any errors.

Educable Children - Lincoln County, Mississippi - 1892Colored - Additionals - A

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Anthony

Children Age/Sex

Roena 15 f

Pink 13 m

Starline 9 m

Beauregard 7 m

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Isaac

Children Age/Sex

Sharper 15 m

Henry 13 m

Lern 11 m

Blanche 9 f

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Mingo

Children Age/Sex

Millie 18 f

Mary 16 f

Leon 16 m

Eva 14 f

Luther 13 m

Harvey 12 m

J. P. 9 m

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Smylie

Children Age/Sex

Maggie 6 f

Swangan, Tom 5 m

Source:

RootWeb MSGenWeb

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslincol/linc_colored_a.htm

Presented by permission from Ann Geoghegan, Lincoln County Coordinator, MSGenWeb.

1885 Educable Children List - Lincoln County - Fifth District

Parent/Guardian

Mingo Adams

Children

Calvin 19 male

Merchart 17 male

Machack 14 male

Jack 12 male

Martin 9 male

Wylie 10 male

Abby 7 female

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, District 102, Lincoln, Mississippi.

Roll: T623_817; Page 7A; Enumeration District:102.

Adams, Mingo Head B M May 1833 67 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Farmer

" Melvina Wife B F Apr 1840 60 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

" John Son B M Mch1882 18 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Farm Laborer

" Levi Son B M Apr 1888 12 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Farm Laborer

" Arty Son B M Dec1890 10 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi At school

" Calvin Son B M Feb 1895 5 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

" Charley Son B M Mch1892 8 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi At school

The transcriber on ancestry.com incorrectly spelled Mingo’s as Mona and Melvina’s name as Mann in the index.

The transcriber also listed the family as white. The actual census document shows their names to be Mingo and Melvina as written by the Census Enumerator in 1900. The family is listed as “B” for Black on the actual census document.

7 July 2007

Aunt Gertrude Johnson Adams Hill, age 93, at her home in Brookhaven, Mississippi related, in summary, that Mingo was full blood Cherokee. He lived on Indian land. He came from a plantation near New Orleans owned

by a family related to John Quincy Adams, the President.

Rachel came from Canada. John Newell brought her from Canada (spelled Newerl by Aunt Gert).

The Newells. They all related to the Britts. They related to the Whites.

The White family's real name is Washington. They could not spell Washington, so it was written as White.

Mingo and Rachel are buried in the cemetery by Old Ebenezer.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Library, Online Catalog

Mississippi Genealogical Society.:

Cemetery and Bible records /compiled by Mississippi Genealogical Society

Ebenezer Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi

Call Number 929.3/m69g

Volume 1

Page 100

Some history on the Mississippi counties I am researching where the Adams and related families lived:

Amite County

1809, formed from central and eastern Wilkinson County, and lost some to Franklin County.
    1810, lost some land to Franklin County.
    1819, gained land from Franklin County.
    1821, gained land from Wilkinson County.
    1870, lost land to form Lincoln County.
    1871, gained land from Franklin County and Lincoln County.
    1873, lost land to Franklin County. Lost land to Lincoln County.

Claiborne County

1802, formed from northwest Pickering County.
    1809, lost north to form Warren County.
    1811, gained from Jefferson County.
    1820, lost land to Jefferson County.
    1829, gained some land from Warren County.

Copiah County

    1823, formed from south quarter of Hinds County, and part of Franklin County.
    1824, lost east half to form Simpson County.
    1870, lost land to form Lincoln County.

Franklin County

1809, formed mainly from central and east Adams County, with some from Amite County,

Wilkinson County, and non-county territory.  Lost some to Jefferson County.
    1810, gained some from Amite County.
    1819, lost to Amite County.
    1822, gained from Jefferson County.
    1823, lost to form Copiah County.  Lost to Jefferson County.
    1870, lost land to form Lincoln County.
    1871, lost land to Amite County.
    1873, gained land from Amite County.
    1875, gained land from Lincoln County.

Hinds County

1821, formed from non-county area from Choctaw Cession of 1820.
    1823, lost south quarter to form Copiah County.  Lost north half to form Yazoo County.  Lost

some to Warren County.
    1828, lost east half to form Rankin County.
    1829, lost to Madison County.
    1840, exchanged land with Madison County.

Jefferson County

1802, formed from southwest Pickering County.
    1809, gained some from Adams County and Franklin County.
    1811, lost some to Claiborne County.
    1820, gained land from Claiborne County.
    1822, lost to Franklin County.
    1823, gained from Franklin County.

Lawrence County

1814, formed from north Marion County.
    1819, lost east land to form Covington County.  Lost land to Marion County.
    1825, lost land to Pike County.  Lost land to Covington County.
    1827, lost land to Pike County.
    1870, lost land to form Lincoln County.
    1878, lost land to Lincoln County.
    1880, gained land from Pike County.
    1884, gained land from Marion County.  Gained land from Pike County.
    1906, lost land to form Jefferson Davis County.
    1908, exchanged land with Pike County.

Lincoln County was formed in 1870 from parts of

1870, formed from Amite County, Copiah County, Franklin County, Lawrence County, and Pike County.
    1871, lost land to Amite County.
    1873, gained land from Amite County.
    1875, lost land to Franklin County.
    1878, gained land from Lawrence County.

Madison County

1828, formed from east half of Yazoo County.
    1829, gained from Hinds County.  Some non-county areas of unceded Indian lands (mostly

Choctaw) are attached to county.
    1830, gained attached non-county land to northeast
    1831, lost land to Lowndes County.
    1833, lost north half to form Attala County.  Lost land to form Choctaw County.  Lost some

central part to form Leake County.  Lost land to form Neshoba County.  Lost land to form

Winston County.  Gained from Rankin County.
    1838, lost land to Scott County.
    1840, exchanged land with Hinds County.
    1859, lost land to Scott County.

Source:

Mississippi Genealogy Network

http://www.msgen.net/co/formation.html

It helps to learn the geography and history of the areas of the farms and plantations. Some families consisted

of members born in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The truth is that the families lived in the same place, never moved, while the areas changed from Georgia, to Alabama, to Mississippi. Even the name of the county changed over the years.

Wayne County derived from the Mississippi Territory (1798-1817) was created by act of the General Assembly of Mississippi Territory, December 21, 1809, and embraced the western, or Mississippi portion, of the old county of Washington, established in 1800 by proclamation of Governor Sargent and perpetuated in the present county of that name in Alabama.

Out of the vast region have been subsequently carved the counties of Greene, Covington, Jones, Perry, Lamar, and those portions of Lawrence and Marion lying east of the Pearl River. Finally, the act of December 23, 1833, which divided the Choctaw cession of 1830 into counties, declared that “all the territory south of Clarke County, known as the Higoowanne reserve, be, and the same is attached to, and shall constitute a part of Wayne County.”

The King of England degreed that Florida should be formed into to governments, called the provinces of east and West Florida; that the northern line of West Florida should be the line of 31 degrees, to the run from the Chattahoochie to the Mississippi. But afterwards, understanding that this line did not embrace the valuable settlements of Natchez and above there, he again decreed the boundaries of West Florida to be as follows:

a line to begin at the mouth of the yazoo, where that stream joins the Mississippi, and to run east to the Chattahoochie; thence down the Chattahoocie, to the mouth of the Apalachicola; thence westward, along the

coast of the Gulf, and through Lakes Borgne, Pontchartrain abd Maurapas, up to the river Amite; then along

Bayou Iberville, to the Mississippi river, and up the middle of that river, to the mouth of the Yazoo.

The territory within these lines, which was known for a period, dating from 1764 to 1781, as West Florida, embraced a large portion of the present States of Alabama and Mississippi. The northern lines of the British province of West Florida, thus constituted, was that of 32 degrees 28 feet, was embraced in the British province

of Illinois. The province of Illinois was not only made to embrace more than half of our State and more than half of Mississippi, but also the western portions of Tennessee, Kentucky, and the country from thence to Lake Michigan, the province of West Florida, which was made to embrace the southern portion of Alabama, extended from the line of 32 degrees 28 feet, southward, to the Gulf of Mexico. We are thus particular in elucidating the British division of our State, because, hereafter, the reader will be made acquainted with the contentions which arose with the Spaniards, Georgians, and the Federal Government, in relation to it.

Source:

Michigan Historical Reprint Series, History of Alabama, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the earliest period, Chapter IV, pages 2-4, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2005.

More About MINGO ADAMS:

Occupation: 1866, Copiah Co., MS (Freedmen's Records)

Source: Freedmen's Bureau Records January 1, 1866 Microfiche Number 49-007,

Roll Number 2022 Mississippi Archives

I obtained a copy of the original contract from the Mississippi Archives through Linda Durr Rudd

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Townships 9 and 10 east of RR, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: M593_727; Page: 248; Image: 499

Adams, Mingo 33 M B Farmer Ark

" Rachel 29 F M Keeping House MS

" Harriet 5 F M MS

" Calvin E 3 M M MS

" Allen M 1 M M MS

" Mashae 2/12 M M MS

Post Office: Beauregard.

1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713

Adam, Mingo B M 47 Farmer MS MS MS

" Rachel Mu F 37 Wife Keeping House " " "

" Hariette B F 16 Daughter " " "

" Calvin B M 15 Son Farmer " " "

" Allen M B M 12 Son Farmer (Rheumatic) " " "

" Meschack B M 10 Son Farmer " " "

" Jack B M 8 Son " " "

" Mila B F 6 Daughter " " "

" Leon B M 4 Son " " "

" Harvey B M 1 Son " " "

" Debby B F 2 Daughter " " "

" Martin B M 8 Son " " "

" Mary B F 6 Daughter " " "

" Huckie B M 2 Son " " "

Education: 1892, Lincoln Co., MS - Educable Children

Source:

Educable Children - Lincoln County, Mississippi - 1892 Colored - Additionals - A

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, District 102, Lincoln, Mississippi.

Roll: T623_817; Page 7A; Enumeration District:102

Adams, Mingo Head B M May 1833 MS MS MS Farmer

" Melvina Wife B F Apr 1840 MS MS MS

" John Son B M Mch 1882 MS MS MS

" Levi Son B M Apr 1888 MS MS MS

" Arty Son B M Dec 1890 MS MS MS

" Calvin Son B M Feb 1895 MS MS MS

" Charley Son B M Mch 1892 MS MS MS

The transcriber on ancestry.com made the following mistakes:

The family is listed as white on the ancestry.com index. The actual document has an "M" indicating Mulatto.

Mingo is listed as Mona in the ancestry.com index. The actual document has his name as Mingo.

Melvina is listed as Mann in the ancestry.com index. The actual document has her name as Melvina.

Calvin is listed as Camie in the ancestry.com index. The actual document has his name as Calvin.

Notes for RACHEL NEWEL:

I listed her as Rachel Newel based on a conversation with Aunt Gertrude.

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Townships 9 and 10 east of RR, Copiah, Mississippi

Post Office: Beauregard; Roll: M593_727; Page: 248; Image: 499

29 years old on 1870 Census (1841)

1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713

37 years old on 1880 Census (1843) Listed as Mulatto.

1920 U. S. Federal Census, Copiah, Mississippi

ED 58, Sheet 12, Line 56, enumerated with C. D. Adams

Adams, Rachel Mu age 76 (1844) MS - Georgetown

Possible: (Based on her name is listed as Rachel Johnson on the death certificate of Leon Adams, her son).

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: T623 809; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 63.

Johnson, Benjamin Head B M June 1844 55 Mississippi South Carolina North Carolina

Rachael Wife B F May 1844 56 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

1910 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 1, Madison, Mississippi;

Roll: T624_750; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 886.

Johnson, Rachel Head F B 70 Wd Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

1920 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 4, Warren, Mississippi;

Roll: T625_897; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 1020.

Johnson, Rachel Head F B 75 Wd Mississippi Mississippi Virginia

Jones, Alice Daughter F B 21 Wd Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Adam, Thomas grandson M B 4 1/12 S Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Jones, Mary granddau F B 2 3/12 S Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

---- Caroline granddau F B 11/12 S Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Notes for MELVINA RILEY:

Her death certificate lists her father’s last name as Riley.

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Township 3, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: M593_730; Page: 401; Image: 16.

Riley, Thomas 59 M B Farm Laborer Georgia

Celia 50 F B Farm Laborer Georgia

Prince 21 M B Farm Laborer Mississippi

Adline 15 F B Farm Laborer Mississippi

Melvina 12 F B Farm Laborer Mississippi

Adelia 11 F B Farm Labroer Mississippi

Dyfus 9 M B Farm Laborer Mississippi

Baby 6 M B Farm Laborer Mississippi

1880; Census Place: Boltons Depot, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_648; Family History Film: 1254648; Page: 177.4000; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 0723.

Riley, Thomas B M 69 Farm Laborer Georgia Va Va

Melvina B F 22 Dauighter Farm Laborer Mississippi Ga Ga

Delia A B F 21 Daughter Farm Laborer Mississippi Ga Ga

Emelo B M 19 Son Farm Laborer Mississippi Ga Ga

Henry B M 16 Son Farm Laborer Mississippi Ga Ga

More About MINGO ADAMS and MELVINA RILEY:

Marriage: 1881

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, District 102, Lincoln, Mississippi.

Roll: T623_817; Page 7A; Enumeration District:102.

(listed as wife if Mingo Adams)

1910 U. S. Federal Census (not yet found)

1920 U. S. Federal Census (not yet found)

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: T626_1148; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 0108.

Morgan, Ardelia Head F Neg 70 Mississippi Georgia Georhia Cook Private Home

Adams, Melvina Sister F Neg 72 Mississippi Georgia Georgia Nurse Private Home

Standard Certificate of Death

Mississippi State Board of Health

Place of Death County - Arcola, Washington County Registered No. 20001

Full Name - Melvina Adams

Residence - Arcola

Personal and Statistical Particulars Medical Certificate of Death

Sex Color or Race Date of Death - Nov 8, 1930, 11-30am

Fem C Widowed

Date of Birth -

Age - 73

Occupation - Mid Wife

Birthplace - Hinds Co, Miss

Father

Name - Tom Riley

Birhplace - Ga

Mother

Name - Celia Riley

Birthplace = Ga

Informant - ???? Hicks

Burial - Place ???? Date - Nov 1oth 1930

Undertaker - ???? Co. Signed - Thos F. Millson

Filed - 11/9, 1930 Thos F. Millson Address - Arcola, Miss

Dr. Willson

(Copy of Death certificate obtained from Mississippi Death Records through Linda Durr Rudd.)

Children of MINGO ADAMS and RACHEL NEWEL are:

i. HARRIETT E.³ ADAMS, b. 1864, MS.

6. ii. CALVIN E. SR. ADAMS, b. 1865, MS.

iii. ALLEN M. ADAMS, b. 1868, MS.

7. iv. Meshac, ADAMS, b. May 1870, MS.

8. v. JOHN JACK ADAMS, b. 1872, MS.

vi. MARTIN ADAMS, b. 1872, MS.

vii. MARY ADAMS, b. 1874, MS.

9. viii. MILA MILLIE ADAMS, b. Nov 1874, MS.

ix. LEON ADAMS, b. 15 Aug 1875, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 31 Mar 1916, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

Death Certificate – Lincoln County, Mississippi

Leon Adam - MS1916 - 4910

Died in Brookhaven March 31, 1916 of chronic nephritis

Male, Negro, Single, born August 15, 1875 in MS, saw mill laborer

father - Mingo Adams

mother - Rachel Johnson

Informant M. H? Adams

buried in Rosehill Cemetery

Source:

(Copy of death certificate received from Linda Durr Rudd)

x. LUTHER ADAMS, b. 1877, MS.

xi. DEBBEY ADAMS, b. 1878, MS.

xii. EVA ADAMS, b. 1878, MS.

xiii. HUCKIE ADAMS, b. 1878, MS.

10. xiv. HARVEY SR. ADAMS, b. 05 Nov 1878, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 1949, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

Children of MINGO ADAMS and MELVINA RILEY are:

11. xv. JOHN Q.³ ADAMS, b. 03 Mar 1881, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Nov 1978, Madison Co., MS.

xvi. LEVI ADAMS, b. Apr 1888, MS.

xvii. ARTY ADAMS, b. Dec 1889, MS.

xviii. CHARLEY ADAMS, b. Mar 1892, MS.

xix. CALVIN ADAMS, b. Feb 1895, MS.

xx. J. P. ADAMS, b. 1891, MS.

4. SARAH² ADAMS (MARIA¹) was born 1832 in MS.

Notes for SARAH ADAMS:

MINGO, LEVIE and SARAH were deeded as gifts to Henry Cato from Burrell Cato November 4th, 1842. The next day on November 5th, 1842, Henry Cato deeded as gifts slaves LEVI and SARAH to Frances Cato. On January 27, 1849, SARAH about 16 or 17 years and her 5 or 6 months child MARTIN were deeded as gifts to Mahala Gray from Frances Cato. The negro boy LEVI about 16 years was deeded as a gift to Sterling Cato from Frances Cato on January 27, 1849.

Jefferson County Deed Book E - Pages 451 & 452 - (Deeds of 1842) - Microfilm Number: 12012

Jefferson County Deed Book G - Pages 89 & 125 (Deeds of 1849) - Microfilm Number: 12013

Child of SARAH ADAMS is:

i. MARTIN³ ADAMS, b. 1849.

Generation No. 3

5. WEBSTER³ ADAMS (LEVI², MARIA¹) was born 1861 in Union Church, Jefferson Co., MS, and died 04 Apr 1926 in Union Church, Jefferson Co., MS. He married (1) AMANDA MANDY. She was born Apr 1875 in MS. He married (2) MARY JANE SPILLER 10 Feb 1880 in Jefferson Co., MI. She was born 1860 in MS.

More About WEBSTER ADAMS and MARY SPILLER:

Marriage: 10 Feb 1880, Jefferson Co., MI

Children of WEBSTER ADAMS and MARY SPILLER are:

i. AMANDA⁴ ADAMS, b. 1880; d. 1880.

ii. ELVEY ADAMS, b. Sep 1882.

iii. RANDOLPH ADAMS, b. Aug 1887.

6. MARY JANE³ ADAMS (LEVI², MARIA¹) was born 1868 in Union Church, Jefferson Co., MS, and died 1939. She married JOHN DAVENPORT, son of LUCY ANN DAVENPORT. He was born 1867 in MS, and died 1946.

Notes for MARY JANE ADAMS:

1910, Copiah Co., MS (Source: 1910 U. S. Federal Census, Gallman, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T624_737; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 573.

Notes for JOHN DAVENPORT:

1910, Copiah Co., MS (Source: 1910 U. S. Federal Census, Gallman, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T624_737; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 573.

Children of MARY ADAMS and JOHN DAVENPORT are:

i. MATTIE⁴ DAVENPORT, b. 1887, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1962; m. PAUL PEMBERTON.

ii. LEE DAVENPORT, b. 17 Jan 1888, Crystal Springs, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1971; m. ALICE LYNCH; b. Copiah Co., MS.

iii. EPHRAIM DAVENPORT, b. 1891, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1950; m. MARTEAL DAVENPORT.

13. iv. ANNIE DAVENPORT, b. 18 Apr 1893, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1973.

v. JOHNNIE DAVENPORT, b. 1896, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1973; m. CLARENCE PETIT.

vi. AMANDA DAVENPORT, b. 19 Jul 1898, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1976, NY; m. BURNETT RYHMES; b. 1903, MS.

14. vii. JAMES DAVENPORT, b. 12 May 1902, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1973, MS.

15. viii. ROBERT DAVENPORT, b. 27 Mar 1905, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1981, Copiah Co., MS.

16. ix. HENRY DAVENPORT, b. 30 Apr 1907, Copiah Co., MS; d. 18 Jun 1994, Copiah Co., MS.

x. ALLEN DAVENPORT, b. 15 May 1912, Copiah Co., MS; d. 1981, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.

7. CALVIN E. SR.³ ADAMS (MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 1865 in MS. He married MARGARET LYNCH 27 Sep 1900 in Hinds Co., MS (Source: Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 Record), daughter of JOHN LYNCH and MARGARET O'BRIAN.). She was born 1868 in MS.

Notes for CALVIN E. SR. ADAMS:

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Townships 9 and 10 east of RR, Copiah, Mississippi,

Post Office: Beauregard; Roll: M593_727; Page: 248; Image: 499.

3 years old in 1870 Census

1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713.

15 years old in 1880 Census

1910 U. S. Federal Census, 3-WD, Hinds, Mississippi

Series: T624; Roll: 742; Page: 77A; Enumeration District: 21; Part 1; Line 22.

43 years old on 1880 Census

Calvin Adams M B 43 Head Mississippi Carpenter House

Maggie F B 38 Wife Mississippi Laundress Family

Anthony M B 19 Son Mississippi Bell Boy Hotel

Estella F B 17 Daughter Mississippi None

Calvin M B 16 Son Mississippi Porter Meat Market

Ellen F B 13 Daughter Mississippi None

More About CALVIN E. SR. ADAMS:

Census: 1870, Copiah Co., MS

Notes for MARGARET LYNCH:

Jackson, Mississippi has J.R. Lynch Street, named after her family.

(Information from Cynthia Crump)

More About MARGARET LYNCH:

Census: 1930, Hinds Co., MS (Source: 1930 U. S. Federal Census, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: 1147; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 903.0.

Marriage Notes for CALVIN ADAMS and MARGARET LYNCH:

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935

Name: Calvin Adams

Spouse: Maggie Lynch

Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1900

County: Hinds

Source:

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc

Children of CALVIN ADAMS and MARGARET LYNCH are:

17. i. JIM⁴ ADAMS, b. MS.

ii. CATELLO ADAMS, b. MS.

18. iii. CALVIN E. JR. ADAMS, b. 25 Dec 1895, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 03 Oct 1980, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.

iv. ANTHONY ADAMS, b. MS.

Notes for ANTHONY ADAMS:

Possible

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name: Anthony Adams

City: St Louis

County: St Louis (Independent City)

State: Missouri

Birthplace: Mississippi; United States of America

Birth Date:

Race: Black

Roll: 1683848

DraftBoard: 17

Age: 26

Occupation: Porter

Nearest Relative: Sister

Height/Build: Tall/Slender

Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown/Black

Signature: His own

Possible

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Chicago, Cook, Illinois;

Roll: 421; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 2432; Image: 94.0.

Adams, Anthony Head M Neg 22 M MS MS MS Tacker Mattress Factory

Sadie Wife F Neg 20 M LA LA LA None

Rhodes, Francis Lodger F Neg 38 Wd TN TN TN Maid Private Family

Educable Children - Lincoln County, Mississippi - 1892

Colored - Additionals - A

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Anthony

Children Age/Sex

Roena 15 f

Pink 13 m

Starline 9 m

Beauregard 7 m

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Isaac

Children Age/Sex

Sharper 15 m

Henry 13 m

Lern 11 m

Blanche 9 f

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Mingo

Children Age/Sex

Millie 18 f

Mary 16 f

Leon 16 m

Eva 14 f

Luther 13 m

Harvey 12 m

J. P. 9 m

Parent/Guardian

Adams, Smylie

Children Age/Sex

Maggie 6 f

Swanigan, Tom 5 m

Source:

The MS GenWeb Project

Compiled by John Paul Smith

Transcribed by Barbara Prestridge

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslincol/linc_colored_a.htm

19. v. ELLA ADAMS, b. 1898, MS.

20. vi. ESTELLE ADAMS, b. 1900, MS.

8. MESHAC.³ ADAMS (MINGO², MARIA¹) was born May 1870 in MS. He married ALICE LILY. She was born Sep 1870 in MS. (Name appears as Michael Adams in some census indexes).

Notes for Meshac ADAMS:

1870, Copiah Co., MS (Source: 1870 U. S. Federal Census, Townships 9 and 10 east of RR, Copiah, Mississippi; Post Office: Beauregard; Roll: M593_727; Page: 248; Image: 499.

Notes for ALICE LILY:

1910 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi;

Roll: T624_749; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 1174.

Adams, Lily Head F B 39 MS MS MS Farmer General Farm

Tucker, Hattie Daughter F B 21 MS MS MS Farm Laborer Home farm

Adams, Henderson Son M B 18 MS MS MS Farm Laborer Home Farm

Children of MESHAC ADAMS and ALICE LILY are:

i. HATTIE⁴ ADAMS, b. Apr 1888, MS; m. TUCKER.

ii. HENDERSON ADAMS, b. May 1890, MS.

iii. HOMER ADAMS, b. May 1900, MS.

9. JOHN JACK³ ADAMS (MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 1872 in MS. He married FRANCES. She was born 1871 in MS.

Notes for JOHN JACK ADAMS:

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 1, Lincoln, Mississippi;

Roll: 1156; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 741.0.

Adams, John Head M Neg 65 MS MS MS Farmer General Farm

Frances Wife F Neg 59 MS VA MS None

William C Son M Neg 12 MS MS MS None

More About JOHN JACK ADAMS:

Census: 1880, Copiah Co., MS (Source: 1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713.

Child of JOHN ADAMS and FRANCES is:

i. WILLIAM C.⁴ ADAMS, b. 1918.

10. MILA MILLIE³ ADAMS (MINGO², MARIA¹) was born Nov 1874 in MS. She married GEORGE THOMPSON 07 Jan 1893 in Copiah Co., MS. (No marriage record has been found).

Notes for MILA MILLIE ADAMS:

Miley Adams on marriage record

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi

Roll: T623_817; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 102.

Adams, Mila Head F M Nov 1873 20 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Servant

Thompson, Henry Son M M May 1895 5 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

More About MILA MILLIE ADAMS:

1880, Copiah Co., MS (Source: 1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi;

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713.

6 years old on 1880 Census

Education: 1892, Lincoln Co., MS - Educable Children

Source: Educable Children - Lincoln County, Mississippi - 1892 Colored - Additionals - A

More About GEORGE THOMPSON and MILA ADAMS:

Marriage: 07 Jan 1893, Copiah Co., MS

Child of MILA ADAMS and GEORGE THOMPSON is:

i. HENRY⁴ THOMPSON, b. May 1895, MS.

Notes for HENRY THOMPSON:

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi

Roll: T623_817; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 102.

Adams, Mila Head F M Nov 1873 20 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Servant

Thompson, Henry Son M M May 1895 5 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

11. HARVEY SR.³ ADAMS (MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 05 Nov 1878 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 1949 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS. He married (1) MARY LOUISE SIMMS 08 Jun 1901 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965), daughter of CHARLES SIMMS and ELLEN. She was born 10 May 1887 in MS, and died 30 May 1922 in MS.

He married (2) MARY JANE JOHNSON 04 Feb 1928 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965). She was born 1882 in MS.

Notes for HARVEY SR. ADAMS:

1 year old on 1880 Census

WWI Civilian Draft Registrations Record

September 12, 1918

Name: Adams, Harvey

Birth Date: 5 Nov 1878

Birth Place:

City/County: Lincoln

State: MS

Ethnicity: B

Source Information:

Banks, Ray, comp. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.

Database comprises partial index of microfilmed draft registration cards: United States. Selective Service System. Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications: M1509, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1987-88.

Military Records, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Mississippi, Lincoln County,

0, Draft Card A

Serial #1101; Order #2402;

Name: Harvey Adams; Home Address: RFD #3, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi;

Date of Birth: November 5, 1878; Race: Negro; Native Born; Present Occupation:

Farming; Employer: T. Hugh Smith;

Place of Employment or Business: RFD #3, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi;

Nearest Relative: Mary Adams;

Address: RFD #3, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi;

Signed - Harvey X (his mark) Adams;

Date: September 12, 1918

Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi 1893-1965

Mary Simms Harvey Adams

Book 2 Page 395 June 8, 1901

Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi 1893-1965

Mary Jane Johnson Harvey Adams

Book 15 Page 409 Feb 4, 1928

Notes for MARY LOUISE SIMMS:

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, District 102, Lincoln, Mississippi

Roll: T623_817; Page 5B; Enumeration District:102.

Listed as daughter of Head of Household, Clint Sims.

1910 U. S. Federal Census, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi

Series T624; Roll 749; Part 2; Page 33.

Listed as F/B Wife. Harvey and children listed as mulatto.

62 Caseyville Road.

1920 U. S. Federal Census, Red Star, Lincoln County, Mississippi

Roll: T625_885; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 480.

Mississippi Marriages - MS 2-38 Roll#25, Volume 2, 1898 - 1902

Adams, Harvey June 8, 1901 Mary Simms 395

More About MARY LOUISE SIMMS:

Census: 1900, Lincoln Co., Mississippi (Sims)

Marriage Notes for HARVEY ADAMS and MARY SIMMS:

Mississippi Marriages - MS 2-38 Roll#25, Volume 2, 1898 - 1902

Adams, Harvey June 8, 1901 Mary Simms 395

Notes for MARY JANE JOHNSON:

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi

Roll: T626_1156; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 1015

Adams, Harvey Head M Neg 53 Miss Miss Miss Farmer General farm

Mary J Wife F Neg 40 Miss Miss Miss None

Gertrue Daughter F Neg 17 Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer General Farm

Robert Son M Neg 11 Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer General farm

Harvey Son M Neg 9 Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer General Farm

Ella E Daughter F Neg 7 Miss Miss Miss None

More About MARY JANE JOHNSON:

Census: 1930, Lincoln Co., Mississippi

More About HARVEY ADAMS and MARY JOHNSON:

Marriage: 04 Feb 1928, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS

Source:

Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965

Children of HARVEY ADAMS and MARY SIMMS are:

i. JOHN⁴ ADAMS, b. 15 Apr 1901, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Apr 1978, Chicago, Cook Co., IL;

m. COZENA BUTLER, 25 Feb 1928, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965); b. 05 Aug 1901, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS;

d. Jul 1977, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Notes for JOHN ADAMS:

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi;

Roll: 1156; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 661.0.

Adams, John Head M Neg 23 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Laborer Saw Mill

Charity Wife F Neg 22 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi None

John Jr Son M Neg 8/12 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi None

More About JOHN ADAMS and COZENA BUTLER:

Marriage: 25 Feb 1928, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS

Source:

Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965

21. ii. LOUIS SR. ADAMS, b. 29 Dec 1901, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Feb 1970, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

22. iii. ALBERT SR. ADAMS, b. 29 Jun 1905, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Oct 1958, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

iv. CHARLES DEACON ADAMS, b. 17 Mar 1906, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 17 Apr 1998, Chicago, Cook Co., IL; m. VIOLA GORDON, 1935, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, b. 07 Mar 1905;

d. May 1984, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

More About CHARLES ADAMS and VIOLA GORDON:

Marriage: 1935, Chicago, Cook Co., IL

Source:

Charles Deacon Adams Obituary

23. v. HOMER ADAMS, b. 15 Dec 1906, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 07 Jan 1985, Cadillac, Wexford Co., MI.

24. vi. VERSIE SR. ADAMS, b. 08 Sep 1907, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 17 Jun 1981, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

25. vii. JUDGE GRANBERRY ADAMS, b. 03 Nov 1909, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 12 Oct 1976, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

26. viii. FANNIE PRECIOUS ADAMS, b. 10 Mar 1910, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Dec 1982, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

27. ix. GERTRUDE JOHNSON ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

28. x. HARVEY JR. ADAMS, b. 24 Jan 1919, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Jan 1973, Wesson, Copiah Co., MS.

29. xi. ROBERT O. T. SR. ADAMS, b. 26 Sep 1919, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 08 Apr 1988, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

30. xii. ELLA MAE ADAMS, b. 30 Mar 1922, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 30 Sep 1990, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

31. xiii. EULA LEE ADAMS, b. 05 Jun 1926, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 16 Dec 1981, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Children of HARVEY ADAMS and MARY JOHNSON are:

32. xiv. MILDRED LEE⁴ ADAMS, b. 06 Dec 1931, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 30 Mar 2004, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.

xv. CHRISTINE ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; m. LEONARD C. TUCKER, 12 Oct 1947,

He was b. 23 Jun 1924, MS; d. 02 Feb 1993, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Notes for LEONARD C. TUCKER:

Brookhaven Daily Ledger (Newspaper – Brookhaven, Mississippi)

DECEASED AGE CITY_STATE DATE_DEATH SOURCE DATE VOL ISSUE PAGE

Tucker, Leonard 67 Brookhaven, MS 07/12/89 Daily Leader 07/13/89 107 116 16

12. JOHN Q.³ ADAMS (MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 03 Mar 1881 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Nov 1978 in Madison Co., MS. He married (1) RILLA WASHINGTON, daughter of JOHN WASHINGTON and LOUISA. She was born Nov 1875 in MS. He married (2) IRENE. She was born 1888 in MS.

Notes for JOHN Q. ADAMS:

1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Copiah, Mississippi

Roll: T9_645; Family History Film: 1254645; Page: 166C; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 0713

1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, District 102, Lincoln, Mississippi.

Roll: T623_817; Page 7A; Enumeration District:102.

Birth date information from:

WWI Draft Registration Card dated September 12, 1918 with home address given as 3 (Street of R. F. D. #), Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi.

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 3, Lincoln, Mississippi

Roll: 1156; Page 15A; Enumeration District 9; Image 838.0.

More About JOHN Q. ADAMS:

Census: 1880, Copiah Co., MS

Education: 1892, Lincoln Co., MS - Educable Children (Source: Educable Children - Lincoln County, Mississippi - 1892 Colored - Additionals - A)

Military service: 12 Sep 1918, WWI Draft Registration Card (Source: WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918)

Notes for RILLA WASHINGTON:

Listed on John Adams' WWI Draft Registration Card as nearest relative - September 12, 1918.

More About RILLA WASHINGTON:

Census: 1880, Lincoln Co., Mississippi (Source: 1880 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 1, Lincoln, Mississippi Roll: T9_655; Family History Film: 1254655; Page: 50.4000; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 0102.

Child of JOHN ADAMS and RILLA WASHINGTON is:

33. i. ROSIA LEE⁴ ADAMS, b. 29 Oct 1924, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 08 Jul 2006, Liberty, Amite Co., MS.

Children of JOHN ADAMS and IRENE are:

ii. CALVIN⁴ ADAMS, b. 26 Aug 1903, MS; d. May 1971, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.

iii. RUFUS ADAMS, b. 1906, MS.

34. iv. PEARLIE ADAMS, b. 1910, MS.

Generation No. 4

13. ANNIE⁴ DAVENPORT (MARY JANE³ ADAMS, LEVI², MARIA¹) was born 18 Apr 1893 in Copiah Co., MS, and died 1973. She married DOUGLAS TERRY. He was born 1895.

Child of ANNIE DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS TERRY is:

i. SON ONE⁵ TERRY.

14. JAMES⁴ DAVENPORT (MARY JANE³ ADAMS, LEVI², MARIA¹) was born 12 May 1902 in Copiah Co., MS, and died 1973 in MS. He married CORDELIA BRADLEY. She was born 31 Dec 1901 in MS, and died 1970 in MS.

Children of JAMES DAVENPORT and CORDELIA BRADLEY are:

i. MARGARET ROSE⁵ DAVENPORT, m. EARL LEE TERRY.

ii. MARION DAVENPORT, m. LIZ.

iii. LANGSTON DAVENPORT.

35. iv. JAMES ALLEN DAVENPORT.

36. v. ANATOL JOHN SR. DAVENPORT.

15. ROBERT⁴ DAVENPORT (MARY JANE³ ADAMS, LEVI², MARIA¹) was born 27 Mar 1905 in Copiah Co., MS, and died 1981 in Copiah Co., MS. He married LILLIE MAE BUTLER, daughter of ISAAC BUTLER and MOLLIE STACKHOUSE. She was born 20 Feb 1901 in Copiah Co., MS, and died 22 Jul 1984 in Copiah Co., MS.

Children of ROBERT DAVENPORT and LILLIE BUTLER are:

i. BOBBIE MAE⁵ DAVENPORT, m. LAUNN COLLIER

37. ii. ERNEST DAVENPORT.

16. HENRY⁴ DAVENPORT (MARY JANE³ ADAMS, LEVI², MARIA¹) was born 30 Apr 1907 in Copiah Co., MS, and died 18 Jun 1994 in Copiah Co., MS. He married ATTEE BROWN.

Child of HENRY DAVENPORT and ATTEE BROWN is:

i. SON ONE⁵ DAVENPORT.

17. JIM⁴ ADAMS (CALVIN E. SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born in MS. He married LULA. She was in MS.

Notes for JIM ADAMS:

1920 U. S. Federal Census, Jackson, Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: T625_878; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 9; Part 1; Image 146.

Adams, Jim Head M B 30 Miss Miss Miss Driver Dray

Lula Wife F B 20 Miss Miss Miss None

Jim Son M B 4 Miss Miss Miss None

More About JIM ADAMS:

Census: 1920, Hinds Co., MS

Child of JIM ADAMS and LULA is:

i. JIM⁵ ADAMS, b. MS.

18. CALVIN E. JR.⁴ ADAMS (CALVIN E. SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 25 Dec 1895 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 03 Oct 1980 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. He married (1) ROSA LEE CHARLESTON, daughter of EDGAR CHARLESTON and PRISCILLA DRAKE. She was born 14 Mar 1901 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS, and died 03 Jul 1974 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. He married (2) GRACE MYLES, daughter of WILLIAM MYLES and JANE SANDERS. She was born 07 Jan 1903 in Port Gibson, MS, and died Nov 1973 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.

Notes for CALVIN E. JR. ADAMS:

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record

Form 1 Registration Card No. 282

Name in full: Calvin Adams Age: 22

Home Address: 819 Lynch Street, Jackson, Miss

Date of Birth: Dec 25, 1895

Where born: Brookhaven, Miss

Occupation: Porter

By whom employed: BEthrdige ??????

Where employed: Jackson, Miss

County: Hinds

State: Mississippi

Race: Negro

Who do you have to support: Wife

Married or Single?: Married

Registrar's Report:23-2-17-A

Roll: 1682927

Precinct: 3

City or County: Jackson

State: Miss

Social Security Death Index Record

Name: Calvin Adams

SSN: Private

Last Residence: 39203 Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States of America

Born: 25 Dec 1893

Last Benefit: 39204 Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States of America

Died: Oct 1980

State (Year) SSN issued: Mississippi (Before 1951)

1920 U. S. Federal Census, Jackson, Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi

Roll: T625_878; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 9; Part 1; Image 146.

43 years old on 1880 Census

Rawls Horace M B 25 Head Mississippi Laborer Railroad

Ella F B 22 Wife Mississippi None

Albert M B 14 Son Mississippi None

Adams Calvin M B 35 Brother in law Mississippi Carpenter House

More About CALVIN E. JR. ADAMS:

Census: 1900, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: 1900 U. S. Federal Census, Beat 5, District 102, Lincoln, Mississippi; Roll: T623_817; Page 7A; Enumeration District:102)

More About ROSA LEE CHARLESTON:

Census: 1930, Adams Co., MS (Source: 1930 U. S. Federal Census, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi; Roll: 1137; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 37.0)

Children of CALVIN ADAMS and ROSA CHARLESTON are:

i. JIMMIE ANN⁵ ADAMS.

ii. LORETTA ADAMS

38. iii. TYRONE SR. ADAMS.

39. iv. WALTER LEE ADAMS, b. 19 Nov 1923, MS; d. 31 Oct 1991, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS.

40. v. ETHEL MAE ADAMS, b. MS.

41. vi. SAM CLAUDE ADAMS, b. 16 Nov 1928; d. 28 Mar 1998.

vii. WILLIE DAN ADAMS, b. MS

viii. BETTY JEAN ADAMS, b. 08 Feb 1939, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS; d. 11 Nov 2003, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS; m. (1) LENELL JR. MAY; b. Jackson, Hinds Co., MS; m. (2) SEATON.

19. ELLA⁴ ADAMS (CALVIN E. SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born in MS. She married HORACE RAWLS. He was born in Gallman, Hinds Co., MS.

Notes for HORACE RAWLS:

1920 U. S. Federal Census, Jackson, Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: T625_878; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 9: Image: 146.

Rawls Horace M B 25 Head Mississippi Laborer Railroad

Ella F B 22 Wife Mississippi None

Albert M B 14 Son Mississippi None

Adams Calvin M B 35 Brother in law Mississippi Carpenter House

Child of ELLA ADAMS and HORACE RAWLS is:

i. ALBERT⁵ RAWLS, b. MS.

20. ESTELLE⁴ ADAMS (CALVIN E. SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born in MS. She married J. F. BROWN. He was born in MS.

Notes for ESTELLE ADAMS:

Full blooded Indian.

Children of ESTELLE ADAMS and J. BROWN are:

42. i. ELLA MAE⁵ BROWN, b. MS.

ii. PAULINE BROWN, b. MS.

iii. LOUISE BROWN, b. MS.

iv. DOROTHY BROWN, b. MS.

v. MILDRED R. BROWN, b. MS.

21. LOUIS SR.⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 29 Dec 1901 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Feb 1970 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS. He married EDNA MAE DIGGS 20 Nov 1921 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965.), daughter of JESSE DIGGS and LIZZIE HUDSON. She was born 10 Dec 1902 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Jun 1980 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

Children of LOUIS ADAMS and EDNA DIGGS are:

i. AMILL⁵ ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

43. ii. PRECIOUS ADAMS, b. 1925, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

44. iii. LENA MAE ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

45. iv. LOUIS JACK JR. ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

v. LIVING ADAMS.

vi. LIVING ADAMS.

22. ALBERT SR.⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 29 Jun 1905 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Oct 1958 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. He married EULA LEE BENNETT in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, daughter of SIDNEY BENNETT and SARAH MOORE. She was born 06 Oct 1896 in Perry Co., AL, and died 13 Sep 1992 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Child of ALBERT ADAMS and EULA BENNETT is:

i. ALBERT JR.⁵ ADAMS.

23. HOMER⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 15 Dec 1906 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 07 Jan 1985 in Cadillac, Wexford Co., MI (Source: Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 Record). He married MATTIE MARY LUCENDER. (name listed as Lucender no last name on Lula Mae’s death certificate.)

Child of HOMER ADAMS and MATTIE MARY LUCENDER is:

16. i. LUTTIE MAE4 ADAMS. (Born as Luttie Mae but changed her name to Lula Mae) b. April 1, 1925

Brookhavem, MS; d. Oct 25, 1965 in Flint, Michigan.

1930 U. S. Federal Census, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi;

Roll: 1147; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 195.0.

Adams, Homer Head M Neg 25 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Laborer Oil Mill

Mattie Wife F Neg 23 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi None

Luttie daughter F Neg 5 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi None

Murrah, Ant Lodger M Neg 25 Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Presser Pressing Shop

(possibly Art Murray b 1905 MS)

24. VERSIE SR.⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 08 Sep 1907 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 17 Jun 1981 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Brookhaven, Daily Leader Newspaper). He married LOGIE TUCKER 18 Sep 1926 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965), daughter of TOM TUCKER and LIZZIE. She was born 22 Nov 1905 in Lincoln Co., MS, and died Apr 1986.

More About VERSIE SR. ADAMS:

Census: 1930, Lincoln Co., MS

Notes for LOGIE TUCKER:

First name spelled Logia and Logie in some records.

Last name spelled Theker and Tucker in some records.

More About VERSIE ADAMS and LOGIE TUCKER:

Marriage: 18 Sep 1926, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965)

Children of VERSIE ADAMS and LOGIE TUCKER are:

i. LOGIE M.⁵ ADAMS, b. MS.

47. ii. EMMANUEL LOUIS ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

iii. WILLIE ADAMS, b. MS.

48. iv. VERSIE JR. ADAMS, b. MS.

49. v. ONETA ADAMS, b. 13 Apr 1940, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 17 Jan 2005, Providence, Providence Co., RI.

vi. CHARLES ADAMS.

vii. CARL ADAMS.

viii. EDDIE MELVIN ADAMS.

ix. VERA ADAMS.

x. EMMA ADAMS

xi. LUBERTA ADAMS

50. xii. LIZZIE MAE ADAMS, b. 01 Jul 1936, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 08 Dec 2003, East Providence, Providence Co., RI.

xiii. HARVEY ADAMS, b. 04 May 1942, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 05 May 1942, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

25. JUDGE GRANBERRY⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 03 Nov 1909 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 12 Oct 1976 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. He married (1) BERNICE STEWART, daughter of BENJAMIN STEWART and MARTHA BROOKS. She was born 18 Jul 1913 in West Helena, Phillips Co., AR, and died 16 Jan 1948 in Oak Forest, Cook Co., IL. (Source: Certificate of Death, Cook County, State of Illinois); He met MATTIE SUE ROBINSON. She was born 16 Oct 1908 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Oct 1984; He married (2) JOSEPHINE AUSTIN JENKINS 1951 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.,

daughter of OWEN JENKINS and EMMA CLARKE. She was born 10 Feb 1910 in Cleveland, Bolivar Co., MS, and died 18 Sep 1991 in Aurora, Kane Co., IL.; He married (3) HAZEL SLATER.

Notes for JUDGE GRANBERRY ADAMS:

Judge Adams called "GB"/Grandberry or Granberry and "JB".

More About JUDGE GRANBERRY ADAMS:

Census: 1910, Lincoln Co., MS

Notes for BERNICE STEWART:

Certificate of Death, Cook County, State of Illinois, County Clerk's Record,

Bernice Adams Registration District #170, Bremen Township, Primary District 6285, Registered #33

Date of Death: January 16, 1948 at 4:50PM., Oak Forest, Cook County, IL

Signed by Dr A. V. Camera, Oak Forest T. B. Hospital

Date of Burial: January 22, 1948

Place of Burial: Lincoln Cemetery, Worth, Cook County, IL

Funeral Director:

Charles B. McMinn,

3834 South Indiana Avenue,

Chicago, IL

Brown Funeral Home

More About BERNICE STEWART:

Census: 1920, Shelby Co., TN

More About JUDGE ADAMS and JOSEPHINE JENKINS:

Marriage: 1951, Chicago, Cook Co., IL

Children of JUDGE ADAMS and BERNICE STEWART are:

51. i. MARY LOUISE⁵ ADAMS, b. Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

52. ii. LORETTA ADAMS, b. Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

iii. JULIUS JAY PRESTON ADAMS, b. 05 Nov 1937, Chicago, Cook Co., IL; d. 29 Jan 2003, Pompano Beach, Broward Co., FL; He married (1) EDITH CLAY in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.; He married (2) JUNE CHAPPELL, b. Manchester, Lancashire, England, daughter of William Chappell and Ethel Lingard, (Source: England & Wales Birth Index: 1837-1983).

53. iv. EDWARD BENJAMIN SR. ADAMS, b. Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Children of MATTIE ROBINSON are:

v. ELAINE⁵ ROBINSON, b. MS.

vi. JUNIE FAYE ROBINSON, b. MS.

vii. ODIE ROBINSON, b. 05 Jan 1928, MS; d. Dec 1984, MS.

viii. BILL ROBINSON, b. MS.

ix. MARIE ROBINSON, b. MS.

x. MARY ROBINSON, b. MS.

xi. ADDIE ROBINSON, b. MS.

xii. JESSE ROBINSON, b. MS.

26. FANNIE PRECIOUS⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 10 Mar 1910 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Dec 1982 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. She met ERNEST STERLING TRUVILLION, son of JIM TRUVILLION and LUE MCCOY. He was born 12 Apr 1912 in Lincoln Co., MS, and died 18 Jun 1995 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

Child of FANNIE ADAMS and ERNEST TRUVILLION is:

54. i. ERNESTINE⁵ TRAVILLION, b. MS.

27. GERTRUDE JOHNSON⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS. She married (1) HILL; She married (2) SMITH.; She married (3) JOHNSON.

More About GERTRUDE JOHNSON ADAMS:

Census: 1930, Lincoln Co., Mississippi (Gertrue)

Child of GERTRUDE ADAMS and SMITH is:

55. i. VERSIE BUSTER⁵ SMITH.

Child of GERTRUDE ADAMS and JOHNSON is:

ii. ROBERT EARL⁵ JOHNSON.

28. HARVEY JR.⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 24 Jan 1919 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died Jan 1973 in Wesson, Copiah Co., MS. He married (1) EVELYN JONES; He married

(2) ROSETTA THOMAS JACKSON 10 Oct 1936 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965), daughter of WILL JACKSON and MARILYN.

She was born 1916 in MS.

Notes for HARVEY JR. ADAMS:

Database: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Harvey Adams Jr

Birth Year: 1919

Race: Negro, citizen

Nativity State or Country: Mississippi

State: Mississippi

County or City: Lincoln

Enlistment Date: 26 Jan 1945

Enlistment State: Mississippi

Enlistment City: Camp Shelby

Branch: No branch assignment

Branch Code: No branch assignment

Grade: Private

Grade Code: Private

Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months,

subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source: Civil Life

Education: Grammar school

Civil Occupation: Geographer

Marital Status: Married

Height: 00

Weight: 100

Source:

National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

More About HARVEY ADAMS and ROSETTA JACKSON:

Marriage: 10 Oct 1936, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS

Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965.

Children of HARVEY ADAMS and EVELYN JONES are:

i. JANICE MARIE JONES⁵ ADAMS, b. 04 May 1957; d. 17 Jun 1994.

ii. BESSIE LOU ADAMS.

iii. BOBBY JONES ADAMS.

Children of HARVEY ADAMS and ROSETTA JACKSON are:

iv. JOHN C.⁵ ADAMS, b. MS.

56. v. HARVEY ADAMS, b. MS; d. MS.

vi. GRANDBERRY ADAMS, b. MS.

vii. JESSIE V. ADAMS, b. MS; d. MS.

viii. LAWRENCE ADAMS, b. MS.

57. ix. OSCAR ADAMS, b. 21 Aug 1945, MS; d. 17 Feb 1988, Wesson, Copiah Co., MS.

58. x. SHERLEY ADAMS, b. MS.

29. ROBERT O. T. SR.⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 26 Sep 1919 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS and died 08 Apr 1988 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS. He married EARNESTINE WHITE 21 Sep 1936 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS (Source: Index to Marriage Records, Colored, Lincoln County, Mississippi, 1893-1965), daughter of TOMMIE WHITE and BERTHA GEARING. She was born 15 Oct 1919

in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 02 Feb 1988 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

Children of ROBERT ADAMS and EARNESTINE WHITE are:

59. i. AUGUSTINE⁵ ADAMS, b. 22 Feb 1939, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 13 Oct 2003, Tyler, Smith Co., TX.

ii. JOHNNIE MAE ADAMS, b. MS, d. MS

60. iii. MARY LOUISE ADAMS, b. MS

iv. LEATRICE ADAMS, MS

v. BERTHA MAE ADAMS, b. MS

vi. FREDIA ADAMS, b. MS

vii. MARGARET LOUISE ADAMS, b. MS

viii. JIMMY LEE ADAMS, b. MS, d. MS

ix. TOMMIE JAMES ADAMS, b. MS

x. JANIE ADAMS, b. MS

xi. ROBERT O. T. JR. ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS

61. xii. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, b. 01 Aug 1937, Wesson, Copiah Co., MS; d. 16 Jul 1995, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.

xiii. BEATRICE ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS

xiv. WILLIE DELL ADAMS, b. 1951, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. 09 Nov 1997, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS

xv. BABY ADAMS, b. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS; d. Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

30. ELLA MAE⁴ ADAMS (HARVEY SR.³, MINGO², MARIA¹) was born 30 Mar 1922 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, and died 30 Sep 1990 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. She married (1) BRADY SR. TUCKER. She married (2) CLARENCE R. SR. BLANTON son of ALBERT DELONDE and AUGUSTINE STUMP. He was born 27

Oct 1915 in New Orleans, Orleans Par., LA and died 18 Jul 1996 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Children of ELLA ADAMS and BRADY TUCKER are:

i. BRADY JR.⁵ TUCKER, d. Milwaukee, WI

ii. FORD TUCKER

iii. IDA MAE TUCKER

iv. ROBERT TUCKER

Children of ELLA ADAMS and CLARENCE BLANTON are:

v. GERALDINE⁵ BLANTON

vi. SYLVIA BLANTON

vii. LINDA BLANTON

viii. HAZEL BLANTON

ix. TINA BLANTON

x. ELLA BLANTON

xi. BRENDA BLANTON

xii. JEAN BLANTON

xiii. JOAN BLANTON

xiv. CATHERINE BLANTON

xv. SHIRLEY MAE BLANTON

xvi. CLARICE BLANTON

xvii. JACKIE BLANTON