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Descendants of Joshua Adams

Generation No. 1

1. JOSHUA¹ ADAMS was born June 04, 1819 in Laurens County, South Carolina (Source: Valeska Vicars info; copy of marriage cert), and died August 27, 1862 in Tippah County, Mississippi (New Hope Cemetery) (Source: Valeska Vicars info). He married REBECCA PATTERSON October 05, 1843 in Marshall County, Mississippi (Source: Valesca Vicars Family Tree Information. Old Buncombe County, N.C. Heritage, Bio # 440 page 287,288,289. ), daughter of MATHEW PATTERSON and NANCY (YOUNG?).

Notes for JOSHUA ADAMS:
See file which has Valeska Vicars information on the Adams/Patterson Line.
Below information extracted from her book.
Joshua Adams was born on June 4, 1819, in Laurens County, South Carolina. He left South Carolina in 1839 at age 20 with his brother Lorenzo Dow Adams and family, going to Marshall County, Mississippi. Lorenzo Dow is listed in the 1840 U.S. Census of Marshall County, Mississippi with Joshua living in his household. The two brothers purchased land and farmed together for several years until Joshua decided to marry.
It was on October 5, 1843, when Joshua married Rebecca Patterson the daughter of Matthew and Nancy Patterson. Nine children were born of this union.
In July, 1845, Joshua joined the Fellowship Baptist Church which was located one and one-half miles south of Ripley, Mississippi. The following was written in the Term minutes on page 48, "...open a door for receiption of members where upon Brother Joshua Adams and Sister Nacny patterson came forward and was cordially received by letter. Church the adjourned. James W. Griffin Moderator, James Hodges Clerk."
The 1850 U.S. Census lists Joshua and family living in Tippah County, Mississippi. Joshua is listed as a farmer, age 27; Rebecca age 26; William J. age 4; Thomas J. age 2; and Robert B. age 9 months. The value of his real estate was listed at $160.00. Joshua's first recorded purchase of land was for 160 acres in Tippah County on March 31, 1851, from the Planters Bank of Nashville, Tennessee for $320.00. This same tract of land was sold by Joshua on May 10, 1853, to his father-in-law, Matthew Patterson for $300.00. Matthew died on March 15, 1855, in Ripley and the land was sold this time for $500.00 to F.M. Patterson. William Patterson was the acting administrator of Matthew's estate, his relationship is not given. Joshua then purchased 160 acres of land on January 1, 1852, for $400.00. In Joshua's lifetime he made only three recorded land transactions.
The 1860 U.S. Census they are listed with their six children as living in Tippah County Mississippi. The real estate value is $900.00 and personal property value is $711.00. In the July term of the Fellowship Baptist Church, Joshua was elected as the delegate to a district conference. He was also serving as leader of the church choir. When Yellow Fever began to rage throughout Mississippi volunteers were needed for the local hospitals. Joshua and Rebecca felt the call to serve and went as nurses to the Baptist Hospital in Tupelo, Mississippi. Upon returning home both died of Yellow Fever on August 27, 1862. They are buried in the same grave in New Hope Cemetery, located four miles south of Ripley, Mississippi. The old stone marker was inscribed with the following verse, "When time shall have ended its years, and its battles gone, may we meet thee by angels attended, to welcome eternity dawn." Today both the new and old headstone mark their graves. The new stone was given by their great-great granddaughter, Valeska Buchholz Vicars.
With both parents gone, the little family turned to Uncle lorenzo Dow Adams for help. Since several of the children were so young they were probably moved into Lorenzo's home. Mary Melindie was four years old and Ida louise was just two years old. The main problem was to keep the entire family unit together and this was accomplished with great hardship.

Children of JOSHUA ADAMS and REBECCA PATTERSON are:

	i.	JOHN PRESTON² ADAMS, b. August 06, 1844, Marshall County, Mississippi; d. September 26, 1845, Marshall County, Mississippi.
2.	ii.	WILLIAM JAMES ADAMS, b. January 16, 1846, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. November 01, 1892, Godley, Texas (later moved to Sandflat Cemetery).
	iii.	THOMAS JEFFERSON ADAMS, b. December 07, 1848, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. November 21, 1917, Ira, Texas.

Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON ADAMS:
From Valeska Vicars information:
In the 1900 U.S. Census Thomas' family was living in Eastland County, Texas.
Until 1978 Thomas J.'s resting place was without a marker, at that time one was given by Valeska Buchholz Vicars.

3.	iv.	ROBERT BENJAMIN ADAMS, b. January 10, 1850, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. July 24, 1916, Ira, Texas.
4.	v.	TANDY YOUNG ADAMS, b. January 21, 1852, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. July 06, 1904, Ira City Cemetery, Ira Texas.
	vi.	MARTHA ANN ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. January 20, 1854; m. THOMAS WOOD BALLINGER, May 01, 1877.

Notes for THOMAS WOOD BALLINGER:
Farmed in JohnsonCo, TX and Hemet, CA.

5.	vii.	SAMUEL W. ADAMS, b. September 01, 1856, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. December 20, 1930, Flatonia, Texas.
6.	viii.	MARY MELINDIE ANN ADAMS, b. October 14, 1858, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. April 07, 1935, Hemet, California.
7.	ix.	IDA LOUISE ADAMS, b. June 18, 1860, Tippah County, Mississippi; d. February 21, 1948, Grandview, JohnsonCo, TX.

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