Adam James

I have a copy of this courtesy of Sandra Ryley James, Adam Net Proceeds May 3rd 1889 It lists Adam James' heirs

Date of birth is a guess

By the slave info below, we know Adam is a son of Benjamin James, Sr., but why wasn't George or Adam mentioned in their fathers will? He probably was not mentioned in the Will because Ben James may have provided for him and the other children before he left MS and therefore had no need to list him on the Will. Adam James appears to be in the Choctaw Nation in 1813 but then appears in the Chickasaw Nation on the 1818 Census.

People Mentioned in the Writings of Benjamin Hawkins 1796-1816 James, Benjamin - an inhabitant of the Choctaws who left "that nation the 28 May [1797]. He has three sons, halfbreed, men grown; one a man of some learning, the other capable of managing his commerical concerns, and all of them, in a situation to know the temper and disposition of the nation, as well as the intrigues . . . [of] the Spaniards." 1797.

War of 1812 - A bounty land patent for 160 acres was issued to Tennessee James, minor child of Adam James, deceased warrior. Captain Fetama's Company, Choctaw Volunteers War of 1812. She assigned or sold this land to Francis Cone. The date of the patent was 1861.

1817 An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the year 1817 (book found online) Page 144 - July 11, Adam James, a half breed Choctaw, for a horse $95 Barnaby James, a half breed Choctaw, for a horse $50

Letter found on Alabama Archives - dated 11/29/1813 Address on front of letter - To The head Chief in the Creek Nation Note on back of letter - Adam James' Letter James was Scotchman living in the Choctaw nation in what is now Noxubee County.

Tombigby November 29th 1813 Dear Brothers I Embrace this opportunity to write you a few lines concerning the situation We are In Some of your Warriors has takin some horses from Us & I want you to put a stop to it as we want to keep in friendship as we are two people a like there is no White man has any stock about this place I hear that -- Pushematahah & Twenty of his Warriors has joined the Americans against you but all the other part of our Nation wishes to be at peace--- I am Informed that some of your people is a going to make the ground shake. If you believe it is so I [want] you to write to me concerning of it & let me know how you come on with Americans for I am In a great dread that you will be all cut of [f] Send a answer the first opportunity so no more from you loving Brother & C Adam James {Note: Adam signed this letter: Adam James}

{a barely legible note written at the bottom says: a white man married in the Choctaw Nation His family lately lived in Noxubee County where he _____ - a Scotchman _______ Genl. Clark

Chickasaw Census - Freepages - ancestry.com 1818 Chickasaw Annuity Census James Adam James Charity James George James Isaac James Lorhoyo James Simon James Vina James Visa

SLAVE INFO FOUND ON ROOTSWEB From: RLugowski@aol.com, Subject: [SI] RE:JAMES Slave Tom - Greene Co., AL, Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:58:25 EST

Greene Co., AL - Greene Co., Deed Record, A: 234-235 Slave Sale - December 17, 1818 Adam JAMES of the Choctaw Nation for $950.00 paid by "Tom, a free man of colour late the property of my brother Benjamin JAMES and by him emancipated", sells Tom "his wife Sally, a slave inherited by me from my father Benjamin JAMES, Sr, also Lucy, Mary, Ailsey and George, children of the said negro woman Sally by the said Tom, slaves"

Self Purchase - November 4, 1819 Benjamin JAMES of the Choctaw Nation for $400.00, paid by Tom, a negro man inherited by me from my late father Benjamin JAMES, formerly a resident of this nation, do grant unto the said Tom, aged about 45 yrs, his free liberty Slave Sale - January 1, 1824 Adam JAMES, citizen of the Choctaw Nation, for $800.00 cash sells unto "a Black man commonly called Free Tom, a negro boy named Jack, a son of the said Tom and Sally his wife, being about 16 yrs. old

Green Co., AL - Greene Co., Will book B: 46 Will of TOM proved January 27, 1830 (This TOM had many children & descendents in different counties of AL, who used the surname TOM and THOMAS) I, Tom, Free man of colour, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation and state of Alabama: I give my body to the dust with a request to be buried in a descent, Christian manner, my spirit unto God who gave it in sure and certain hopes of a resurrection unto life eternal. My Will and desire is to have all my stock of every description, equally divided between my two wives and their children, viz: my wife Sally, her son Moses & Jack, her daughters Lucy, Mary, Ailsey and my wife Baspasa, her sons James and John, her daughters Nancy, Milly & Peggy Whereas I purchased my wife Sally, her sons Moses & Jack, also her daughter Lucy, while they were in a state of slavery, and whereas my wife Sally has had two daughters born since that purchase, viz: Mary & Ailsey, now I will and desire that at my death they and all of them be absolved and discharged from all servititude, whatsoever as though they were naturally born free.

8/24/1831 - American State Papers - page 686, 689 The register of Choctaw names who wished to remain (5 years) in the east and become citizens, according to the treaty in 1830. Entries dated June 13, 1831: Adam James was listed as a half-breed with 9 people in his family (4) children under 10, and (2) children over 10. Living on Sand Creek. A lot of Brashears are listed.

{Note: I see a Sand Creek on google maps, NE of Starkville, MS in Oktibbeha County, this is west of Columbus, MS, that is a long ways from the Tombigbee river}

House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session December 9, 1834 Lowndes County, Mississippi Adam, among others, gives testimony regarding Ward's Register.

See Court of Claims - Deposition of Ely S. Mitchell, 9/27/1881 He testified that a group of people he knew were dead: Adam James could not be found after 1850 {Note: I assume he died before 1850}

Also, a deposition given by Joseph Hodges taken at Ft. Smith, AR on Nov. 1881, says that he (Joseph) is a farmer, 66 yrs old, lives near Atoka, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, he is a Choctaw citizen by marriage. He became a resident of MS in October 1836 and resided in Leake Co. until 1850. He testified to a list of people he knew and that some who were dead and Adam James was among them. He said Adam James lived in Oktibbeha County when he knew him and he died east of the Mississippi.

I am thinking it more reasonable that Adam lived and died in Lowndes County rather than Oktibbeha.

http://www.censusfinder.com/mississippi_census5.htm Lowndes County, MS (formed 1830 from Monroe) Monroe County (formed 1821 from Chickasaw Cession of 1821) Oktibbeha County (formed 1833 from Choctaw Cession of 1830)* Updated from RootsWeb's WorldConnect via father Benjamin James , Sr. by SmartCopy: Mar 3 2015, 0:19:19 UTC