John Hobbs Adams, II

John Hobbs Adams, Jr

• BIRTH 1747 Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
• DEATH Aug 1815 (aged 67–68) Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
• BURIAL Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 15209730 · View Source

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15209730/john-hobbs-adams

• Inscription JOHN ADAMS DIED AUG. 1815 THE FIRST ADAMS IN THIS AREA

Parents

• John Hobbs Adams 1727–1804 and
• Ann Caudill 1730–1803

Spouses

• Lydia Simpson Adams 1771–1845 (m. 1789)
• Nancy Ann Caudill Adams 1752–1785

Some Children of Nancy Ann Caudill and John Adams

• Marriage: To - Nancy Ann Caudill - January 1765 -

1. Elizabeth Adams Craft - 1770–1810
2. Stephen Adams - 1778–1858

• Marriage: To - Lettie Simpson - 10 August 1789 - Wilkes, Colony of North Carolina, United States

Some listed Children of Lettie Simpson and John Adams:

1. Sarah Jane Adams Caudill - 1787–1858
2. Jennie Adams Webb - 1789–1863
3. Mary Ann Adams Adams - 1792–1845
4. Randolph Adams - 1802–1873
5. John McCager Adams - 1804–1893

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John Hobbs Adams Jr., son of John Adams and Ann Caudill, was born about 1747 in Fairfax, Virginia and died in Aug 1815 In Pine Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky.
He married first in 1769 to Nancy Ann Caudill (1752-1785) and married second in 1789 to Lettie Simpson (1771-1845).[1]

John Hobbs ADAMS was born on 15 Aug 1752 in North Carolina (this conflicts with the above).

He is said to have had 3 wives & dozens of children who were mostly blond, pink-skinned, blue-eyed, with wavy hair that became gray by 35.

About 1770 John and his brother moved their families from Virginia to Wilkes County, North Carolina. They could have been following an older brother, cousin, or uncle, Charles Adams, who already lived there.

1787 Wilkes County, North Carolina Tax List for Captain S. Johnson's District included ... ACRES POLLS NAME acres=172 polls=0 Adams, John, Sr. acres=273 polls=1 Adams, Benjamin with stud-horse acres=240 polls=1 Adams, Jacob acres=000 polls=4 Adams, John acres=397 polls=1 Adams, Spencer.

About 1805 John and his sons and 2 nephews ‎(sons of his brother William)‎ moved from Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina to Floyd ‎(now Letcher)‎ County, Kentucky, and settled at the mouth of Pine Creek. By 1806, settlement of eastern Kentucky was increasing to the point where the main creeks had one or two families settled there ... Stephen Caudill was at the mouth of the Sandlick.

John Adams and a group of over 60 kinfolk and associates explored the wild woodlands of the North Fork and built a log shelter at the mouth of Bottom Fork. He lived there until his death in 1815.

He was the first white man buried in Letcher County which was on his farm where his burial spot is marked with a rock with the initials "J. A.". Later a cenotaph was erected for him at Webb Cemetery in Letcher County, Kentucky.[2]

• In 1820 part of KY, Floyd-County went into the formation of KY, Perry County,
• In 1822 part of KY, Floyd County went into the formation of KY, Letcher County‎.
• Modern researchers refer to him as "John of All", meaning he is the progenitor of all the Adams in Letcher County, Kentucky.[3]
• Fact: Rev. War (1775–1783) Continental Troops - Union Army
• Fact: Residence (1810) Not Stated, Fairfax, Virginia
• Fact: Residence (1810) Not Stated, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Burial Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher, Kentucky, United States

Sources
↑ Griffith, Dorothy A. and Robert E. Parkin, Adams Families of Southeast Kentucky. (St. Louis, MO: Genealogical Research & Productions), 1986. Online at FamilySearch, #1131, pages 1-6.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #15209730 with gravestone photo for John Hobbs ADAMS, Jr. b=1747 Fairfax County, VA d=Aug 1815 Floyd County, KY buried=Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher County, KY with inscription ... "John ADAMS died Aug. 1815 The first Adams in this area"; parents=John Hobbs Adams 1727–1804 & Ann (Caudill) 1730–1803 spouse#1=Nancy Ann (Caudill) 1752–1785 spouse#2=Lydia (Simpson) 1771–1845.
↑ 1975/03/13 "Old John of All Came" by N. Baxter Jenkins & published in the Mountain Eagle of Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.

"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 July 2019, 17:45), entry for John Adams(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MNR9-3BL); contributed by various users.
See also:

Perry County, Kentucky Deed Book#3 p83 for "Commissioner's Deed based on the Interlocutory Decree ... between the heirs of John Adams, deceased ..."
"Kentucky's Last Frontier" by Henry P. Scalf.
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"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 July 2018, 01:47), entry for John Hobbs Adams Jr.(PID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8B2-ZSS); contributed by various users.

GEDCOM Note

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/bobpenix/5/data/1 845John Sr. was nicknamed "Old John of All" because he had three wives and dozens of children . Most of the Adamses are blond, pink skinned, blue eyed, with wavy hair which becomes mor e or less gray by age 30 or 35.John and his brother moved their families from Virginia to Wilkes County, North Carolina abou t 1770. They could have been following an older brother, cousin, or uncle, Charles Adams, wh o already lived there.1787 Wilkes County, North Carolina Tax ListNAME ACRES POLLSCaptain S. Johnson's DistrictAdams, John, Senr. 172 -Adams, Benjamin 273 1 stud horseAdams, Jacob 240 1Adams, John - 4Adams, Spencer 397 1John and his sons and two nephews (sons of brother William) moved from Roaring River, Wilke s County, North Carolina to Floyd (Letcher) County, Kentucky about 1805 and settled at the mo uth of Pine Creek.By 1806, settlement of eastern Kentucky was increasing to the point where the main creeks ha d one or two families settled there. John Dixon on Elk Creek, Isaac Whitaker and Henry Bac k on Rockhouse Creek, Samuel Lusk and Peter Whitaker at Linefork, Stephen Caudill at the mout h of the Sandlick, Mathias Kelly on the Cumberland River, Thomas Cowan on Cowan Creek, John G . Brown on Dry Fork Creek, a man by the name of King on Kingdom Come Creek, Benjamin Webb nea r the Kona area. John Adams and a group of over 60 kinfolk and associates explored the wil d woodlands of the North Fork and built a log shelter at the mouth of Bottom Fork. Adams liv ed here until his death in 1815.Old John of All was the first white man buried in Letcher County. There is an article writte n about John and his descendants called "Old John of All Came", by N. Baxter Jenkins, in Th e Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, March 13, 1975."In Perry County Kentucky Deed Book 3, Page 83, there is a Comissioner's Deed based on the In terloctutory Decree....between the heirs of John Adams, deceased...." (in 1820, parts of Flo yd County became Perry County, and in 1822 parts became Letcher County)