Sgt. Thomas Adams

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of SERGEANT. DAR Ancestor # A000754

He was married to Salley Ford 04 Oct 1786 in Virginia. They had nine children. 

His pension application of Oct 1832 can be read at the following link: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/military/revwar/pensions/ad...

According to "Early Cemeteries and Gravestones: Elbert County Georgia 1798-1919" compiled by the Elbert County Historical Society in 1984 his grave is located in the Thomas Adams graveyard somewhere off of Brewers Mill Rd.

Thomas Adams, Revolutionary soldier. His record as a soldier given in Pension Papers of his brother, James Adams, and he is listed in Elbert Co., GA. Courthouse as a Revolutionary soldier, entitled to two draws in the Land Lottery of 1825. Major Dobb's Battalion, Captain Horton's District - McIntosh's History of Elbert County, GA., page 223. His will is recorded in the Book of Wills, 1835-1860, elbert Co. courthouse.

Moved to Elbert County, Georgia in 1810. Reference: Adams of Virginia by James taylor Adams, Wise, VA. Feb. 1929. aMoved to Elbert Co., GA, Douglas Register, Transcribed and edited, W. Mack Jones. 

Information about the children of Thomas Adams and Sarah Ford was taken from a family bible. In possession of Mrs. Frank Westmoreland, 1930, who was Addie Adams, daughter of Rev. John D. Adams, C.S., m. flora Reynolds. John D., son of John Adams, 1801, m. Nancy Davis. John Adams, son of thomas Adams, Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Lucindy Harris, a remarkable old lady, lived to be about 90 years old, a direct descendant of thomas Adams, gave me valuable information about the Adams and Thorntons of Virginia, who were early settlers of Elbert Co., Georgia. the names and dates she furnished made it possible to keep the line distinct and make them complete. 

One family tradition she told was that the site of richmond, Virginia, formerally belonged to the Adams and that the city does not hold a clear title to it. She remembers hearing, when a child, the elder men of the family discussing the advisability of bringing suit to recover the property. 

Another tradition was that the Massachusetts Adams and virginia Adams are of the same family but she could not give the connection. Mrs. Harris gave this information to Miss Alpha rogers about 1916. 

Thomas Adams and brother James Jr. moved to Elbert Co. GA - James in 1810.