Sylvester Adams

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Sylvester Adams

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Birthplace: Black Walnut, Halifax, VA, United States
Death: March 02, 1830 (69-70)
Humphreys County, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Old Town, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of John Adams of Halifax County, VA and Susannah Adams
Husband of Rebecca Adams
Father of Susannah Humphrey; Rebecca May; John Quincy Adams; Ann Adams; Sylvester Adams and 7 others
Brother of William "Mack" Adams; Richard John Adams; John Adams; Sarah Boyd; Stephen D. Adams and 7 others

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About Sylvester Adams

Sylvester Adams was born 1760 to John and Susan (Wood) Adams in Halifax County, Virginia.

Sylvester married Rebecca Boyd of Halifax County on 2 September 1792 in Halifax County. Rebecca was the daughter of Patrick Harrison Boyd, Jr. and wife of Halifax, Virginia, who died 1782. Sylvester and Rebecca after marriage petitioned the Halifax, VA, court for her share of her father's estate. Sylvester was the leader of his relatives who, between 1805 and 1808, moved to West Tennessee, settling in Humphrey County. (Part of the entourage included the orphaned children of his brother Richard.)

Sylvester and Rebecca had thirteen children. The sons in order of birth were John, Samuel, Sylvester, Thomas, Boyd, William and Ichabod. The daughters whose birth order is not known were Martha, Sarah, Susan, Isabella, Rebecca and Ann.

Sylvester Adams died in Humphrey County, Tennessee, on 2 March 1830.

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Around 1805, having received 100 acres of land for his service in the 'Continental War,' Sylvester Adams moved from Halifax County, Virginia to Humphreys County, Tennessee. With him were his wife, Rebecca Boyd Adams, and their twelve children as well as the seven orphaned children of his brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Hannah (Rebecca's sister) Adams.

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Sylvester Adams's Timeline

1760
1760
Black Walnut, Halifax, VA, United States
1793
1793
Halifax County, Virginia, United States
1795
1795
Halifax, VA, United States
1797
January 15, 1797
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
1798
1798
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
1800
1800
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
1803
1803
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
1805
June 5, 1805
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
1807
1807
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA