Robert + Eveline McCord. Eveline was born on 20 Jul 1834 in Philadelphia, PA; died on 27 Jul 1894 in Fort Motte, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Robert Adams was 'one of Nature's children; frank, honest, generous,
hospitable and without an unkind thought toward anyone.' He graduated at
South Carolina College and served as a private in the War of 1812. Upon
returning home, he engaged in cotton planting on an extensive scale. He
is described as being 'a very handsome man, six feet tall and at one time
weighed two hundred and eighty-four pounds.'"
Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins

Robert married Charlotte Belton Pickett in 1823 in South Carolina, USA. Charlotte (daughter of John R. Pickett and Charlotte Belton) was born about 1805 in Chester, South Carolina; died in 1833 in Richland County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

History of the Adams Family by James Hopkins Adams:
"According to tradition, Joel Adams ran away from home when he was very
young because of an intense dislike for his stepfather. Apparently he was
about eighteen years of age when he came to lower Richland County in 1768
and obtained a grant of land adjoining the property of William Weston.
Although lacking a fornmal education, Joel Adams was a very intelligent,
hardworking, courageous and ambitious man of the highest character. By
his own merits he amassed a fortune.
It is told that his courtship of Grace Weston was long and persistent.
So many times did she refuse him that he resolved never again to ask her
to marry. Nevertheless, one day while riding, his horse by habit turned
in to the Weston home, and Joel decided to try once more. They were
married, and lived a long and happy life together."

"Joel's portarait represents him as stern-looking, yet not unkind, with
mingled determination and sincerity stamped on his countenance. He was
remarkable for his physical strength as well as his moral energies. His
sayings have been handed down, one being: 'You can close the door against
a thief, but you cannot bar a door against a liar.' There is also handed
down a feat of strength that reminds one of the ancient mile:
'On one occasion, when he was having his cattle branded, one of the
bulls became infuriated and put the rest of the attendants and spectators
to flight in terror for their lives. Joel, then sixty years old, seized
the animal by the horns, threw him on the ground and held him there until
the proper person could return and apply the brand.'
His well-built, handsomely finished residence was burned by Sherman's
army in 1865. It was the center of his large landed estate, and there, on
every Christmas for years before his death, it was his pleasure to
assemble all of his descendants and entertain them with lavish cheer."
From Laura Jervey Hopkins' Lower Richland Planters

Joel married Grace Weston on 28 Dec 1773 in Congaree, SC. Grace (daughter of William Weston and Sarah Luten) was born on 27 Sep 1752 in Bertie County, NC; died on 23 Dec 1832 in Congaree, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

St John's Churchyard.....". . . within this same enclosure are two
headstones, simple and unattractive, standing side by side, as the old
couple had stood in life toward each other in all things-- these two
headstones mark the resting places of Joel and Grace Adams, the former
born in 1750, the latter in 1752, and both lived to reach the age of
eighty."

The
Adams Family of the Fork,

J.H.
Adams

John married Charlotte Belton in 1802 in Fairfield County, SC. Charlotte was born about 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]