1750 - 1830 (80 years)
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| Name |
Joel Adams |
| Birth |
4 Feb 1750 |
Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Jul 1830 |
Richland County, SC [1] |
| Person ID |
I139673 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Family |
Grace Weston, b. 27 Sep 1752, Bertie County, NC d. 23 Dec 1832, Congaree, SC (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Dec 1773 |
Congaree, SC |
| Children |
| | 1. James Adams, b. 21 Mar 1776, South Carolina, USA d. South Carolina, USA |
| | 2. Sarah Adams, b. 22 Dec 1778 d. 4 Jun 1809 (Age 30 years) |
| | 3. Frances Adams, b. 1 Sep 1781, South Carolina, USA d. 1781 |
| | 4. Joel Adams, b. 6 Mar 1784 d. 1 May 1859 (Age 75 years) |
| | 5. William Weston Adams, b. 15 Nov 1786 d. 1831 (Age 44 years) |
| | 6. Henry Walker Adams, b. 14 Jan 1790 d. 2 Oct 1815 (Age 25 years) |
| | 7. Robert Adams, b. 26 Feb 1793, Congaree, South Carolina d. 17 Aug 1850, Richland County, South Carolina (Age 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F54778 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Jun 2015 |
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| 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
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| Sources |
- [S2696] Headstone, St John's Episcopal, Congaree, SC.
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