11 Apr 1924 -
... Col. Richard Adams, Sr., had several sons, among the number being Jeremiah, the youngest. He was born in 1776, in Dinwiddie county, Virginia. When he was quite a young man he come to Bedford county, Virginia, where he married a Miss Elizabeth Griggs. This was in 1779, the year of the death of President George Washington. To this union were born eleven children, eight sons and three daughters. ...
