Person:James Adams (113)

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   James Adams was born about 1754 in Albemarle County, Virginia and served three years in the Virginia Continental Line. Capt. James Adams married Mary Irvine March 4, 1776 and the couple moved to Kentucky after the war before moving to Texas in the early 1800's. He is reported buried in Orange County, Texas but his grave has not been located.
   :Source: http://www.txssar.org/Buried.htm

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   Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American ..., Volume 12, p 35
   By Daughters of the American Revolution
   
   MRS. MARY F. ADAMS HALL 11088
   Born in Mississippi.
   Wife of Harry H. Hall.
   Descendant of Capt. Robert Adams, Jr., and of Corp. James Adams, of Virginia.
   Daughter of Benjamin Chinn Adams and Caroline Blanks, his wife.
   Granddaughter of William Adams and Nancy Chinn, his wife.
   Gr-granddaughter of James Adams and Mary Irvine, his wife.
   Gr-gr-granddaughter of Robert Adams, Jr. and Penelope Fluornoy Lynch, his wife.
   
   Robert Adams, Jr., served in the militia. He was a member of the vigilance committee in 1780, with his brother-in-law as leader, who cleared the region of outlaws and Tories. This was the origin of the "Lynch Law," and their summary methods were later approved by the Assembly. In 1782 he was Justice of the Court of Campbell county.
   James Adams served as a drummer and corporal.
   Also No. 10974.
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