Person:Samuel Adair (11)

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Samuel A. Adair
b.10 Feb 1809 Rockbridge County, Virginia
d.18 Jul 1895 Rockbridge County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Apr 1808
  1. Samuel A. Adair1809 - 1895
  2. Jane Adair1810 - 1886
  3. James Adair1812 - 1864
  4. Margaret AdairAbt 1815 - Bef 1849
  5. John Adair1817 - 1885
  6. William Adair1819 - 1842
  7. Mary Adair1822 - 1894
  8. Hannah AdairAbt 1825 - 1847
  9. Alexander AdairAbt 1827 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Mar 1843
  1. William H. Adair1844 -
  2. James 'Lafayette' Adair1846 - 1915
  3. John Graham Adair1849 - 1914
  4. Samuel A. Adair1851 - 1920
  5. Sarah M. 'Sallie' Adair1854 - 1859
  6. Florence M. Adair1856 -
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Facts and Events
Name Samuel A. Adair
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Feb 1809 Rockbridge County, Virginia
Marriage 23 Mar 1843 Rockbridge County, Virginiato Nancy McCorkle
Death[1] 18 Jul 1895 Rockbridge County, Virginia
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Will of Samuel Adair

Samuel Adair's Will
aged and infirm but of sound mind and memory
All real estate I have to devise was inherited from my brother the late Alexander Adair (containing 192 Acres) by John Adair, Jas. Adair's heirs, Mary McCorkle, Jane Adair, Margaret Lackey's heirs and myself. Making it six equal shares.
John Adair purchased the undivided interest in the land of Margaret Lackey's heirs and had that and his own laid off and assigned to him. I purchased the remaining undivided interest to wit: Jane Adair's, Mary McCorkle's and Jas. Adair's heirs making my own 2/3 of the shares and supposed to be 140 Acres.
I directed the shares of Mary McCorkle and Jas. Adair's heirs to be deeded to my son Samuel A. Adair to be taken as a devise to him.
Remaining two shares or one half of my real estate to my daughter Florence M. Adair and I will that she and my said son Samuel A. Adair shall hold the entire tract and all buildings and appurtenances jointly.
To my son J. L. Adair $125.00 to be paid by my said daughter Florence M. Adair in two years after my decease.
Having satisfactorily settled with my son John G. Adair I make no devise or bequeath to him.
To said son Samuel A. Adair and my said daughter Florence M. Adair, all my household and kitchen furniture and all other personal property of every description. they to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon after my decease as convenient out of their own funds.
Appoint Samuel A. Adair executor.
Dated: 28 Jan 1893
(Signed) Samuel Adair
Witnesses: J. W. Hamilton, Lewis Hickman
5 Aug 1895, proved by witnesses and ordered to be recorded. Samuel A. Adair with James Lindsay his security on bond of $250.00.
{Source: Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 40, p. 412].


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Biography of Samuel Adair

SAMUEL ADAIR- is one of the substantial farming residents of Rockbridge County, where he was born February 10, 1809, and has passed the years of his busy and useful life. He has a good farm of 130 acres, between Kerrs creek and Rockbridge Baths. He was a son of John and Polly (McCorkle) Adair, and he married Nancy H., daughter of William and Nancy (Welch) McCorkle. She was born in Rockbridge county in 1814, they were married in this county, March 23, 1843, and her death occurred April 27, 1863. Their children were: William H., born December 2, 1844; Lafayette, July 18, 1846; John G., December 23, 1849- these two now having homes in Rockbridge county; Samuel A., September 16, 1851, lives at home; Sallie M., August 19, 1854, died September 26, 1859; Florence M., August 8, 1856, lives at home. Two of these sons were Confederate soldiers, one serving through the war, and the other, William H., a member of Company C, 1st Virginia Cavalry, serving with his company until the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, when he went with the company into a charge, and never returned. He was said by some to have been killed by a shell, but his fate is that bitterest of record of war "Returned missing." Samuel Adair's postoffice address is Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

[Source: Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (NY, Richmond, and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty and Company Publishers, 1884). p. 411].

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

    Samuel A Adair
    Birth 10 Feb 1809
    Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
    Death 11 Jul 1895 (aged 86)
    Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
    Burial
    Alone Cemetery
    Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42864807/samuel-a-adair

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