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James Lewis Chambers Adams 1795–1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1795

Birth Location: South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1 November 1869

Death Location: Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, USA

Father: William Adams

Mother: Vicky Conner

Spouse(s): Jane Thatcher

Children(s): Jane Ruffin, Eliza Adams, Parthenia cM, Matilda Adams, Atlantic Adams, Mary Adams, Samantha Adams, Louisa Adams

James Lewis Chambers Adams was born in 1795 in South Carolina, USA, the child of William Adams And Vicky Jane Conner. In 1850, James Lewis Chambers Adams resided in Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, USA. James Lewis Chambers Adams married Jane Mcmurray Thatcher, and had children including Atlantic Esther Adams, Eliza A Adams, Jane Elizabeth Adams Ruffin, Louisa A Adams, Mary Ann Pauline Adams, Matilda Ann Adams, Parthenia M Adams 16 Cm, Samantha L Adams. James Lewis Chambers Adams passed away in 1869 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • James Lewis Chambers Adams was born in 1795 in South Carolina, USA, the child of William Adams And Vicky Jane Conner.
  • In 1850, James Lewis Chambers Adams resided in Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, USA.
  • James Lewis Chambers Adams married Jane Mcmurray Thatcher, and had children including Atlantic Esther Adams, Eliza A Adams, Jane Elizabeth Adams Ruffin, Louisa A Adams, Mary Ann Pauline Adams, Matilda Ann Adams, Parthenia M Adams 16 Cm, Samantha L Adams.
  • James Lewis Chambers Adams passed away in 1869 in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Adams's Ancestors

Self
James Adams
1795–1869
Birth Place: South Carolina, USA
Parents
William Adams
1760–1809
Waxhaws, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Vicky (Jane) Conner
1760–1809
Waxhaws Area, SC, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James (Clayton) Adams
1733–1796
Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Mary (Blackmore Montgomery) Adams
1743–1796
Waxhaws, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Janes Beatey
1747–1774
Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Adams
1682–1793
David Adams
1705–1769
Col MONTGOMERY
1716–1789
Mary White
1717–1790
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gabriel Adams
1678–1792
Priscilla Pearson
1690–1746
Mary Ashmead
1683–1723

James Adams's Descendants

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James (Lewis Chambers) Adams (1795–1 November 1869) m. Jane (McMurray) Thatcher (12 Apr 1795–Aft. 1860)
  1. 1. Jane (Elizabeth Adams) Ruffin 1819–1885 m. Wiley (J.) Ruffin 1807–1888
    1. 1. Missouri (Ann Ruffin) Stanley 1844–1911 m. Joseph (Alfred) Stanley 1840–1895
      1. 1. Attie (Era Stanley) Pruitt 1872–1941 m. Lemuel (Hampton) Pruitt 1869–1942
        1. 1. Blanche (Marie Pruitt) Sutton 1900–1996 m. Henry (Cyle) Sutton 1895–1984
        2. 2. Brucie (Avon) Pruitt 1892–1960
        3. 3. Herschell (William) Pruitt 1893–1960
        4. 4. Bessie Pruitt 1896–1944
        5. 5. Glenn (S) Pruitt 1903–1976
        6. 6. Bruce Pruitt 1896–
      2. 2. Valula (Olive Stanley) Downs 1867–1940
      3. 3. James (William) Stanley 1868–1887
      4. 4. Alice Stanley 1871–
      5. 5. Joseph (Judson) Stanley 1875–1937
      6. 6. Theresa (Elizabeth) Stanley 1880–1903
    2. 2. Sarah (Jane) Ruffin 1841–1911
    3. 3. James (Thomas) Ruffin 1846–1920 m. Martha (Eliza Holley) Ruffin 1852–1925
      1. 1. Adie (Goggins) Ruffin 1883–1950
      2. 2. Oscie (Homer) Ruffin 1881–1956
      3. 3. Fred (Gordon Ruffin) Sr. 1886–1945
      4. 4. Leonard (Arthur) Ruffin 1875–1954
      5. 5. Bessie (Pearl) Ruffin 1879–1959
      6. 6. John (H) Ruffin 1865–1932
    4. 4. John (Henry) Ruffin 1865–1932
    5. 5. Jesse (L.) Ruffin 1848–1881
    6. 6. Wiley (Alonzo) Ruffin 1852–1857
    7. 7. Louise (Josephine Ruffin) Lewis 1858–1944
    8. 8. Elizabeth ("Lizzie" A. Ruffin) Sears 1862–1938
    9. 9. Molesia Ruffin 1852–
    10. 10. Melissa (H.) Ruffin 1851–1922
    11. 11. Wiley (Judson) Ruffin 1856–1910
  2. 2. Eliza (A.) Adams 1830–
  3. 3. Parthenia (M. Adams 16) cM 1838–1876
  4. 4. Matilda (Ann) Adams 1821–1902
  5. 5. Atlantic (Esther) Adams 1824–1886
  6. 6. Mary (Ann Pauline) Adams 1827–1879
  7. 7. Samantha (L.) Adams 1836–1889
  8. 8. Louisa (A.) Adams 1834–

James Adams's Timeline

3 Records

1795
1795
Birth of James Lewis Chambers Adams in South Carolina, USA
South Carolina, USA
1850
1850
Age 55
James Lewis Chambers Adams resided here in Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, USA
1869
1 November 1869
Age 74
Death of James Lewis Chambers Adams in Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, USA
Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1795
    Event Place: South Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Coosa, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: 4; Page: 73a
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Coosa, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: 4; Page: 73a

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 November 1869
    Event Place: Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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