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Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair 1783–1835 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 DEC 1783

Birth Location: Bartow County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 20 JAN 1835

Death Location: Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA

Father: Captain Company

Mother: Nancy TYNER

Spouse(s): Rachel Thompson

Children(s): George II, John 7\16, Nancy 1\4, Sallie Adair, Mary Adair, Calvin Adair, Benjamin Adair

In 1783, Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair entered the world in Bartow County, Georgia, USA, born to Captain John Philiph Lightfoot Of Lightfoots Company And Nancy Ga Ho Ga Lightfoot Foster Adair Tyner. Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair married Rachel Thompson, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Adair, Calvin Sequoyah Adair, George Washington Adair Ii, John Thompson Adair Judge B P 7 16, Mary Adair, Nancy Nannie Adair Mayes 1 4, Sallie Thompson Adair. Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair passed away in 1835 in Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1783, Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair entered the world in Bartow County, Georgia, USA, born to Captain John Philiph Lightfoot Of Lightfoots Company And Nancy Ga Ho Ga Lightfoot Foster Adair Tyner.
  • Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair married Rachel Thompson, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Adair, Calvin Sequoyah Adair, George Washington Adair Ii, John Thompson Adair Judge B P 7 16, Mary Adair, Nancy Nannie Adair Mayes 1 4, Sallie Thompson Adair.
  • Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair passed away in 1835 in Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter Adair's Ancestors

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Walter Adair
1783–1835
Birth Place: Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Captain John Philiph Lightfoot of Lightfoots Company
1753–1815
Ireland
Nancy (GA-HO-GA Lightfoot FOSTER ADAIR) TYNER
1755–1790
, Cherokee Nation East, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Dr. (James Robert "Author Indian Trader") Adair
1709–1783
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland, Great Britain
Esther (Anna) McBride
1710–1785
fairfield, colony, of, Connecticut, USA
Capt (John Benge Lightfoot (Rev War) POW)
1725–1780
Cherokee Nation East, [city/village], [county], Colony of Georgia, Native America
MARY (CLACK Ga-Ho-Ga of the Deer Clan (Full Blood) Cherokee)
1730–1790
Cherokee, Georgia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Phillip Lightvoet
1689–1748
Mary Armistead
1696–1775
Chief Clan)
1685–1745
Nancy Clan)
1683–1777
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Supreme Moytoy
1640–1730
Locha Moytoy
1650–1692

Walter Adair's Descendants

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Walter (Washington (Black Watt)) Adair (11 DEC 1783–20 JAN 1835) m. Rachel Thompson (24 December 1786–22 April 1876)
  1. 1. George (Washington Adair) II 1806–1862 m. Martha (Hammock) Martin 1815–1875
    1. 1. Mary (Ellen Adair) Thompson 1838–1900 m. Joseph (Franklin) Thompson 1841–1922
      1. 1. Walter (Adair) Thompson 1865–1941
      2. 2. William (Penn) Thompson 1873–1874
      3. 3. Joseph (T.) Thompson 1871–1874
      4. 4. Susan (Cherokee) Thompson 1869–1933 m. Robert (Willis) Hamilton 1865–
        1. 1. Mabelle Hamilton 1896–1925
        2. 2. Waunette Hamilton 1898–1968
        3. 3. Jesseillgin Hamilton 1900–
        4. 4. Jessie (E) Hamilton –1935
      5. 5. James (W) Thompson 1863–1864
      6. 6. Jeter (J) Thompson 1878–1878
    2. 2. William (Penn Adair) (Chief) 1830–1880
    3. 3. Andrew (Perkins) Adair 1831–1911
    4. 4. William (Penn Adair Col Chief of the) Cherokees 1830–1880
    5. 5. Brice (Martin) Adair 1830–1898
    6. 6. Andrew (Perkins) Adair 1831–1911
    7. 7. William (Penn Adair) (Chief) 1830–1880
    8. 8. Brice (Martin) Adair 1830–1862
  2. 2. John (Thompson Adair Judge (b)(p)) 7\16 1812–1891
  3. 3. Nancy ("Nannie" Adair\Mayes) 1\4 1807–1876
  4. 4. Sallie (Thompson) Adair 1808–1833
  5. 5. Mary Adair 1805–1832
  6. 6. Calvin (Sequoyah) Adair 1811–1859
  7. 7. Benjamin (Franklin) Adair 1810–1850

Walter Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1783
11 DEC 1783
Birth of Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair in Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Bartow County, Georgia, USA
1835
20 JAN 1835
Age 52
Death of Walter Washington (Black Watt) Adair in Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 DEC 1783
    Event Place: Bartow County, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1835
    Event Place: Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA

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