MOSES ADAMS, b 1820-1 (PA), d 1897; m1 SARAH J., m2 SUSAN

1M .Alcinius Adams [from m1]
2M .Albert Adams
3F .Almeda Adams
4M.Levi Adams
5M.Charles Adams
6M.Cornelius Adams, b 11 Jul 1858
7F. Wilma Jean Adams
8F .Sarah Adams
9M Moses Kent Adams aka (Kent Lumus Adams), b 1873 (Newport, Wash. Co., OH) [from m2]
10F .Sylvania Adams

CORNELIUS ADAMS, b 11 Jul 1858 (24); m NANCY HENDRICKSON (21) married 27 July 1887 (Washington Co., OH) [census reports of Newport Township, Washington County Ohio], children:

1M JOHN W.

JOHN W. ADAMS, b 21 Aug 1884 [per Ruttencutter funeral Home Records]; m M. Della (DENNIS)Adams (3/4/1891 - 6/7/1970), d/o of Stephen Dennis and Hanna Blair

Note: Research from Gerald Bills <Gebills@aol.com>& Nikki Adams.<nikkinautumn@yahoo.com>.

ISAAC & DELILAH ADAMS

FAMILY

   THEORY: Is the family of Isaac, Delilah Adams, et al., related to the John Adams family of Virginia and   Ohio?

ISAAC ADAMS, b ca 1810 (40 in 1850/58 in 1870), poss Mulatto, L 1850 (Marshall Co., VA), 1870 (Alleppo Twp., Greene Co., PA); m DELILAH (poss DANES/ DAINS/ DEANS?) [b ca 1814, (36 in 1850/65 in 1870), d 5 May 1877], children: (1850, 1870 U.S. Census) [RESEARCH: RSlater463@aol.com]

1F   ELIZABETH A., 16 in 1850 (PA)

2F   MELINDA, 14 in 1850 (PA)

3M   WILLIAM, 12 in 1850 (PA)

4M   THOMAS, 10 in 1850 (PA)

5M   JAMES, 8 in 1850 (PA)

6M   HARRISON, 6 in 1850 (PA), 24 in 1870

7M   URIAH, 4 in 1850 (PA), 22 in 1870

8M   JOHN Q., 2 in 1850 (VA)

9M   DANIEL, 9 in 1860, 25/28 in 1870 (PA)

Note: Provided by Geneva Moore Kinneer & Jan Slater. "All but Delilah were listed as mulatto in PA."

DANIEL ADAMS¹, b 1851 (York Twp., Belmont Co., OH),poss son of ISAAC ADAMS (1825, Bethel Twp., Monroe Co., OH), "went west during Gold Rush & no further data; m MARTHA JACKSON 18 Oct 1877 (Belmont Co., OH), children: [RESEARCH: brittonfaith@hotmail.com, gkinneer@columbus.rr.com]

1F   MARGARET ELSIE; m GALLAHER

2M   JOHN

3F   LILA; m WILSON

4M   THOMAS

1.   Britton, Faith, email 11 June 2001. "Is it possible that Daniel's father, Isaac, was the son of George Adams? Margaret Elsie's grandson lives near Beallsvile where mny of your Adams were from." Faith sent the picture of Daniel..

[Note: We need to clarify how Daniel Adams is related.]

1850 Marshall County Va (now WV just next door to Greene Co. PA)

District 33

1252 1258

Isaac Adams 40 M laborer PA

Delilah Adams 36 F PA cannot read/write

Eliza A. Adams 16 F PA in school

Melinda Adams 14 F PA in school

William Adams 12 M PA in school

Thomas Adams 10 M PA in school

James Adams 8 M PA in school

Harrison Adams 6 M PA

Uriah Adams 4 M PA

John Q. Adams 2/12 M VA

1860 Belmont County OH, York Township

Powhatten Point Post Office

311 395

Isaac Adams 48 M Farmer real estate-none, personal estate $175, Penna

Delina Adams 55 F Penna

William Adams 19 M Farmer Ohio

Thomas Adams 17 M Farmer Ohio in school

James Adams 16 M Ohio Farmer Ohio in school

Harrison Adams 13 M Ohio in school

Uriah Adams 11 M Ohio in school

Daniel 9 M Ohio in school

1870 Greene County PA Aleppo Twp

58 58

Isaac Adams 58 M M Laborer 500 Penna

Delila 65 F W Keeping house Penna

Daniel (28 or 25 - hard to read) M M Penna

59 59

Uriah Adams 22 M M Laborer 300 Penna

Mary Adams 85 F M Keeping House Penna

John Adams 7/12 M M

1870 Greene County PA Center Twp

237 237

Francis B. Adams 44 M M Farmer 600 200 Penna

Hannah Adams 38 F M Keeping House Penna

Margaret Adams 16 F M Penna

Mary Arabell Adams 7 F M Penna

Emma Adams 4 F M Penna

Elyssis Adams 2 M M Penna

Harrison Adams 24 M M Virginia

Also for 1880 - this may be the same Harrison?

1880 Belmont County, Mead Township

141 155

Adams, Harrison W M 34 Farmer WV Penna Penna

Adams, Nancy Jane W F 32 Wife Keeping House Ohio Ohio Ohio

Adams, Theodore W M 11 Son attended school Ohio WV Ohio

Adams, George W. W M 1 Son Ohio WV Ohio

Adams, Mary W F 10 (no relationship given) Penna WV WV

And 1880 here is Daniel w/Isaac

1880 Belmont County OH, York Township

3 3

Adams, Daniel W M 29 Farm laborer Cannot Read/Write WV PA VA

Adams, Martha W F 25 wife keeping house Cannot Write Ohio VA Ohio

Adams, Jane W F 1 daughter Ohio WV Ohio

Adams, Christiana W F 1/12 Arpil daughter Ohio WV Ohio

Adams, Isaac Mu M 68 Boards widowed laborer "consuption" PA PA VA

And Thomas

1880 Belmont County OH York Township

13 13

Adams, Thomas W M 39 Laborer PA blank blank

Adams, Sarah W F 39 wife keeping house cannot write Ohio blank blank

Adams, Delila W F 16 daughter at home cannot write Ohio PA Ohio

Adams, John W M 15 son laborer cannot write Ohio PA Ohio

Adams, Elizabeth W F 14 daughter at home Ohio PA Ohio

Adams, Isaac W M 12 son at home cannot write Ohio PA Ohio

Adams, Belinda W F 10 daughter Ohio PA Ohio

Adams, Louisa W F 8 daughter Ohio PA Ohio

Adams, Emeline W F 3 daughter Ohio PA Ohio

(Emails & Research)

   Harrison Adams is living in the Francis B. Adams houshold in 1870 in Greene Co. PA - the wife of Francis Adams is believed to be Mariah Hannah Wilson, daughter of my Jacob Wilson of Greene County PA. Mariah's sister, Jacob's daughter Malinda Wilson was my GGgrandmother married to William H. ADAMS of Greene County PA. This Francis Adams & family is in Marshall County WV in 1880 and later moved to Calhoun County WV.

   Below are 1850, 1860 & 1870 & 1880 of what I have found so far - all from Ancestry Images or the Greene County PA online images for Isaac & Delilah & their family.

   I am going back sometime to look at more of the 1860 1870 and 1880 Belmont census pages to see who is living in the ADAMS home in 1870 since the neighors are similar in 1860 and 1880 - maybe some inlaws or other relatives.

Possible marriage record of Isaac & Delilah

Isaac (spelled Isacc) Adams - Dailla Danes - Ohio Co - June 11, 1835

Records of Marriages solemnized by Isaac Mayes, Justice of the Peace, Washington County, Pa., 1811 - 1845

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwags/marmayes.txt

   There is also a Greene County PA newspaper record there is a newspaper record in 1837 of an Isaac Adams that broke jail in Waynesburg (Greene County) - he was being held on kidnapping charges - the article said he was about 20 years old - a "bright mulatto" and he escaped with another man of similar age by the name of John Dean. Another Greene County researcher tells me there are/were DAINS in Greene County. If this is the same Isaac Adams (I think it probably is) there is a possibility that the kidnapping charge had something to do with his white wife.

   There is record about Greene County of a signed petition in 1830 to the State of Pennsylvania asking to outlaw interracial marriages. The reference is found in "Woodson's Free Negro Heads of Families in the 1830 Census for Greene County Pennsylvania". That 1830 petition coincides nicely with another ADAMS (of color that later passed for white) family that left Greene Co. PA for Muskingum Co. OH in 1834 - Abraham Adams shows up in Greene Co. 1830 and in Land Patent records for Muskingum Co. in 1834 - his line married back into the Greene County PA line. I would love to see a copy of the actual petition as it might well be useful in determining the maiden names of some of the white wives in my lines.

   There is a lot to digest here I know, I went back to some old information and checked it on the census pages at Ancestry. It has taken me a few hours but I think that most of this information is correct and that this family is related to my lines in Greene County, PA.

13 May 2002

  I hope that what I put together makes sense - it really does appear that this Isaac is the same person in all of those census years.

   I wish I could hazzard a guess but I am not sure yet who their parents are. I don't know if I should assume that the Mary listed in Isaac's household in 1870 is his mother or not - I am looking but have not yet found a Mary Adams to fit her age description in another household in 1850 or 1860 - of course so many people went by their first name one place and their middle name another. I will look more at the Greene County Adams families in early census years to see where this Isaac might fit in. I believe he is NOT a son of Abraham Adams as I have some estate information and he is not listed as an heir - other than that I don't have many clues so far.

   I am going to look more at the Danes/Dains in Western PA based on the marriage record and the fact that there are still Dains living in Greene County PA per another researcher who is looking at the information on all persons of color in the area. I will also check my files to see who else has inquired about this family - I know that Candace Church believes she is descended from Francis Adams who has Harrison in his household in 1870 - I will forward all of this to her as well.

   Tell me what you think about the MILLS family living next to Isaac in 1860 Belmont Co. OH - could this John Mills be related to Mary Mills Adams?

Jan (13 May 2002)

Subject: Moses Adams Brick Wall
Date: February 14, 2009

"It has been quite some time since I last contacted you but my browser brings up your pages when I search for Moses Adams.

In Greene County, PA there is a Moses Adams born about 1818 on the List of Poor Children Schooled by the County for 1825 and 1826.  The parent is Mary Adams. Other children of Mary Adams are Isaac with no age shown and John born about 1814. 

In the 1820 census Mary Adams is listed with 3 male children under the age of 10, 1 age 14 -26 and 1 female age 26-45.  Mary could be the widow of Isaac Adams who appears in the 1810 census of Greene County PA.

In 1830 Maryanne Adams is listed as 1 female between the ages of 40 -50, with 3 male children between 14 and 26, 1 female under the age of 10 and 1 female between 10 and 24. 

The List of Poor Children does not designate race. 
In 1810 Isaac Adams family is listed as white.
In 1820 Mary Adams is listed as Free Colored.
1830 Maryanne Adams is a white woman with Free Colored children. 

The Adams family of Greene County, PA is notorious for changing colors in the census and when the families left the area they most often were listed as white in the census.  This is a family that appears to have easily crossed the color line and is often passed over by researchers because we had no idea that our ancestors were anything other than Caucasian.

I don't know if this is the same Moses Adams of the "Brick Wall" but he might just be.

Jan Slater"( rslater463@aol.com}