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1. Http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.adair/1433.1.1/mb.ashx various quotes circa 2003-4:
A. "Ann McClure (who had the child by Alexander Adair), Elizabeth McClure (wife of Benjamin Wilson and mother of Margaret Wilson, who married John Adair, son of James Adair), and James McClure (father of Mary A. Bell, who married Stephen Braddock, son of Ann McClure and Alexander Adair) were siblings."
B. "The following web page on McClure, Braddock, Wilson, Adair mentions the above Alexander came directly from Ireland to Laurens Co. (1767)." [Kerry's note: I am aware of Alexander from other notes in Laurens Co., SC, but it is interesting to see him in a relationship with the same family as our John Adair.]
C. "Kentucky: A History of the State," Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 1st ed., 1885. Reprinted 1972 by Kentucky Reprint Co., Murray, KY. [My note: The first part of this biography is confusing. The James Adair who was part of Marion's band was not of Laurens Co. nor was John's father James old enough to have served in the War of Independence, yet we are certain that this John is correctly placed due to the correlation of his birth date as compared with his tombstone and the LDS Temple records as reported by his cousins. John's father James may have had a previous wife before Rebecca if this account of John's mother's death is correct.]
"Graves Co.
"The Adair Family. The Adairs are among the oldest families of Graves County. They came originally from Ireland, and settled in one of the Atlantic States a number of years before the war of the Revolution. The family originally settled in South Carolina, where James Adair, grandfather of Turner Adair, distinguished himself in the war of Independence as a member of the celebrated Marion's band. Late in life he settled in Alabama, where he died about the year 1839 or 1840. His son, John Adair, was left an orphan, when but three weeks old, by the death of his mother. He made his home with the families of his aunt and grandfather, and at an early age was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, which he followed all his life. He was married in 1820 to Margaret Wilson, by whom he had thirteen children, whose names are as follows: James McConathy, Elizabeth, Jane, Turner, Martha C., Sarah A., James H., S.B., John P., Joseph B., Margaret P., Mary P. and Virginia P.
In the year 1830 Mr. Adair came to Graves County, Ky., and settled in Lynnville Precinct on the place where his widow now resides. He died June 4, 1878.
Turner Adair, third child of John Adair, and eldest member of the family now living, was born in 1825 in Lawrence [sic] District, S.C. He remained with his parents until twenty-two years of age, when he engaged in farming for himself, which occupation he continued until 1849, when he joined a company of young men as daring as himself, and made an overland trip to California for the purpose of engaging in mining. He participated in all the active scenes of that exciting period, and was fairly successful in his quest of fortune. He returned home in 1858, and at once resumed farming, which he still follows. Mr Adair has never married and at the present time lives with his mother on the old homestead."
D. "Elizabeth McClure Wilson [mother of Margaret (Wilson) Adair] is also buried in Graves Co, KY ... John and Margaret Adair are in Beech Grove Cemetery, perhaps Elizabeth is also..."
BURIAL:
1. Find-a-grave Memorial# 26897739 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26897739 accessed 19 Dec 2013. Memorial notes: "Margaret "Peggy" Wilson Adair, b. Apr. 20, 1802, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. Sep. 17, 1886, Farmington, Graves County, Kentucky. Actual tombstone reads: "Margaret Adair died Sept. 17, 1886, aged 84 Yrs. 4 Mos. 28 Days."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1802 - 1886 (84 years)