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Hezekiah Adair

Male Bef 1782 -


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  • Name Hezekiah Adair 
    Born Bef 1782  of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I3740  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Adair,   b. Abt 1750, , , Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1782, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Mother Sarah,   d. Aft 30 Sep 1794, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1775  of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1837  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Excerpts of "Adairs" from the book "Laurens County South Carolina - Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1789," by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMar, Columbia, South Carolina, 2004. The book notes: "This is a record that has only been recently found after being lost for so many years. It is incomplete missing the first 54 pages, pages 103-126, and an unknown number of pages at the end of the volume. There is at least one other volume, still missing, covering the years 1790-1799."
      It also notes: "Laurens County was formed in 1785 as a county of Ninety Six District. In that year justices of the peace were elected by the General Assembly to be administrators of the county courts. Within the pages of these court minutes are small court cases, lists of deeds presented to be recorded, applications for administrations on estates and wills proved (beginning in 1787), jury lists, petitions of various kinds, appointments for various offices, apprenticeships, estray animals tolled, and other items. The cases heard for debt or damages could not exceed £50, and cases heard for personal damages could not exceed £20. Criminal cases heard could not call for the loss of life or corporal punishment. Larger court cases were heard in the district courts, such as Ninety-Six."
      There are listings of various Adair and associated family members including the following:
      Pg. 331, 15 Dec 1789: "Ben: Adair Jun'r, Joseph Adair, Martha Adair, Hezekiah Adair & Isaac Adair, Infants orphans of John Adair Dec'd came into Court Chose Ben Adair Senr as their Guardian; Whereupon he the s'd Benjamin Adair Sen'r together with Joseph Adair his security Entered into and acknowledged their bond according to Law."