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1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
A. "There was a William Adair who evidently died single sometime between 1780 and 1784 (Abbey. Wills, p. 10-11) and also an Isaac Adair who was killed in the Revolution in 1781. (Annuity Claim). His widow Ruth (Greer?), had moved to Ga. by 1799. (Deed Bk, F, p. 471). Both these men were of the Duncan Creek area; both signed the Williams Petition in 1780 and both would have been born c1764 or before."
B. "Isaac Adair of Duncan Creek area signed the Williams petition in 1780; was killed in the Revo War for which his widow, Ruth Adair was paid an annuity from the State.
"Deed Bk. B, p. 416 - 22 Aug. 1788, John Greer, Sr. to Ruth Adair, 150 a. on Duncan Creek, part of a 300 a. tract where said John Greer now lives, adj. land laid out to Joseph Greer and Bazel Prather. Wit: John Owins, Josiah Greer, John Robinson.
"Deed Bk. F, p. 471 - 17 Aug. 1799, James Adair, planter, by Power of Attorney for Ruth Adair of the State of Ga., to Bazel Prather, blacksmith, 150 a. on Duncan Cr. being half of a tract containing 300 ac on the northernmost side of Duncan Creek, bound to the SE on sd. creek & then vacant on all other sides when granted to John Greer, 17 Mar. 1756 (?? Land grant map shows 1774). Wit: John Daniel Kern, Obidiah Roberts, Samuel Bishop, Jr.
"Nothing is known as to parents of Isaac Adair and names of his children, if any, are not known."
C. "Compensation for Revolutionary Service.. South Carolina House of Representatives-Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports.
178[6] Feb. 10 pd. Ruth Adair, one years annuity[, 8.15.]
178[5] Sept. 21 pd. Ruth Adair, widow of Isaac, killed in Apr'l '81, [8.15.]"
[Note: Brownlee had the years wrong showing the Feb. annuity in 1785 and Sept.'s in 1786; it should be reversed as I have corrected it above. I also added the amount. Source: "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 1, pp. 69, 156, which also prefaces the list with the following comment: "Compensation for Revolutionary Service. The Following records are preserved in their original form at the South Carolina Archives. They are entitled 'House of Representatives / Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports,' and although they are unsigned, they evidently were transmitted by the State Treasurer to the House of Representatives."]
2. FHL film 446460, Patron Research Dept. film for Marie G. Sheranian: "Land grants recorded at Clerk's Office, Laurens, S.C.:
June 30, 1789, Ruth Adair from John Greer Sr, 100 A. on Duncan's creek, Bk B, p. 416.
Aug 13, 1788, Ruth Adair from John Greer Sr, 150 A. on Duncan's creek, Bk B, p. 417."
3. Ancestry.com "Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 Record," lists: "Ruth Adair, Jackson County, year 1799, District Tuttle, p. 16."
4. 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."
The records have several listings for the known Adair family. There is also mention of Ruth Adair (Ruth: a widow of Isaac Adair who died in 1781 in the Rev. War and whose maiden name was probably Grier/Greer). The quotation:
Pg. 179, 11 Sep 1787: A Bond from John Grier to Ruth Adair Conditioned to make a sufficient right & Title to 150 acres of land proven in open court by James Montgomery and James Grier and ordered to be Recorded."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Bef 1765 - Aft 1799 (> 36 years)