Elizabeth

Bef 1765 - Aft 1786  (> 23 years)

• Name	Elizabeth
  Born	Bef 1765	of, , South Carolina, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1786
  Person ID	I3801	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Robert Adair,   d. Bef 1785, of, , South Carolina, United States
  Married	Bef 1778	of, , South Carolina, United States
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 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. For this particular individual, there is no connection yet proved except for proximity in time and location thru the following record: "Compensation for Revolutionary Service.. South Carolina House of Representatives-Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports. 1785 Feb. 7 pd. Eliz. Adair, widow of Robert,* killed by Indians. Apr. 24 pd. Sarah Adair, widow of John, killed in '82. June 10 pd. Catherine Adair, widow of Benjamin, killed 10 Mar. '81. Nov. 29 pd. Elizabeth Finny. Widow of John Finny, killed at Cowpens. She mar. (2) Robert Long. 1786 Aug. 23 pd. Eliz'h Adair, wid. of Robert, killed by Indians. *William C. Stewart, author of "Gone to Georgia," states that Robert Adair married in 1774 Elizabeth Posey, the widow Huffman and moved from Virginia to SC. Their son, Robert S. Adair, born c1783 married Martha Lafevre. His sister, Nancy, married Samuel Maloney. Both families moved to Gwinnett Co., Ga. about 1818. The SC Jury List 1778 shows Robert Adair in the area near the Abbeville and what is now Anderson Co. line. Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee counties were still Indian country during the Revo. War. In 1789, this Indian country was established as Pendleton District; in 1826 the district was divided into Anderson and Pickens Counties; Oconee was cut out of Pickens Co. in 1868. After the war, Elizabeth Adair received a grant of land in And­erson Co. on Wilson's Creek near the present Iva, SC. Her fam­ily lived there until they moved to Ga."