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From: "James Trabue" <>
Subject: Re: [ADAIR] Re: John m. Litefoot & Kilgore was trader
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:40:24 -0700
References: <MFMBM011Mb1s7nlT2Nq0000180b@mfmbm011.myfamilycorp.local>

This message poses a very interesting question. For background, I have
summarized a few general facts.
James Addair of Montgomery, Co. +? Annis Harbison had
Thomas Addair = Elizabeth (Betsey) Kirby and they had
James Addair, Barbara Addair, and Jane Addair who married Calvin Tunnell
(Anderson Co., TN)
Calvin and Jane went to Illinois in 1817. Calvin's brother, William Tunnell
had a daughter, Betsy Tunnell who married Vines Hicks, 1817 b. 1788 near
Richmond, Va. d. 15 April 1888 near White Hall, Illinois. The Hicks went to
Illinois in 1817 with the Calvin and Jane Tunnell. Vines was son of David
and Nancy (Thomas) Hicks.

James Addair apparently died in service while he was a minor because there
is some correspondence in 1849 where the family was attempting to recover
money from the government on behalf of his mother, Betsy Kirby Addair.
Unfortunately, I have been unable to locate any files through the National
Archives. Jane Addair was born in 1795 and was apparently the oldest child,
so it is probable that her brother died in the war of 1812. The sister,
Barbara married Charles Degerley in St. Louis in 1830 (but the marriage does
not seem to be in the records). However, there is an affidavit of the
marriage signed by a Justice of the Peace who performed it.

Thomas Addair disappeared somewhere along the line and I can conceive the
possibility that Betsy may have had an interim marriage. Can you tell me
where the card and the documents to which it refers are located?


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Subject: [ADAIR] Re: John m. Litefoot & Kilgore was trader


> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JG.2ADEB/828.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.
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> Message Board Post:
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> Shirley,
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> This does get confusing with so many people with the same name. When I
suggest that James Adair and Eleanor ___ appear to be likely candidates to
have been the parents of John and Edward Adair, I'm referring to:
>
> - James Adair (b. c. 1710-20 and died in Laurens County, SC, before
February 12, 1796) who was a brother of Joseph Adair (b. c. 1710-20 and died
in Laurens County, SC, after January 9, 1788).
>
> - John Adair (b. c. 1753 and died probably in Abbeville County, SC, before
December 4, 1815) who married firstly Nancy Gahoga Lightfoot (full blood
Cherokee) and secondly Jane Kilgore.
>
> Children of John Adair and Nancy "Ga-Ho-Ga" Lightfoot (full blood
Cherokee):
> 1. Samuel Adair, b. c. 1781, d. c. 1836.
> 2. Walter "Black Watt" Adair, b. December 11, 1783, d. January 20, 1835.
> 3. Charlotte "Lightfoot" Adair, b. c. 1785, d. September 1838.
> 4. Edward Adair, b. February 7, 1789, d. December 21, 1864.
> 5. John Adair, Jr., b. c. 1791, d. bef. 1838.
>
> Children of John Adair and Jane Kilgore:
> 6. James Adair, b. c. 1793.
> 7. Thomas Benjamin Adair, b. c. 1795.
> 8. Margaret Jane Adair, b. March 11, 1797, m. William Richardson
Nicholson.
> 9. William Henry Adair, b. c. 1799.
> 10. Charles Duncan Adair, b. c, 1801.
> 11. George Washington Adair, b. c. 1803.
> 12. Elbert Earl Adair, b. c. 1805.
> 14. Mary Ann Adair, b. c. 1807.
> 15. Benjamin Franklin Adair, b. c. 1809, d. bef. 1851.
> 16. John Alexander Adair, b. c. 1811.
>
> - Edward Adair (b. c. 1755 and died August 1820) who married Elizabeth
Scott (1/2 blood Cherokee), daughter of Walter Scott and Go-Sa-Du-I-Sga
(full blood Cherokee).
>
> Children of Edward Adair and Elizabeth Scott were:
> 1. Walter Scott "Red Watt" Adair, b. January 28, 1791, d. September 26,
1854.
> 2. James Adair, b. c. 1793, d. February 1814. (War of 1812, January
11-February 10, 1814)
> 3. Edward Adair, Jr., b. c. 1795.
>
> [Col Morgan Jr's Reg't, Cherokee Indians, War of 1812, Card #39026986
#7003, James Adair; Know all men by these present that I, Betsey Scot of the
Cherokee Nation, have this day nominated and appointed Charles Hicks of said
nation my true and lawfull attorney for me, and in my name to ask, demand
and receive of Col. Return J Miegs or the proper authority, such sum or sums
of money as is due my son James Adair, deceased, for his services to the
United States, for a tour of duty performed against the hostile Creeks under
the command of Captain David McNair of said nation. Commencing the 7th
October 1813 and ending the 6th Jany 1814 as the above [do] charge will
appear. I also empower my said attorney to receipt for all moneys for me
and to my use, and to act and to do all things necessary on the [premise] in
as full and ample manner as I myself could do were I personally present in
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, on Chickamagie, this
thirteenth day of Ju!
> ly Anno Domini 1816.
> Betsey (her "X" mark) Scott for James Adair, Deceased
> Test. William Murdock]
>
> (This is an interesting note. One question that immediately comes to mind
is why Elizabeth went by the surname Scott if that was her maiden name
rather than going by her married name?)
>
> Shawn Potter
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