Further to my Washington Adams story. Sometime before 1860 My Washington
Adams family moved to Mt Carroll, IL Washington his wife wife Laura and
three children. Washington died in 1863 and his wife Laura remarried.
Daughter Mary J Adams married Andrew Jackson Christian (my wife's gr
grandfather) and they moved to Chicago, IL.
Moses Adams moved to IA along with Asa Adams. This leads me to believe that
Asa and my Washington are related, either brothers or at least cousins.
Thanks
Perry
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Subject: Re: [INLAGRAN] John/Asa ADAMS, Harriet ROOT
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Author: sharonlewis1944
Surnames: Adams Root
Classification: queries
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Here's a thought. Have you tried tracing any of Asa's siblings to see if
they may have journed with him to Indiana, I see he bought property in Iowa
in 1849 under the name of Asa Adams so I seriously doubt that he used the
name John in one state and Asa in another. Try tracing Harriet's Root and
John's roots. See if she or Asa show up any where else in any sort of
records for that time period, besides census records. See if John bought
property.
Remember the Indian Wars (1817-1858) were going on during that time in the
area.Especially the Black Hawk War (I believe that was the name of the big
one mentioned most.) Check any records for possible involvement.
I also see that LaGrange County seperated from Elkart County. Check in
Elkhart county for any genealogy during that time period you may find a
hint. Try the following web site to see if any of the children were buried
in either Elkhart or LaGrange county cemetaries during that time. It will
take a lot of digging but you may run across sometime that may help you
decide if John is Asa or if they are two actual seperate people. My best
guess is that they are two seperate individuals.
WEB SITE:
http://www.interment.net/us/in/index.htm. This is a good site for
almost any state if you know the counties. You can find other genealogy on
this site with a little digging, not only for cemeteries but sometimes other
history or genealogy of the counties and the state.
I found several cemeteries listed in different counties for the same town,
due to seperation of counties, depending on the date of burial. Also check
the history of the state and when the counties were actually formed and then
check the surrounding county it was formed out of to see if they could be
any info to lead you to a next step.
Remember that just because a county was formed outside your specific time
period, the original county that was split may hold clues for what you are
looking for. I'm not sure people were aware of the split till long
afterwards.
Good hunting.
Sharon
Colorado
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