South Carolinians in the Revolution
Author: Sara Sullivan Ervin
Call Number: 1690
Assembled in this work are the names of the men and women who rendered Revolutionary service in South Carolina, with proof collected from various sources. The abstracts of Laurens County wills run forty pages, name thousands of persons, and are arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the testator.
Bibliographic Information: Ervin, Sara Sullivan. South Carolinians in the Revolution. 1945. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1965.
ADAIR Joseph--Sons: John, James, Robert, Elisha & Gr. son Joseph Adair...Daus: Jane & hus. Thomas Holland; Elizabeth & hus. John Hutson; Casey & hus. ThomasMcCrary; Charity & hus. David Little...EXR: Elisha & John Adair...20 Jan. 1812--15 Jan. 1813...Bk. D-1, p. 105...WIT: Richard Holland, Wm. Adair, George McCrary.
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WILL OF JOSEPH ADAIR, JR
State of South Carolina Laurens District. In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by
these presents that I, JOSEPH ADAIR, of the same State and District are now in good
health and in my natural senses at this date and time make this my last will and testament.
At my death, I bequeath my body to the tomb, my soul to the almighty God, me maker
and cratar and Jesus Christ my redemer.
Likewise I give and bequeath unto JOHN ADAIR, my son, all the land that I layed of
for him, that RICHARD HOLLEN and JOHN PRIER now lives on and one negro
woman named JUKE.
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son JAMES ADAIR all that part of a tract of
land he now lives on lying on the South Side of Littel Dunkins Creek bounded on land of
THOMAS MCCRARYES, ALEXANDER WILKERSONS, ELISHA ADAIR and one
negro man named DUKE.
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my son ROBERT ADAIR the money that he did
receive from ALEXANDER WILKERSON for a tract of land made over by me and my
son ELISHA ADAIR to said WILKERSON and one negro girl named TAMER.
Likewise, I give and bequeath to my son ELISHA ADAIR all that part of land I now
live on containing three hundred and seventy five acres more or less, resurvayed by
JOHN A. ELMORE, one negro boy named MORRIS, one new waggon and
all her harness.
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto JOSEPH ADAIR, son of ELISHA ADAIR, one set
of silver coat buttons, and one set of silver breaches buttons to my son ROBERT
ADAIR.
I likewise, give and bequeath unto my daughter ELIZABETH and her husband JOHN
HUTRON one negro girl named CHAVIS to be tharne during there natural life, and at
their death to be equally divided among all ELIZABETH HUTRON'S children of her
natural body.
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter JANE, wife of THOMAS
HOLLAND, one negro girl named Dice.
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto my daughter CASEY, wife of THOMAS
MCCRAREY one negro woman named SID.
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto CHARTY, wife of DAVID LITTEL, one negro
woman named SARAH and all the rest of my perishable property to be equally divided
among my eight children of my natural body. I hereby set my hand and seal this 20th
of January, 1812. It being in the thirty sixth and thirty seventh year of American
Independency. And I do here appoint ELISHA ADAIR and JOHN ADAIR my Executors.
Witness present
Richard Holland Joseph Adair(Seal)
William Adair
George McCrary
Recorded in Will Book D-1, Page 105. Recorded date not available.
Proven Jan. 15, 1813. David Anderson Ordy.
