.  William ADAMS; d. bef. 1814
.  John ADAMS; d. bef. 1814
.  George ADAMS; d. bef. 1814

1.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):  no Kentucky census was taken.

2.  Anon.  1991.  The 1795 Census of Kentucky [as constructed from tax lists].  T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL:

Name	County
Adams, James	Madison

3.  Anon.  1990.  Logan County, Kentucky, Taxpayers, 1792-1799.  T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL:  not found.

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):  the Kentucky census was destroyed.

1800 Tax List

Adams, James

KY

Christian Co.

5.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched). 

1810

Adams, James

KY

Hopkins Co.

p. 375

00101-0111100

These data should read:

01111-00101-00

which indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	10-15	1794-1800	= Wilson (b. 1796)
1 male	16-25	1784-1794	= Andrew (b. 1794)
1 male	26-44	1765-1784	= Harold (b. 1784)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= James (b. ca. 1745)
1 female	16-25	1784-1794	= Jinny (b. 1792)
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= Agnes (b. 1750)

6.  Lon Bostick.  1991.  Family History Book:  Christian County, Kentucky.  Turner Publ. Co., Paducah, KY (available from the author at 1110 Hewitt St., Huntsville, AL 35816; also available through Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY).  On p. 28 is a biographical sketch of Agnes ADAMS, granddaughter of our subjects.  The parts referring to our subjects reads:

...James Adams, Sr., was an early settler in Lincoln Co., KY.  He was among those inhabitants of Lincoln County who signed a Petition to the General Assembly of Virginia, dated Sept. 26, 1785, asking that two distinct counties be laid off...  The request was granted.  Madison and Mercer Counties were established...  James Adams, Sr. and family moved to Hopkins County, the Weir's Creek area, around 1810.  His will is recorded in Hopkins County Court, February, 1815.  Listed as heirs were his wife, Agnes; their daughters: Caty Bone, Jinny, Polly Davis; their sons: Andrew, Wilson, Thomas, Matthew, Robert, Jesse, and James, Jr.; also listed were the heirs of their deceased son, Alexander.

7.  In a database at WorldConnect, William Esparza quotes the following:

The will of James Adams was dated 14 Oct. 1814, and was probated in Hopkins Co., KY in 1815. (Will Book "A", 1807-1820) and mentions daughters, Caty Bone, Poly Davis, and Jenny; sons, Thomas, James, Jr., Andrew, Wilson, Matthew, Robert, Alexander, and Jesse; and his "beloved wife, Agnes."  Tradition tells us there were probably at least four more sons, three were slain by Indians.  It is said that two sons, Thomas and another whose name has been forgotten, were playing in the woods near their home when they were taken by Indians.  Thomas finally managed to escape but the other son refused to leave his captors.  The boy had become accustomed to the Indians and thought of his own people as strangers.  It is said Thomas never recovered from the experience and ever after hated all Indians.         (James and Allied Fams, qtd by WC Hightowr)

8.  A.B. Willhite.  [n.d.]  Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1804-1809.  (self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY):

Pg. in Willhite	Year	Dist.*	Last Name	First  Name	A	B	C	D	E	Acres	Watercourse
1	1804	South	Adams	James	1	-	-	-	2	-	-
29	1805	South	Adams	James	1	1	2	6	4	200	West Fork of Red River
69	1806	South	Adams	James	1	1	3	6	6	200	L R
114	1807	East	Adams	James	2	-	3	7	7	200	W
155	1808	East	Adams	James	1	1	3	7	5	200	West Fork Red River
204	1809	East	Adams, Sr	James	1		3	6	5	200	W
Legend for numerical data:  A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this column not used in 1809); C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses
Abbreviations:  W = West Fork of the Red River;  LR = Little River, but this is obviously an error, either by the lister, the county clerk, or the transcriber
*The county was divided into just two districts:  from 1804 to 1806, into North and South Districts; and from 1807 to 1809, into East and West Districts.  The change tells us that James was in the southeast quadrant of early Christian County, which later became the southwest quadrant of Todd Co., when it was formed in 1820.  This location is confirmed by the location of the West Fork of the Red River in today's southwestern Todd Co.

The James in 1804 looks like James Jr.; James Jr. is on the tax list from 1804-1809.

9.  A.B. Willhite.   [n.d.]  Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1810-1813.   (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY).  The one James ADAMS on the tax list and in the census for 1810 is James ADAMS, Jr.  Our subject, James ADAMS, Sr., is now in Hopkins Co., KY.

10.  Willard Rouse Jillson.  1925.  The Kentucky Land Grants. Filson Club Publ., Louisville, KY (online at Ancestry.com; Broderbund CD-650):

Pg	Grantee	Acres	Book	Pg	Date	County	Watercourse
Part 1, Chapter III, Old Kentucky Grants, 1793-1856
140	Adams, James	50	7	20	5-1-1795	Lincoln	Silver Cr
-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

11.  Leona Adams Loviska.  c1978.  Descendants of James and Agnes (Wilson) Adams with Fifty-Seven Allied Families.  Not seen, but apparently still available from the author.

12.  Family Group Sheet of James DAVIS & Hannah RAMSEY  by Anthony Lee Rockefeller, dated 27 Jan 1986 (purchased from Yates Publishing, Stevensville, MT) — Mr. Rockefeller's database is now online at WorldConnect. 

13.  Anon.  1986.  Family Histories, 1797-1986. Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY, p. 149. Biographical sketch of James Davis. 

14.  Ancestry World Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

15.  WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com).

16.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File (AF).