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Zadock Adair^[1]
1778 - 1856

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• Birth	1778	Laurens Co., S.C.
  Gender	Male
  Died	1856	Houston Co.,Texas   [2]
  Person ID	I0038	J. Purifoy Adair8
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Adair, Sr.,   b. 1736, South Carolina ,   d. 3 Sep 1823, Laurens Co., S.C.
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Nancy George,   b. 1752,   d. 9 Apr 1800
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1777	Prob. Laurens Co., S.C.
  Family ID	F05	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Wood,   b. Abt 1794, Kentucky ,   d. Abt 1859, Houston Co.,Texas
  Married	13 Dec 1808	Livingston Co., Kentucky   [3]
  Children	1. Armel F. Adair,   b. Abt 1812, Kentucky ,   d. 1853, Texas
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Found in Kentucky marriages: Zadock Odeor married Sarah Wood on 13 Dec. 1 808 in Livingston Co., Ky. The date of marriage for Zadock and Sarah Kelly may be inaccurate due to t he above marriage in 1808 with a Sarah Wood. The 1810 Fed. Census for Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Ky., list Zadock Adair a nd the following: (Last name is spelled Odair or Odain.) Males: under 10 = 3 between 10-15 = 1 under 16 = 0 under 26 = 1 Females: under 10 = 1 under 16 = 0 under 26 = 1 Listed also was Hezekiah Odair or Odain on the same 1810 Census, Caldwe ll Co., Ky. Livingston County court records for Jan. 1811 p. 141 states: Zadock Ada ir one of several other men to help maintain a road in county and Eddyvill e. COULD JOSEPH WOOD NOTED BELOW BE SARAH WOODS FATHER????? Livingston Co., Ky., Court Order, Book C, 1807-1808 states: "A Justi ce of the peace being needed for the County of Livingston the court recomm ends Joseph Wood and Isaac Hicks to the Gov. & c. Mo Cumberland (do not kn ow what 'c.Mo Cumberland means) Dated September 30, 1807. Zadock signer of Territorial papers, 12 November 1817. Zadock Adair signer of document entitled "Petition To Congress From The Al abama Territory 1817" re: disapproval of applications being made to the co ngress of the U.S. by the new state of Mississippi for an extension of t he boundaries of the state so as to include at least the whole of the sett lements on the western side of the Mobil & Tombigby rivers.......etc. The 1820 Fed. Census for Caldwell Co., Ky,, list Zadock Adair and the fol lowing: Males: under 10 = 1 between 10 & 16 = 2 between 16 & 18 = 2 between 26 & 45 = 1 Females: under 10 = 1 between 16 & 26 = 1 between 26 & 45 = 1 2 slaves The 1830 Fed. Census for Perry Co., Alabama list Zadock Adair (page 45-Uni ontown Beat) and the following: Listed as Ldick Adair on Ancestry.com., pa ge 5 on Ancestry.com (transcribed as Ldick Adair) Males: 5 to 10 = 1 10 to 15 = 1 15 to 20 = 2 20 to 30 = 1 50 to 60 = 1 Females: under 5 = 1 5 to 10 = 1 10 to 15 = 1 30 to 40 = 1 40 to 50 = 1 Also there in 1830 were: TownPage Benjamin AdairUnion Beat78 Isaac Adair70 James Adair79 James M. AdairUnion Beat52 William AdairUnion Beat45 Allen W. Craig52 Richard Craig43 Robert G. Craig82 Samuel Craig44 Thomas Craig47 William Craig86 Land records shows "Zadock Adair of Perry Co." buying 3 properties Ju ly 1, 1831 in Cahala, Alabama Doc. #6239 - 79.755 acres Doc. #6241 - 79.8 acres Doc. #6579 - 79.55 acres Land records show "Armell F. Adair of Perry Co." buying a property Sept. 1 2, 1835 in Perry Co. Ala. Land records show "Zadock Adair of Perry Co., Ala." buying 1 property Fe b. 27, 1841 in Oktibbeha Co. Ala. Doc. #14892 - 160.65 acres Early settlers in town limits of Uniontown, Perry Co., Alabama was list ed Benjamin Adair, William Adair, and Zadoc Adair. The 1840 Fed. Census for Kemper Co., Mississippi list Zadock Adair and t he following: Males; under 5 = 2 10 under 15 = 1 20 under 30 = 4 60 under 70 = 1 Females: 10 under 15 = 1 15 under 20 = 1 20 under 30 = 1 40 under 50 = 1 50 under 60 = 1 Land records show "Armel F. Adair of Perry Co., Ala." buying 2 properti es on Feb. 27, 1841 in Oktibbeha Co., Ala. Doc. #15627 - 39.12 acres Doc. #16372 - 319.68 acres On the 1846 Kemper Co., Ms. Tax List was listed (Jabock) Zadock(?) Adair a nd (Anell) Arme(?)l Adair. The 1850 Fed. Census for Houston Co., Texas, list Zadock Adair and the fo llowing family. He owned 5 slaves. (enumerated November 8, 1850) Adair, Zadock 70 (male) farmer Born in S.C.(reads Fadsell Adais on Ancest ry.com) Adair, Sarah 56 (female) Born in Ky. (reads Adais on Ancestry. com) Adair, Isaac 25 (male) Born in Ala. (reads Adais on Ancest ry.com) Adair, Matilda 21 (female) Born in Ala. (reads Adais on Ancestry.c om) TAX ROLL - HOUSTON, COUNTY, TEXAS 1851 Zadock Adair, 526 acres, 5 slaves, $2000, 1 horse, $50.00 1852 Zadock Adair, 2 slaves, $1000, 1 horse, $75.00 1853 Zadock Adair, 1 horse, $40.00 1856 Zadock Adair 1858 Sarah (Kelly) Adair (Zadock's wife) Neither Zadock and Sarah mentioned after 1858 Tax Roll. Glenwood Cem., Houston Co., Texas Isaac Adair B: 6/12/1856 - 3/18/1870 (son of Zadock's son, Isaac) Concord Cem., Houston Co., Texas Eliza Adair 1868-1897




• Sources

  [S20315] The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches. [S26268] Houston County Tx. Tax Records. [S26195] Livingston Co., Ky., Marriages. Livingston Co., Ky., Marriages. Listed as O'dear.