Individual Details
Dr. Armel F. Adair
(Abt 1812 - 1853)
From Norma W. Anderson's research -
According to the Bureau of Land Management website -
Armel F. Adair received land patents in MS. of 17 pieces of land in different counties. He owned land in Lauderdale Co. which is where it's said he married. He also owned land in Attala, Oktibbeha and in Winston Co. where the Barfields lived he owned 557.34 acres dated Feb. 27, 1844 in Township 15N, Range 11E, Section 28. This is a lot of land. He is also listed in the land deed index for Winston Co. where he sells some of that land.
He is listed as receiving a land patent in Perry Co., Ala. 12 Sept. 1835, 40 acres in Township 17N, Range 6E, Sec. 31 This is in the same area that Lewis Barfield lived. Lewis' land is in Township 16N, Range 6E, Sec. 31, 12 Aug. 1834.
If he received land in Alabama in 1835, Eliza Jane would only be 11 years of age. He might have been married before he married Eliza.
As I said before Armell F. Adair had a lot of land in different counties of MS. including over 500 acres in Winston Co. where the Barfields also lived. Here are a couple of deeds I found.
WINSTON CO., MS.
Vol. B, Pg. 202
23 May 1837
Armell F. Adair sold John R. Leach and Co. for $800.00 land in Township 15, Range 11E in Columbus Dist. (no land amount copied) Test: E. K. Adair, H. Wood
Vol. C, Pg. 7
8 Jun. 1837
Ewing K. Adair, Armell F. Adair and John R. Leach, William Hood all of Lauderdale Co. for $4800.00 paid by William Moore of Livingston, Sumter Co., Ala. and Stephen Moore of Hillsboro, Orange Co., State of N.C. sold land in Winston Co., the N 1/2, Sec. 28 Township 15, Range 11E. NOTE: the amount of money involved. No amount of acreage listed but he owned over 500 acres in Winston Co. Ewing K. Adair could be his brother and Leach could be related, I just don't know.
Volume D, Pg. 76
28 Feb. 1838
A. F. Adair of KEMPER CO. to Lankford Coley of Mobile, Ala. for the sum of $1.00 sold land in Winston Co., Township 15, Range 11E of 80 acres in Sec. 28 NOTE: 80 acres for only $1.00? Is Coley a relative and that is why such a small amount?
Events
Families
Spouse | Eliza Jane Craig (1824 - 1894) |
Child | John Craig Adair (1845 - 1906) |
Child | William Wesley "Will" Adair (1847 - 1907) |
Child | Mary S. Pauline Adair (1852 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Kentucky per the 1850 Limestone Co., Tx. census. His son John lists his father's birthplace as Tennessee. in 1880 and South Carolina in 1900.Marriage
Married by G.B. Petty, J.P.Recorded in the marriage records of Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, in Book A, page 146.
Census (family)
310, 310, A F Adair, 38 M, Farmer, 100, KYEliza Jane " , 26 F, Alabama
John C. " , 5 M, Mississippi
William W. " , 3 M, do
Joseph Fulgam, 13 M, Louisiana
Endnotes
1. Crenwelge, Roy & Barbara, "Family history of Eliza Jane Craig," e-mail message from
2. Crenwelge, Roy & Barbara, "Family history of Eliza Jane Craig," e-mail message from
3. Henry, Jeanne Hand., Marriage records of Lauderdale County Mississippi 1839-1864. (New Market: AL, Southern Genealogical Services. 1987), p. 1.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > TEXAS > LIMESTONE > 5-PCT Series: M432 Roll: 912 Page: 375.
5. Crenwelge, Roy & Barbara, "Family history of Eliza Jane Craig," e-mail message from
6. Crenwelge, Roy & Barbara, "Family history of Eliza Jane Craig," e-mail message from