DAVID ADAMS




Born: 1762, Donegal, Ireland

Died: 1 May 1839, Morgan County, Indiana

Buried: Bethlehem Cemetery, across the the Morgan-Johnson County lines, Indiana.
Family Stone
Note: SAR War Graves CDROM lists David Adams in Bethlehem Cemetery, Morgan County, IN.
Right cemetery, wrong side of county line.

Service: Drafted Aug 1780 from York County, Pennsylvania
Served in Capt Coverhafer's Company, under Major Bailey
Served from Nov 1780 to Feb 1781 as a substitute for Jacob Staley in the same company.

Proof: Pension claim S 30815.

Married: Mary _______

Children:
Henry
John
Hugh
Jacob
Elizabeth
Mary
Tenna
Isabella

Directions: Bethlehem Cemetery
His grave is in the cemetery at the Bethlehem Church, nestled in a curve of County Road 700S near the Hensley - Jackson Twp. line. Now 143 year old the church has not been used for services since 1911. A handful of families have met for an annual homecoming at the church for fellowship and to care for the property, honoring the memory of their ancestors who are buried there.



Information collected by Mrs I E Tranter, Franklin, Indiana.
Photo Courtesy of Ermal White, Franklin, Indiana
Directions and map courtesy of Lowell Nichols, Clarence Cook Chapter SAR

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