TOWN OF ADAMS

A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents. (476K file)
An 1864 map of Adams Center
1918 TOWN OF ADAMS FARM MAP

A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.
1810 Census--Town of Adams
Town of Adams 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Adams

Web Page for Rice's Corners Cemetery in North Adams
NORTHERN NEW YORK BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1867-68 ADAMS
Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the Town of Adams.
Child's Business Directory for the Town of Adams.
Haddock Family Sketches--Town of Adams
Listing of Civil War service records for the Town of Adams
Adams Civil War Index
ADAMS
OFFICE CONTACT PHONE ADDRESS
Town Historian SUE HERSE 232-2232 11911 Rt 11;(PO Box 75) Adams Center; 13606
Town Clerk JOHN KNAPP 583-5701 11911 Rt 11; Adams Center; 13606
Village Clerk DARLENE REXFORD 232-2632 2 North Main St; Adams; 13605
Adams Free Library BONNIE TOWLES 232-2265 2 North Main St; Adams; 13605
Adams Center Free Library FRANCES SHOEMAKER 583-5501 18267 State Rt 177; Adams Center, 13606
Jefferson Co. Journal (weekly nsp.) 232-2141, or 232-4586 7 Main St; Adams; 13505  
Historical Ass'n of South Jefferson DEBBIE QUICK 232-2616 9 East Church St.; Adams; 13605

Historical Association of South Jefferson

Contact person:
Debbie Quick

Town of Adams Postmasters

History of the Town of Adams linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page taken from CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY by HAMILTON CHILDS, published in 1890, transcribed by Shirley Farone.

History of the Town of Adams linked from "Ray's Place", as found in OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE by EDGAR C. EMERSON, 1898

History of the Town of Adams, taken fromA HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M.D. linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page

Settlement in the Town of Adams began in 1800. The act creating the town was passed 1 April 1802, and originally included the present Town of Rodman. Situated in the southwestern part of Jefferson County, it is bounded by Hounsfield and Watertown on the north, Rodman on the east, Lorraine and Ellisburg on the south, and Henderson on the west. The land is fairly level, making it beautiful farming country. The principle streams are Stony Creek and the north branch of Big Sandy Creek, both of which flow into Lake Ontario.

The principal village is Adams, originally Smith's Mills, on the southern border, with Adams Center in the middle of the town. Smithville is a hamlet located on both sides of the border between the Towns of Adams and Henderson. South Jefferson Historical Society, an organization promoting local and family history, is located in Adams. It actively collects documents and information relating to the history of the six southernmost towns of Jefferson County. 


From the 1864 Jefferson County Atlas: a summary of statistics for ADAMS:

ACRES OF LAND
  Improved                    19,399 1/2
  Unimproved                   6,745 1/2

VALUATION
  Real Estate             $  774,418  
  Personal Property       $  252,460
  Total                    1,026,878 

POPULATION
  Males                        1,653
  Females                      1,753

Number of Dwellings              610

Number of Families               678    

Freeholders                      524

SCHOOLS

  Number of Districts             15

  Children Taught              1,161 

LIVE STOCK

  Horses                         822

  Working Oxen and Calves      1,457

  Cows                         1,827

  Sheep                        2,452

  Swine                        1,068

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

  Bushels of Grain            

    Winter                    12,496 1/2

    Spring                    82,304 1/2 

  Tons of Hay                  3,492 1/2     

  Bushels of Potatoes         15,707

  Bushels of Apples           17,302

  Dairy Products              

    Pounds of Butter          99,756

    Pounds of Cheese         369,109

YARDS OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE  1,789

Names of the Early Settlers

Adams, Baxter
Adams, Eliphalet*
Arms, Lemuel
Avery, Ellis*
Baker, Francis
Baker, Isaac*
Barnard, John
Barney, Edward
Barney, Sylvanus*
Benton, William
Betts, Timothy
Blair, Willis J.
Bunce, Abigail
Bunce, Betsy
Bunce, Theodore
Bunce, Truman
Cable, Jonathan*
Chase, Rhoda
Claflin, Amos*
Clark, Joshua
Coe, Roswell*
Cole, Benjamin
Cole, John
Colton, Heman
Comstock, Daniel*
Comstock, Joshua*
Cook, Joseph*
Cooper, Miles
Cooper, Myron
Cox, Phoebe
Crosby, Elisha
Crosby, Samuel
Daggart, Sylvanus P.*
Davis, Joseph
D'Estaing, Enos*
Dewey, David
Dewey, Eleazer
Dickinson, John C.
Doxtater, George
Doxtater, Peter *
Doxtater, William
Eddy, Cyrus
Edmonds, Eliphalet*
Edmonds, John
Edmonds, John
Edmonds, Samuel
Edmunds, Eliphalet
Ellenwood, Philo
Farr, Aaron*
Fay, Sherebiah
Forbes Simeon*
Fox, Almira
Fox, Daniel*
Fox, Elijah
Fox, Samuel*
Freeman, John*
Gardner, David*
Gaylord, D.M.*
Gifford, Gideon
Godfrey, Josiah*
Goodell, Richard
Greene, Charles
Greene, Edward
Greene, Joseph L.
Greene, Thomas R.
Grommon, Archibald
Grummons, David and Stephen*
Hale, David
Harris, Deacon William
Hart, Abel*
Henderson, James*
Hewitt, Hannah
Higgins, David*
Hinds, Cornelius*
Hodge, James
Houseman, George*
James, Thomas*
Jones, Azubah
Jones, John*
Keep, Abigail
Keep, Herman
Kellogg, Jacob
Kidder, John*
Landon, Joseph*
Lazelle, Ebenezer*
Lewis, John Sterling
Lisk, Bradford
Loveland, Nathan*
Loveland, Abel*
Low, Consider*
Markham, Darius*
Marot, Samuel
Meacham, Timothy*
Millard, Sampson
Miller, Abijah*
Mills, Chauncey and Roswell*
Morton, Abner
Morton, Elihu
Morton, Elihu, Jr
Morton, Julius
Myrick, Robert *
McCumber, James*
McKee, Appleton
McKee, Francis*
Myrick, Abel*
Myrick, Robert*
Nims, Rufus
Oatman, Asahel
Oatman, Capt Benjamin
Oatman, Elias
Oatman, Elijah
Oatman, Richard
Oatman, Truman
Patrick, John
Pearsons, Ruel
Phillips, Elisha*
Pond, Timothy*
Price, Absalom*
Randolph, James*
Ranney, Willett
Read, Roger
Read, Simeon
Redway, Preserved
Reed, Squier*
Remick, Samuel
Rhodes, Lorenzo
Rice, Albert
Richards, John*
Ripley, Abram*
Robbins, Asher, Robert, Solomon*
Rogers, Isaac
Root, Ebenezer
Rose, Phineas*
Salisbury, Alexander*
Salisbury, Nicholas
Scott, John C. *
Seaman, Jenks*
Sheldon, James I.
Shippey,Stephen*
Smith, David*
Smith, John
Smith, Russell*
Smith, Solomon*
Stanley, Eleanor (Ellen)
Stickney, Paul*
Streeter, James*
Sweet, Benjamin
Talcott, Daniel*
Talcott, David
Taylor, Job*
Taylor, Roswell*
Thomas, Benjamin
Thomas, Elihu
Thomas, Ezra
Thomas, Ira
Thomas, Joel
Thomas, William*
Thompson, Priam
Tiffany, Hezakiah*
Toll, John F.*
Waddell
Wadsworth, Zacheus
Walradt, Henry*
Walworth, Zacheus*
Weaver, John*
Webster, Aaron*
Wellman, Barnabas*
Wentworth, John*
Wilkie, Matthew*
Wright, Carmi
Wright, Eli
Wright, John
Wright, Moses
Wright, Westwood

NOTE! Names marked with an asterisk (*) are taken from Emerson, Edgar C.: OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE published 1898

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