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Holland <I>Garner</I> Adams

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Holland Garner Adams

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
6 Jan 1912 (aged 84)
Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.7255019, Longitude: -76.7292832
Plot
Old East, Sq. 12, Lot 3
Memorial ID
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Holland Garner was the daughter of Mary Chestnut and Samuel Garner.

[She was listed as Mrs. Olland Adams in some Carteret Co., NC, records.]

She married in Carteret Co., NC, April 25, 1845 (marriage bond dated April 25, 1845), Cornelius Flinn Adams, #40982340, son of Mary Wiggins (d. ca 1830) and William T. Adams, #30723407 (1793-1857). Cornelius was born in 1824 and died about May 1861 (his will was probated August 24, 1861).

They were listed in the next house from his father in the 1850 Census in Bogue Sound Division, Carteret Co., NC, as:
Cornellius F. Adams, m, 26, Farmer
Holland Adams, f, 21
Rebecca Adams, f, 4
William P. Adams, m, 1
Eliah Jones, m, 8
Eunice Sherwood, f, 4
all born in NC.

They were listed in the 1860 US Census in Shepardsville, Carteret Co., NC, as C.F. 36; Holland, 32, b. NC; Rebecca, 13; William, 11; Mary, 9; Justine, 7; Olivia, 5; Octavious, 2; Holland, 3/12; Elijah, 17; Eunice, 13.

Holland was listed in the 1870 US Census in Morehead Tsp, Carteret Co., NC, as: William Adams, 22, Farmer; Holland, 45; Mary, 19; Catherine, 17; Olley, 15; Octavius, 12; and Vitoria, 10; all born in NC.

Holland was listed in the 1880 US Census in Morehead City, NC, as Holland, 51, b. NC; Mary E., 29, dau; Olive, 24, dau; Octavius, 22, son; Salena, 20, dau.

Holland was listed in the 1900 US Census in Morehead City, NC, as Holland, 71, b. NC May 1829; in the household of her grandson Herbert Willis, 28; Kenith Willis, 26; Lucy Willis, 15.

They had six children:

a. Rebecca S. Adams, #30735738, b. 1846, d. 1909

b. William Penn Adams, #30666629, b. 1849, d. 1919;
married 1st Sarah Lavinia Willis, #30723404, b. 1856, d. 1881;
married 2nd Mary Catherine Lepper, #30735626, b. 1854, d. 1939

c. Mary E. Adams, #30128458, b. NC 1851, d. 1908; m. Alexander H. Taylor, #30128414, b. 1831, d. 1918

d. Justine (Catherine or Chesteen) E. Adams, #87980567, b. NC 1853, d. NC 1929; m. Elijah W. Willis, #87980606, b. 1854, d. 1932

e. Olive Ann Adams, #35144525, b. NC 1855, d. NC 1926; married William V. Mason, #32965116, b. 1848, d. 1908

f. Octavius Hill Adams, #32856908, b. NC 1858, d. 1944; m. 1885 Mary Jane Portor, #32856907, b. 1851

g. Holland Adams, b. ca. 1859

h. Salena Victoria Adams, #35303477, b. NC 1860, d. NC 1919; m. Henry Willis

From LDS Family Search, gravestone inscriptions, and findagrave contributors Barbara Blankenship (#46872971) and Sandi Danielle (#40982340).

Holland Garner was the daughter of Mary Chestnut and Samuel Garner.

[She was listed as Mrs. Olland Adams in some Carteret Co., NC, records.]

She married in Carteret Co., NC, April 25, 1845 (marriage bond dated April 25, 1845), Cornelius Flinn Adams, #40982340, son of Mary Wiggins (d. ca 1830) and William T. Adams, #30723407 (1793-1857). Cornelius was born in 1824 and died about May 1861 (his will was probated August 24, 1861).

They were listed in the next house from his father in the 1850 Census in Bogue Sound Division, Carteret Co., NC, as:
Cornellius F. Adams, m, 26, Farmer
Holland Adams, f, 21
Rebecca Adams, f, 4
William P. Adams, m, 1
Eliah Jones, m, 8
Eunice Sherwood, f, 4
all born in NC.

They were listed in the 1860 US Census in Shepardsville, Carteret Co., NC, as C.F. 36; Holland, 32, b. NC; Rebecca, 13; William, 11; Mary, 9; Justine, 7; Olivia, 5; Octavious, 2; Holland, 3/12; Elijah, 17; Eunice, 13.

Holland was listed in the 1870 US Census in Morehead Tsp, Carteret Co., NC, as: William Adams, 22, Farmer; Holland, 45; Mary, 19; Catherine, 17; Olley, 15; Octavius, 12; and Vitoria, 10; all born in NC.

Holland was listed in the 1880 US Census in Morehead City, NC, as Holland, 51, b. NC; Mary E., 29, dau; Olive, 24, dau; Octavius, 22, son; Salena, 20, dau.

Holland was listed in the 1900 US Census in Morehead City, NC, as Holland, 71, b. NC May 1829; in the household of her grandson Herbert Willis, 28; Kenith Willis, 26; Lucy Willis, 15.

They had six children:

a. Rebecca S. Adams, #30735738, b. 1846, d. 1909

b. William Penn Adams, #30666629, b. 1849, d. 1919;
married 1st Sarah Lavinia Willis, #30723404, b. 1856, d. 1881;
married 2nd Mary Catherine Lepper, #30735626, b. 1854, d. 1939

c. Mary E. Adams, #30128458, b. NC 1851, d. 1908; m. Alexander H. Taylor, #30128414, b. 1831, d. 1918

d. Justine (Catherine or Chesteen) E. Adams, #87980567, b. NC 1853, d. NC 1929; m. Elijah W. Willis, #87980606, b. 1854, d. 1932

e. Olive Ann Adams, #35144525, b. NC 1855, d. NC 1926; married William V. Mason, #32965116, b. 1848, d. 1908

f. Octavius Hill Adams, #32856908, b. NC 1858, d. 1944; m. 1885 Mary Jane Portor, #32856907, b. 1851

g. Holland Adams, b. ca. 1859

h. Salena Victoria Adams, #35303477, b. NC 1860, d. NC 1919; m. Henry Willis

From LDS Family Search, gravestone inscriptions, and findagrave contributors Barbara Blankenship (#46872971) and Sandi Danielle (#40982340).



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  • Created by: Jim Dugan
  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30735598/holland-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Holland Garner Adams (20 Feb 1827–6 Jan 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30735598, citing Bayview Cemetery, Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jim Dugan (contributor 47026362).