A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents. (476K file)
An 1864 map of Adams Center
An 1864 map of the East half of Adams village.
An 1864 map of the West half of Adams village.
1918 TOWN OF ADAMS FARM MAP
A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.
Listing of Civil War service records for the Town of Adams
Adams Civil War Index
1863 Civil war draft and exemptions lists
Town of Adams 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Adams
NORTHERN NEW YORK BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1867-68 ADAMS
A. E. Rogers Cemetery Inscriptions for the Town of Adams.
Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the Town of Adams.
Child's Business Directory for the Town of Adams
Haddock's Family Sketches - Town of Adams
Web Page for Rice's Corners Cemetery in North Adams
| OFFICE | CONTACT | PHONE | ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Historian | SUSAN HERSE | Email |
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| Town Clerk | Website | 12363 Rt 11, P.O. Box 152, Adams Center NY 13606 | |
| Village of Adams | Website | 2 North Main St; Adams; 13605 | |
| Adams Free Library | (315) 232-2265 | 2 North Main St, Adams NY 13605 | |
| Adams Center Free Library | (315) 583-5501 | 18267 State Rt 177, Adams Center NY 13606 | |
| Historical Association of South Jefferson Website |
DEBBIE QUICK | (315) 232-2616 | 29 East Church St, Adams NY 13605 |
Contact person: Debbie Quick
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, from Durant and Peirce's History of Jefferson County, 1878.
A List of People who contributed information about the Town of Worth in 1878 to Durant and Peirce's History of Jefferson County.
History of the Town of Adams, taken from A 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.
LINKS
Tourist Information
Oatman Family 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.
| 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 |
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| 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. Bliss, Sylvester 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, 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 Dickerson, Braddock 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* HART, Reuben HART, William Henderson, James* Hewitt, Hannah Higgins, David* Hinds, Cornelius* Hodge, James Houseman, George* Hubbard, Bela James, Thomas* Jones, Azubah Jones, John* Keep, Abigail Keep, Herman Kellogg, Jacob Kidder, John* Landon, Joseph* Law, Consider 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.* Totman, Thomas Waddell Wadsworth, Zacheus Walradt, Henry* Walworth, Zacheus* Weaver, John* Washburn, Isaac Webster, Aaron* Wentworth, John* Wilkie, Matthew* Willis, Richard Wright, Carmi Wright, Eli Wright, John Wright, Moses Wright, Westwood |
NOTE! Names marked with an asterisk (*) are taken from Edgar C. Emerson's OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE, published 1898.
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