1 Research of Richard and Georgene Berg.

2 Research of J. Kelsey Jones.

3 Nancy Pascal's Genealogy Web Page, 1774 Sussex County Tax List - Newton Twp., (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/).

4 Nancy Pascal's Genealogy Web Page, 1773/1774 Knowlton Twp. Tax List - Sussex Co. NJ, (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/).

5 James S. Norton, New Jersey in 1790, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973).

6 Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Walpack Center Methodist Cemetery, (Vol. 59, May 1984).

7 Nancy Pascal's Genealogy Web Page, Frankford Plains Cemetery, Sussex Co., NJ, (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/).

8 Nancy Pascal's Genealogy Web Page, Branchville Cemetery Index - Sussex Co., NJ, (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/).

9 Nancy Pascal's Genealogy Web Page, History of First Baptist Church of Wantage, NJ, (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/).

10 William S. Stryker, Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, (Trenton, NJ, 1872).

11 Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., Index to Military Men of New Jersey 1775-1815, (Bountiful, Utah).

12 Sussex County Court House, Deed Records of Sussex County, New Jersey, (James Adams to Isaac Losey, 1816, Book E2, pg. 465).

13 The Walpack Historical Society, Over The Mountain - A Place Called Walpack, (with The National Park Service).

14 National Archives Records Administration - S11932, Revolutionary War Pension File - James Adams, (U.S. Government).

15 (Kevin W. Wright Copywright 2000).

16 Snell, History of Sussex County, New Jersey, (p 393).

17 Research of Calvin Emery.

18 Sussex County Court House, Deed Records of Sussex County, New Jersey, (Levi Ennis to James Hull, 1813, B2, p27).

19 U.S. Government, State of Michigan, U.S. Land Patent No. 11567 (James Adams), (Bureau of Land Management, October 15, 1835).

20 U. S. Government, State of Michigan, U. S. Land Patent No. 11808 (James Adams), (Bureau of Land Management, October 15, 1835).

21 John Farmer, Map of Wayne County Michigan, (John Farmer, Detroit, Michigan, 1855).

22 Michigan Pioneer Society, H. Massey, Traveling on The Great Lakes When Detroit Was Young, (University of Michigan and Detroit Gazette, October 8, 1824).

23 Portrait and Biographical Album of Hillsdale County, MI (Adams), (pp 539, 540, 541).

24 Lewis H. Clark, Military History of Wayne County, New York, (Hulett & Gaylord, Sodus, N.Y., no date).

25 Mid-Atlantic States, The Pension Roll of 1835, (Vol. II, p. 514).

26 National Archives Records Administration, File W7048, Revolutionary War Pension File - Samuel Dunn.

27 Lyons (Arcadia) Twp., Ontario County, 1820 Federal Census of New York, (National Archives Records Administration).

28 Naitonal Archives Records Administration, 1830 Federal Census of New York, (Arcadia, Wayne County, James Adams b. 1769, James Adams Jr. in Galen Twp. Also, Parker, William, Alanson, John Jr., Jacob.)

29 Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, Letters of Patent to Michigan Territory-No.11567, (Springfield, Va, 1995).

30 Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, Letters of Patent to Michigan Territory-No.11808, (Springfield, Va., 1995).

31 Wayne County, Canton Twp., 1840 Federal Census of Michigan, (National Archives Records Administraiton).

32 National Archives Records Administration, 1850 Federal Census of Michigan, (Wayne County, Canton Twp.)

33 Compiled by E.Gray and Ethel Williams, First Land Owners of Wayne County, Michigan, (Michigan Heritage Publications, 1964).

34 Cathy Stromme Horste, Water Under The Bridge, (Van Buren Twp. (Mi) Bicentennial Commission, 1977).

35 Diane Follmer Wilson, Cornerstones - History of Canton Twp., Michigan, (Canton Historical Society, 1988).

36 Family Research of William Warren Adams, (Michigan and South Dakota).

37 State of Michigan, Wayne County, Probate Record, (Michigan State Archives (Microfilm)).

38 Downer Cemetery, Canton Twp., Wayne County Cemetery Records (Adams), (Wayne County, Michigan).

39 Michigan Works Progress Admin. Vital Records Project, Early Records of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, (Michigan State Library and DAR, 1938, Vol 65, p.1, 699, Charles Adams).

40 Michigan Works Progress Admin., Vital Records Project, Early Land Transfers, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan
, (Michigan State Library and DAR, 1939, p. 65, Charles Adams).

41 Samuel Henry Robbe, DDS, History of Van Buren Twp., Wayne County, Michigan, (self, 1930).

42 Arthur Booth, Cemetery Records Wayne County, Michigan (Adams), (Detroit Soc. for Gen. Research 1960-1965, p. 254).

43 National Archives Records Administration M653, Roll 564, 1860 Federal Census of Michigan, (p. 843, Wayne County, Charles Adams).

44 Michigan State Library, Marriage Records Wayne County, Michigan (Adams/Barlow), (File 1841 - Abstract p. 6, Charles Adams).

45 Atlas and Plat of Hillsdale County, Landsmen of Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Liberty Town Press, 1984, pp. 57,58).

46 Michigan Works Progress Administration - Vital Records Project, Early Land Transfers of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, (Michigan State Library and DAR, 1938, p.7. (Vol. 97, p. 418) Strickland Adams).

47 National Archives Records Administration, 1850 Federal Census of Michigan, (Hillsdale County, Cambria Twp., Warren Adams, Allen Adams, Strickland Adams).

48 National Archives Records Administration, 1860 Federal Census of Michigan, (Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County).

49 National Archives Records Administration, 1870 Federal Census of Michigan, (Hillsdale and Jackson Counties, Adams Family).

50 Hillsdale County, Michigan, 1894 Michigan State Census Index (Fred Adams), (Southern Michigan Genealogical Society, 1989, p. 1).

51 Louise Hawkes, Cemetery Records of Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Friends of Mitchell Public Library).

52 Nancy Rudolph, Photographed Cemetery Records.

53 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Certificate of Marriage (Adams), (Vol. 4, pg 173, Strickland Adams).

54 Research of Wiliam Adams/Helen Singer 1940-1992.

55 Michigan State Library and DAR, Wayne County Marriages, (File 1847, Abstract pg. 7).

56 National Archives Records Administration, 1850 Federal Census of Ohio, (Dover Twp., Cuyahoga County, p 217, Sarah Adams).

57 Records of Mary Adams Akin.

58 Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, (H.C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Chicago and Winona, 1917, Adams, Donah, Wilbur).

59 State of Wisconsin, 1855 Wisconsin State Census, (Monteville, Trempealeau County, Warren, William, James Adams; Pardon and Daniel Wakefield).

60 Records of Ruth McDonah, Galesville, WI.

61 Doris Brenengen Wagner, McGilveray's Ferry-A History of Caldonia, Wi., (self, 1976).

62 National Archives Records Administration, 1860 Federal Census of Wisconsin, (Trempealeau County).

63 National Archives Records Administration, 1870 Federal Census of Minnesota, (Pleasant Grove Twp., Blue Earth County, William Adams).

64 Windham County, Wardsboro Town, 1790 Federal Census of Vermont (1791), (Timothy Wakefield, Jesse, Samuel and Daniel Chapin).

65 Blue Earth County Historical Society, 1880 Demographic Map of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, (Wm. Adams Farm).

66 Hillsdale County Register of Deeds, Deed Records of Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Hillsdale County, Cambria Township).

67 Research of Dorothy L. Spry 1992-1995.

68 Barbara Ferris McCreight, Common Names in Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Jonesville, Michigan, 1984).

69 Photograph Collection (Nancy Rudolph).

70 Hillsdale County, 1880 Federal Census of Michigan, (National Archives Records Administration).

71 Hillsdale County, Index to Deaths in Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Book B., p. 79).

72 Michigan Works Progress Administration, Early Land Records Detroit and Wayne County (Adams), (Michigan State Library and DAR, 1939, Vol. 96, p. 90).

73 National Archives Records Administration, 1860 Federal Census of Michigan, (Canton Twp., Wayne County, Adams family).

74 Jenson Collection, Architecture of Michigan State Capitol, (Michigan Dept. of Education
Bureau of Library Services, Microfilm Reels 1-4).

75 U.S. Government/Wisconsin, U.S. Land Patent No. 64 (Warren Adams), (Bureau of Land Management, November 15, 1854).

76 National Archives Records Administration, 1880 Federal Census of Dakota Territory, (Lake County, Adams/Wakefield families).

77 Bernie Bean, John Bean of Exeter and His Cousins, (Copyright 1970).

78 Eaton County Register of Deeds, Deed Records of Eaton County, Michigan, (Eaton County, Windsor Township).

79 Clinton County Register of Deeds, Deed Records of Clinton County, Michigan, (Clinton County, Olive and DeWitt Townships).

80 National Archives Records Administration, 1870 Federal Census of Michigan, (Clinton County, Olive Twp.)

81 State of Wisconsin, Registration of Marriage, (Trempeleau County).

82 National Archives Records Administration, 1900 Federal Census of Michigan, (Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County).

83 Hillsdale County, Michigan State Probate Court Records, (No. 4037, Liber 89, Pg. 28).

84 State of Michigan, Hillsdale County, Record of Death - Salmon K. Adams, (Hillsdale County Circuit Court).

85 Recorded by Sharon Kirkey and others, Records of Trempealeau Public Cemetery, (1979).

86 State of Michigan, Wayne County Marriages, (Michigan State Library and DAR, p. 7, File 1850).

87 Wisconsin State Historical Society, Certificate of Service in the Civil War.

88 Richard H. Zeitlin, Old Abe The War Eagle, (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1986).

89 Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor, Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, (Democrat Printing Company, Madison, 1886).

90 State of Wisconsin, Certificate of Marriage (Adams/Bigelow), (Trempealeau County, #00134, October 26, 1859).

91 National Archives and Records Administration, 1870 Federal Census of Michigan, (Canton Twp., Wayne County, Myron Adams).

92 Dept of Education, Hillsdale County, Michigan Records, (Michigan State Library, 1967, V. I, A-Hab, p. 2 (Josephine Adams)).

93 Blue Earth County, Pleasant Mound Twp., 1880 Federal Census of Wisconsin, (National Archives Records Administration June 16, 1880).

94 Blue Earth Historical Society, Records of Old Willow Creek Cemetery, (Blue Earth Historical Society, Mankato, Minnesota).

95 Hillsdale County, Index to Deaths in Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Book C., p. 276).

96 Hillsdale County, Index to Deaths in Hillsdale County, Michigan, (Book A., p. 162).

97 State of Minnesota, Lyon County, Certificate of Death (Sarah Rust Adams Crane).

98 Lyon County, Death Certificate (Sarah Rust Adams Crane), (State of Minnesota).

99 Obituary of Sarah Crane.

100 State of Minnesota, 1895 Minnesota State Census, (Lynd District #5, Lyon County, pp.1,2, Adams).

101 National Archives Records Administration, 1900 Federal Census of Minnesota, (Lynn Twp., Lyon County, Wakefield/Adams).

102 Odd Fellows Cemetery, Cemetery Records, Odd Fellow Cemetery, Shelton, Washington, (Shelton, Washington, Hiram Adams).

103 The Sioux Falls Journal Article, The Olympia Theatre, (Sioux Falls Journal, Est. 1876, Vol 52, No. 29,
March 8, 1924).

104 National Archives Records Administration, 1900 Federal Census of South Dakota, (Minnehaha County).

105 National Archives Records Administration, 1920 Federal Census of South Dakota, (Minnehaha County).

106 Lake County, 1885 Census of Dakota Territory, (National Archives Records Administraiton).

107 State of South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Certificate of Death (Otis and Lottie Adams).

108 Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD, Obituary of Otis C. Adams, (October 7, 1946, page 4).

109 Cemetery Records of Woodland Cemetery, (Sioux Falls, SD).

110 Lincoln County, South Dakota, Certificate of Marriage (Adams/Daniels).

111 Marshall Cemetery, Cemetery Records Marshall, Minnesota (Adams), (Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota).

112 National Archives Records Administration, 1900 Federal Census of Minnesota, (City of St. Paul).

113 Family History Library, Vital Records Index - North America, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1998).

114 Trempealeau County, 1870 Federal Census for Wisconsin, (National Archives Records Administration).

115 National Archives Records Administration, Civil War Pension (John McKeeth), (File 284182).

116 National Archives Records Administration, 1870 Federal Census of Wisconsin, (Trempealeau County).

117 Hillsdale County, MI, Records of Oakgrove Cemetery.

118 Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD, Obituary of Lottie Adams, (December 6, 1948, page 9).

119 Family Tree Maker Software, CD 110, Social Security Death Benefits Records: United States, 1937-1993, (Borderbund Software, Inc.)

120 Marriage Certificate (Akin - Jordan), Luna County, New Mexico.

121 Certificate of Marriage (Jordan - Akin), Kandyohi County, Minnesota.

122 Article, King Solomon's Temple (Warren Adams), (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD - 1933).

123 Osceola County, Iowa Delayed Birth Record, (State of Iowa).

124 Argus Leader, Obituary of William Warren Adams, (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD).

125 Rudolph Family Records, (Michigan).

126 State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, Death Records of Oakland County, Michigan, (State of Michigan).

127 White Chapel Cemetery, Records of White Chapel Cemetery, (Oakland County, Michigan).

128 State of South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Decree of Divorce (Adams/Bentson), (Circuit Court, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1923).

129 Rock County, Certificate of Marriage (Adams/Brown), (State of Minnesota).

130 State of South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Certificate of Death (Luella Adams), (Certificate #94).

131 State of South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Certificates of Birth (Adams and Akin).

132 Platte County, Certificate of Death -(Edna Adams Woodworth), (State of Missouri).

133 McGilley Antioch Funeral Directors, Funeral Home Records, (Kansas City, MO, 1996).

134 Field Data - Veteran, South Dakota Graves Registration Project (Jordan), (Minnehaha County, SD - WPA, 1941).

135 Detroit News, Detroit, MI, Obituary of Clayton Akin, Jr..

136 www.ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index thru February 2000.

137 Winnebago County, Iowa, Certificate of Birth (James W. Brown, (District Court, County of Winnebago, State of Iowa).

138 State of Michigan, Wayne County, Certificate of Death (James W. Brown), (Issued: September 10, 1974).

139 Familiy Records of Nancy Howland Brown.

140 State of Iowa, "Johnson County".

141 State of Michigan, "Wayne County".

142 Ibid.

143 Dept. of Vital Records State of Arizona, Certificate of Death ( William R. Knepper, Jr.).