1820 William Adam Junior lived in Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Males: 2 (age under 10), 1 (age 10 thru 15), 1 (age 26 thru 44) and Females: 3 (age under 10), 1 (age 26 thru 44). William Adam and John Adam were also listed. [1]
1825 On 25 March, John Adam, of Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and wife Catharine sold land, for one dollar, to William Adam Junior that had been inherited by William Adam from John Adam, both deceased. The 245 acres of land; adjacent to lands of Daniel Kinsinger, John Smith, Conrad Nicodemus, John Adam, and Benjamin Barrick, and by Tusseys? Mountain; was part of a tract warranted by Jacob Neterer on 9 April 1792 and 28 February 1776, and patented by John Adam on 4 February 1802 [2], whose will was recorded in Washington County, Maryland. John Adam bequeathed the patented land to William Adam, father of William Adam Junior. In a will recorded in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, William Adam bequeathed the land to William Adam Junior and John Adam, parties to the deed. On 16 March 1825, William Adam Junior and John Adam partitioned the land. [3] William Adam Juior and wife Mary Ann, of Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, sold land to brother John Adam for one dollar on the same day. [4]
1826 On 14 January, William Adam sold to John Wineland, the land that his brother, John Adam, had partitioned, as described in the deed dated 25 March 1825. [5]
1830 William Adams lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Males: 2 (age 10 thru 14), 1 (age 40 thru 49) and Females: 1 (age 10 thru 14), 1 (age 15 thru 19), 1 (age 20 thru 29). Conrad Nicodemus was listed nearby. [6]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Pennsylvania Land Patent, 47-120, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[3] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed O-289, index, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-263, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed O-288, index, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].