Illinois

This McAdams house was located three miles west of Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois and was known as the Joseph McAdams Farm. Prior to 1823, all County's public business was performed in this house, home of Joseph McAdams. Montgomery County, was named for General Montgomery who fell before Quebec, was organized 12 Feb. 1821. John Beck, John Steward and John McAdams were appointed Commissioners who met in the Joseph McAdams house. James Wright and Daniel Meredith were county constables. Joseph McAdams offered to donate 20 acres of land for the new courthouse that was to be built on his land. After a bitter fight over the site the Commissioners selected the present court house site at Hillsboro. Newton Coffey was the only person who could spare the money to pay for the entry fee and he donated the necessary 20 acres.

Joseph McAdams b. 1757 in York Co., Penn. married Jemina Justice (2) Sarah Bradford in Orange County, North Carolina. Sometime before 1794, the family moved to near Nashville in Sumner County, Tenn. By 1800, he was living in Logan County, Kentucky before moving on to Montgomery County, Ill. He died in Bond County where his brother, William McAdams had migrated to in about 1817.

Bond Co., Illinois. Marriage Records

McAdams, Andrew J......McAdams, Jane A................... 03/25/1880 McAdams, Andrew J......Boothe, Mary E........................09/02/1854 McAdams, Feliz C............Clark, Mary............................12/25/1838 McAdams, Henry.............White, Martha R......................02/20/1867 McAdams, Hiram R.......Goodson, Mary E......................06/09/1865 McAdams, James............Young, Margaret......................06/26/1838 McAdams, Jesse............Long, Louisa..............................06/20/1868 McAdams, Jesse.........Williamson, Elizabeth...................05/01/1831 McAdams, John T...........Morgan, Harriett E....................04/06/1870 McAdams, Peter............Hubbard, Lydia E ......................06/29/1850 McAdams, Robert..........White, Mary M..........................01/04/1828 McAdams, Samuel G.........Booth, Sally...........................11/25/1844 McAdams, Samuel G......Smith, Priscilla J......................09/13/1837 McAdams, Samuel R.....Chappell, caselia.......................08/03/1846 McAdams, Thomas.........Hunt, Polly...............................12/22/1825 McAdams,Thomas..........Swann, Lucy ...........................03/29/1873 McAdams, William.....Keyes, Mary Amanda..................02/24/1849 Blizzard, John J.............McAdams, Catherine.................05/28/1850 Satterley, William H......McAdams, Eliza E.....................01/15/1862 Teal, Charles A............McAdams, Lucy P........................10/03/1839 Vawter, Presley C...........McAdams,Margaret..................04/12/1849 Mills, George S...........McAdams, Mary Elizabeth..........10/20/1856 Smith, Thomas S..........McAdams, May...................... ...02/20/1860 Graff, Daniel.................McAdams, Nancy.......................09/26/1849 Mills, Andrew P............McAdams, Polly........................06/11/1835 Fox, Albert C................McAdams, Priscilla J.................10/13/1877 Metcalf, James W.........McAdams, Sarah A....................06/05/1851 Grubbs, E N..................McAdams, Sarah I.....................04/08/1847 Elam, Marten V...........McAdams, Sarah L................ ....10/29/1868 Kelsoe, John B.............McAdams,Susan M....................01/31/1835 White, Wesley.............McAdams, Tabitha.......................00/00/0000