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This page collects information about people with surname Adair who were known or believed to have lived in early Georgia.

The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: AthensClarke County, AugustaRichmond County, ColumbusMuscogee County, GeorgetownQuitman County, StatenvilleEchols County, MaconBibb County, CussetaChattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County.

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Adairs of Laurens County[]

The family of Scotch-Irish Immigrant Thomas Adair (c1680-c1740) who arrived with 3 sons in the 1730s, landing first in Pennsylvania and then moving to South Carolina. Many American Adair's descend from this group. They also intermarried into several native American tribes and some became leaders in the Cherokee Tribe that passed thru Georgia.


Other Notable Adairs[]

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Trail of Tears[]

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Trail of Tears painting by Robert Lindneux

The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American peoples from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west (usually west of the Mississippi River) that had been designated as Indian Territory. The forced relocations were carried out by government authorities following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The relocated peoples suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation while en route to their new designated reserve, and many died before reaching their destinations. The forced removals included members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Ponca nations. The phrase "Trail of Tears" originates from a description of the removal of many Native American tribes, including the infamous Cherokee Nation relocation in 1838.

Between 1830 and 1850, the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee people (including mixed-race and black slaves who lived among them) were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the Southeastern United States, and relocated farther west. Those Native Americans who were relocated were forced to march to their destinations by state and local militias. The Cherokee removal in 1838 (the last forced removal east of the Mississippi) was brought on by the discovery of gold near Dahlonega, Georgia in 1828, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush. Approximately 2,000–8,000 of the 16,543 relocated Cherokee perished along the way.

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Adair by County[]

Georgia has 159 Counties:

  1. Adair in Appling County, Georgia
  2. Adair in Atkinson County, Georgia
  3. Adair in Bacon County, Georgia
  4. Adair in Baker County, Georgia
  5. Adair in Baldwin County, Georgia
  6. Adair in Banks County, Georgia
  7. Adair in Barrow County, Georgia
  8. Adair in Bartow County, Georgia
  9. Adair in Ben Hill County, Georgia
  10. Adair in Berrien County, Georgia
  11. Adair in Bibb County, Georgia
  12. Adair in Bleckley County, Georgia
  13. Adair in Brantley County, Georgia
  14. Adair in Brooks County, Georgia
  15. Adair in Bryan County, Georgia
  16. Adair in Bulloch County, Georgia
  17. Adair in Burke County, Georgia
  18. Adair in Butts County, Georgia
  19. Adair in Calhoun County, Georgia
  20. Adair in Camden County, Georgia
  21. Adair in Candler County, Georgia
  22. Adair in Carroll County, Georgia
  23. Adair in Catoosa County, Georgia
  24. Adair in Charlton County, Georgia
  25. Adair in Chatham County, Georgia
  26. Adair in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
  27. Adair in Chattooga County, Georgia
  28. Adair in Cherokee County, Georgia - Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831
  29. Adair in Clarke County, Georgia
  30. Adair in Clay County, Georgia
  31. Adair in Clayton County, Georgia
  32. Adair in Clinch County, Georgia
  33. Adair in Cobb County, Georgia
  34. Adair in Coffee County, Georgia
  35. Adair in Colquitt County, Georgia
  36. Adair in Columbia County, Georgia
  37. Adair in Cook County, Georgia
  38. Adair in Coweta County, Georgia
  39. Adair in Crawford County, Georgia
  40. Adair in Crisp County, Georgia
  41. Adair in Dade County, Georgia
  42. Adair in Dawson County, Georgia
  43. Adair in Decatur County, Georgia
  44. Adair in DeKalb County, Georgia = Created from Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette counties in 18222. Named for "Baron" Johann DeKalb (1721–1780) a German who accompanied Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, and was inspector general of the Colonial Army
  45. Adair in Dodge County, Georgia
  46. Adair in Dooly County, Georgia
  47. Adair in Dougherty County, Georgia -
  48. Adair in Douglas County, Georgia
  49. Adair in Early County, Georgia
  50. Adair in Echols County, Georgia
  51. Adair in Effingham County, Georgia
  52. Adair in Elbert County, Georgia
  53. Adair in Emanuel County, Georgia
  54. Adair in Evans County, Georgia
  55. Adair in Fannin County, Georgia
  56. Adair in Fayette County, Georgia
  57. Adair in Floyd County, Georgia
  58. Adair in Forsyth County, Georgia
  59. Adair in Franklin County, Georgia
  60. Adair in Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta), formed in 1853, named for Hamilton Fulton (1781–1833), a Scottish civil and hydraulic engineer
  61. Adair in Gilmer County, Georgia
  62. Adair in Glascock County, Georgia
  63. Adair in Glynn County, Georgia
  64. Adair in Gordon County, Georgia
  65. Adair in Grady County, Georgia
  66. Adair in Greene County, Georgia
  67. Adair in Gwinnett County, Georgia
  68. Adair in Habersham County, Georgia
  69. Adair in Hall County, Georgia
  70. Adair in Hancock County, Georgia
  71. Adair in Haralson County, Georgia
  72. Adair in Harris County, Georgia
  73. Adair in Hart County, Georgia
  74. Adair in Heard County, Georgia
  75. Adair in Henry County, Georgia
  76. Adair in Houston County, Georgia
  77. Adair in Irwin County, Georgia
  78. Adair in Jackson County, Georgia
  79. Adair in Jasper County, Georgia
  80. Adair in Jeff Davis County, Georgia
  81. Adair in Jefferson County, Georgia
  82. Adair in Jenkins County, Georgia
  83. Adair in Johnson County, Georgia
  84. Adair in Jones County, Georgia
  85. Adair in Lamar County, Georgia
  86. Adair in Lanier County, Georgia
  87. Adair in Laurens County, Georgia
  88. Adair in Lee County, Georgia
  89. Adair in Liberty County, Georgia
  90. Adair in Lincoln County, Georgia
  91. Adair in Long County, Georgia
  92. Adair in Lowndes County, Georgia
  93. Adair in Lumpkin County, Georgia
  94. Adair in Macon County, Georgia
  95. Adair in Madison County, Georgia
  96. Adair in Marion County, Georgia
  97. Adair in McDuffie County, Georgia
  98. Adair in McIntosh County, Georgia
  99. Adair in Meriwether County, Georgia
  100. Adair in Miller County, Georgia
  101. Adair in Mitchell County, Georgia
  102. Adair in Monroe County, Georgia
  103. Adair in Montgomery County, Georgia
  104. Adair in Morgan County, Georgia
  105. Adair in Murray County, Georgia - form in 1832 from Cherokee County, Named for Thomas W. Murray (1790 – 1832), famous state legislator.
  106. Adair in Mucogee County, Georgia
  107. Adair in Newton County, Georgia
  108. Adair in Oconee County, Georgia
  109. Adair in Oglethorpe County, Georgia
  110. Adair in Paulding County, Georgia
  111. Adair in Peach County, Georgia
  112. Adair in Pickens County, Georgia
  113. Adair in Pierce County, Georgia
  114. Adair in Pike County, Georgia
  115. Adair in Polk County, Georgia
  116. Adair in Pulaski County, Georgia
  117. Adair in Putnam County, Georgia
  118. Adair in Quitman County, Georgia
  119. Adair in Rabun County, Georgia
  120. Adair in Randolph County, Georgia
  121. Adair in Richmond County, Georgia
  122. Adair in Rockdale County, Georgia
  123. Adair in Schley County, Georgia
  124. Adair in Screven County, Georgia
  125. Adair in Seminole County, Georgia
  126. Adair in Spalding County, Georgia
  127. Adair in Stephens County, Georgia
  128. Adair in Stewart County, Georgia
  129. Adair in Sumter County, Georgia
  130. Adair in Talbot County, Georgia
  131. Adair in Taliaferro County, Georgia
  132. Adair in Tattnall County, Georgia
  133. Adair in Taylor County, Georgia
  134. Adair in Telfair County, Georgia
  135. Adair in Terrell County, Georgia
  136. Adair in Thomas County, Georgia
  137. Adair in Tift County, Georgia
  138. Adair in Toombs County, Georgia
  139. Adair in Towns County, Georgia
  140. Adair in Treutlen County, Georgia
  141. Adair in Troup County, Georgia
  142. Adair in Turner County, Georgia
  143. Adair in Twiggs County, Georgia
  144. Adair in Union County, Georgia
  145. Adair in Upson County, Georgia
  146. Adair in Walker County, Georgia
  147. Adair in Walton County, Georgia
  148. Adair in Ware County, Georgia
  149. Adair in Warren County, Georgia
  150. Adair in Washington County, Georgia
  151. Adair in Wayne County, Georgia
  152. Adair in Webster County, Georgia
  153. Adair in Wheeler County, Georgia
  154. Adair in White County, Georgia
  155. Adair in Whitfield County, Georgia
  156. Adair in Wilcox County, Georgia
  157. Adair in Wilkes County, Georgia
  158. Adair in Wilkinson County, Georgia
  159. Adair in Worth County, Georgia

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