- Confederate Soldier in American Civil War
James McCord Adair was born 25 October 1812 in Walton County, Georgia, United States to Joseph Alexander Adair (1784-1864) and Elizabeth McCord (1780-1850) and died 26 September 1864 Jackson County, Georgia, United States of unspecified causes. He married Martha Barnett Shields (1819-1884) 22 October 1839 in Morgan County, Georgia, United States.
Research Notes
You will find information on James M Adair and his family in the the Adair History and Genealogy book on page 248a.
According to the book, James M Adair was born near Winder in Walton County, Georgia. he took a course in mechanical engineering and machinery, with Claborne Harris, a machinist with shops near Jefferson, in Jackson County.
Married Martha Barnett Shields in 1889. She was the sister of his aunt Polly Ann Shields who had married Jones Adair.
James and Martha moved to Jackson County and bought the Ben Thorton homestead on Little Turkey Creek four miles south of the present town of Commerce.
After his first three sons had joined the war and two of them dying, In 1864, James M. Adair went himself into the army, at the call of the Confederate Government and the State of Georgia for men up 10 55 years of age. He was sent to training camp at Milledgeville, the State Capital, and Cap. Prudence was his captain. An epidemic of camp diarrhea was in the camp, and Adair soon became a victim. The sanitation was bad and the diet was anything but good. Adair was sent home for treatment, but died three days after reaching there, September, 1864. His funeral was largely attended. ~Adair History and Genealogy by James B Adair, Chapter 39 Page 249.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Alexander Adair (1840-1861) | |||
| Julius Oscar Adair (1842-1932) | |||
| Allen Henry Adair (1843-1862) | 15 October 1843 Jackson County, Georgia, United States | 20 June 1862 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States | |
| Hulda Ann Hasseltine Adair (1845-1927) | |||
| Minerva Cornelia Adair (1847-1878) | |||
| Robert Benjamin Adair (1849-1933) | |||
| Henrietta Josephine Adair (1851-1944) | |||
| James Barnett Adair (1853-1931) | |||
| Anderson Brantley Adair (1855-1857) | |||
| Hamilton Stephen Adair (1855-1898) | 5 December 1855 Jackson County, Georgia, United States | 4 March 1898 Georgia, United States | Susan Rebecca Malcolm (1852-1917) |
| Samuel Brownfield Adair (1858-1926) | |||
| Eugene Franklin Adair (1861-1928) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James McCord Adair (1812-1864) | 25 October 1812 Walton County, Georgia, United States | 26 September 1864 Jackson County, Georgia, United States | Martha Barnett Shields (1819-1884) |
| John Adair (1814-1859) | |||
| William Adair (1815-1844) | |||
| Jane Jones Adair (1816-1889) | |||
| Joseph Adair (1819-1844) | |||
| Robert Adair (1819-) | |||
| Nancy Adair (1823-) | |||
Residences
See Also
- James Adair
- Adair Family
- Adair Family Ancestry
- Adair in Jackson County, Georgia
- Adair in Morgan County, Georgia