Joseph Thomas Adams

1858 - 1937  (78 years)

• Name	Joseph Thomas Adams  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Oct 1858	Arkansas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Mar 1937	Texas   [2]
  Burial	Benjamin Cemetery, Benjamin, Knox County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Shown as Joseph T. on early census records but was called Thomas or Tom or J.T. on land records in Knox Co. TX. His grave stone gives the name Uncle Tom and under that, Thomas Adams. There was an African American in Knox Co., also named Tom Adams, who died there in 1949. Email from Teresa McMinn- "Fred McMinn says that Uncle Tom died in 35/36 in, he thinks, Knox County....he left Susie $66.00 after all was settled with the nephew, Glenn Martin. Fred remembers that Uncle Tom wrote Susie ('Trawick' McMinn) and asked her to come to see him a couple of years before he died and they went up to Knox to see him." "Knox Co. History" Early Cattle Drives by Oran W. Driver Last paragraph of this article states; "In the late eighties Tom Adams left Jack County with a herd of cattle and started to Arizona with them. When he got west of Benjamin, about where the Ross and Moorhouse ranches are now, the grass and water were never better, so he just turned his cattle loose and said, "This is Arizona enough for me," so that part of the country went by the name of "Little Arizona" in the early days. There are dozens of land records in Knox Co. naming Tom, W.A. Oscar and Perry Adams and some mention King Co. also. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell) (Research): Census Listings: 1900 census Knox Co. TX ED 43 pg. 173A 74/74 Adams, Thomas, head, Oct. 1858, 41, single, AR TN AL Adams, Perry, nephew, Aug. 1878, 21 TX MS IL Brannin, Robert S., boarder, Mar. 1875, 25, single, TX MO KY Brannin, Charley S., boarder, Feb. 1879, 21, single, TX MO KY 1910 census Knox Co. TX pg. 13A 186/196 Adams, Perry, 31, single, TX - - Adams, Thomas, 51, single, AR TN AL Smallin, Claude M., hired man, ?, single, AR TN AR
  Person ID	I12641	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Valentine Adams,   b. 14 Feb 1822, Mississippi d. 18 Mar 1894, Knox County, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Nancy Carroll,   b. 20 Feb 1826, Alabama d. 10 May 1909 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1845	Tishomingo County, Mississippi   [1]
  	"Marriage Bonds, State of Mississippi" Tishomingo Co. 1842-1846 William V. Adams and Nancy Carroll, Feb 6, 1845 Sanders Mill, M.G. Surety: John Moore
  Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Oct 1858 - Arkansas Death - 10 Mar 1937 - Texas Burial - - Benjamin Cemetery, Benjamin, Knox County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Adams, Joseph Thomas "Uncle Tom" In the late eighties Tom Adams left Jack County with a herd of cattle and started to Arizona with them. When he got west of Benjamin, about where the Ross and Moorhouse ranches are now, the grass and water were never better, so he just turned his cattle loose and said, "This is Arizona enough for me," so that part of the country went by the name of "Little Arizona" in the early days.

  
  

• Sources

  [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 39537093 (Reliability: 3).