Joseph Adair, Sr. was my 7th great-grandfather. His son, Joseph Jr, was my 6th. Joseph was a cooper by trade, a highly-skilled barrel maker. Barrel Steve Road in modern-day Clinton, SC, was named for the operation on the Adair homestead off Duncan Creek. Most of the Adairs in the south can be traced back to old Joseph.
1711 Born in Ireland
1732 Married Sarah Lafferty in Pennsylvania/Delaware
1733 Son Joseph Adair Jr. born May 12, 1733
1734 Son James born
1736 Son Benjamin born
1738 Daughter Jean born
1740 Daughter Sarah born
1750 Joseph brought his family to Duncan Creek, via the Old Wagon Road
1752 Elder, Duncan Creek Presbyterian
1766 Plat For 200 Acres In Craven County
1769 Land Grant For 200 Acres On Millers Creek 6/2/1769
1769 Memorial For 200 Acres On Miller Creek, Berkly County-9/9/1769
1770 Wife Sarah Lafferty Adair dies
1770 Land Grant For 250 Acres In Craven County-11/27/1770
1770 Memorial For 250 Acres On Duncans Creek, Craven County-11/29/1770
1771 Marriage to Susanna Long
1774 Land Grant For 250 Acres In Craven County-9/30/1774
1779 Signer of the James Williams Petition (with sons Joseph and Benjamin)
1780 Homestead burned, around the same time as the Laurens courthouse
1780 Commissary, Company D, Little River Regiment – Col Casey’s Regiment
1785 First Coroner in Laurens County, August 16, 1785-?
1785 Trustee, College of Cambridge in Ninety-Six
1788 Will of Joseph Adair, Sr.
1789 Died Laurens County, SC – Monument at Duncan Creek Presbyterian