Adams, Ann

- Bef 1827

• Name	Adams, Ann  [2]
  	Ann Adams is the sister of Humphrey Peake. [1]
  Gender	Female
  Slavery Event	1785	Fairfax County, Virginia   [3]
  	Will of Humphrey Peake. Ann Adams bequeathed negro girls Lucy & Sinah.
  	Status: Slaveholder
  Slavery Event	1825	Fairfax County, Virginia   [4]
  	Bill of Sale from George W. Lane to Ann Adams: Lucy & Nancy.
  	Status; Slaveholder
  Slavery Event	1827	Fairfax County, Virginia   [1]
  	Will of Ann Adams [Bequeathment of slaves]. To daughter Mary S. Hening: negro man Isaac, all furniture with the promise that she will take care of aged & faithful servant Betty; to granddaughter Mary M. Henning: negro girl Milly; to daughter frances Lane: the use of two negro slaves- Natt & Henry for her natural life, and at her death, Natt is to go to grandson Richard H. Lane and Henry to g to grandson Presley Carr Lane; to granddaughter Ann Susanna Lane, daughter of deceased daughter Nancy Lane, slave named Frederick who shall be held in trust for said Ann until she is 21 years old; to grandson William Francis Lane negro boy Eli alias William Eli who shall be held in trust for said William until he is 21 years old; slaves Frederick & Eli may be sold or hired out by the trustees if the estate needs money.
  	Status: Slaveholder
  Died	Bef 15 Oct 1827  [1]
  Slavery Event	1828	Fairfax County, Virginia   [2]
  	Inventory of Ann Adams: negro man Natt $150; negro young man Henry $400; negro old man Isaac $150; negro boy Frederick $225; negro boy Eli $100; negro girl Milly $150. (Natt & Henry had been on their way to Missouri...are back now. They were devised to daughter, Frances F. Lane & her husband, George W. Lane). [Postscript on original document is involved and should be read in entirety].
  	Status: Slaveholder
  Person ID	I54	Slavery Inventory Database
  Last Modified	23 May 2018

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Adams, Frances F. + 2. Adams, Mary Stonestreet   3. Adams, Catharine
  Last Modified	23 May 2018
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  
• To purchase copies of the original source documents listed below click here.
  
  

  Sources

  [S13] Fairfax County, Virginia, Will Book P1: 11, Will of Ann Adams, 1827; Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia. [S11] Fairfax County, Virginia, Will Book P1: 141, Inventory of Ann Adams, 1828; Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia. [S15] Fairfax County, Virginia, Will Book E1: 91, Will of Humphrey Peake, 1785; Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia. [S12] Fairfax County, Virginia, Deed Book W2: 159, George W. Lane to Ann Adams, 1825; Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia.