The Margaret Costilow Family

Children [11 total]:

1. Mary Adams (m. William Reed)
   b. 12 Jan 1792
   
   

2. Washington Adams
   b. 12 Mar 1795
   
   

3. Sarah "Sary" Adams
   b. 30 Apr 1796
   
   

4. David Adams (m. Nancy NN)
   b. 12 Mar 1798, Harrison Co, VA
   d. 30 Jul 1874, Br. Fork, Barbour Co, WV
   
   

5. Anne Adams
   b. 23 Aug 1801
   
   

6. Margaret Adams
   b. 22 May 1803
   
   

7. William Adams
   b. 1 Sep 1805
   
   

8. Tabitha Adams
   b. 15 Aug 1807, VA
   
   

9. Edie (or Edy) Adams
   b. 15 Feb 1809, VA
   
   

10. June (or Ireny?) Adams
    b. 22 Jan 1811, VA

Known Localities:

• Burlington County, New Jersey (1795, 1800)

• Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia) (1797-1840)

• Barbour County, Virginia (now West Virginia) (1843-1860)

Chronological Timeline:

The 1790 federal census for New Jersey no longer exists.

A list of rateables from 1795 for Nottingham, Burlington County, New Jersey shows four Adams men, including Jonathan Adams:

• Alexander Adams

• Asa Adams, householder

• Jonathan Adams

• Ezra Adams, householder

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DF-MCTN

The 1795 personal property tax list for Harrison County, Virginia does not show Jonathan Adams, however, it does show the following Adams:

Adams Joseph 1 tithable 1 horse
Adams Nathaniel 5 tithables 5 horses

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-PSSF-N

The 1796 personal property tax list for Harrison County, Virginia does not show Jonathan Adams, however, it does show the following Adams:

Adams Nathaniel 3 tithables 5 horses
Adams Joseph 1 tithable 1 horse
Adams Jacob 1 tithable

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-PSS6-D

The 1797 personal property tax list for Harrison County, Virginia shows the following Adams:

Adams Nathaniel 4 tithables 5 horses
Adams Jonathan 1 tithable 2 horses

NOTE: This is the first time that Jonathan Adams appears in the personal property tax lists for Harrison County. Margaret Adams' Revolutionary War pension application from 1843 correlates the Jonathan Adams family arriving in the area about 1796.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-PSS6-M

On 17 Jul 1797 in Harrison County, Virginia, the Arnold family sold 400 acres of land to Jonathan Adams for 140 pounds current money. The property was described as being in Harrison County "on the Brushy fork of Elk Creek adjoining above lands of Levy Wells and lands of James McMoney." The deed was proven by the grantors on the same day.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-D44R

The 1798 personal property tax list for Harrison County, Virginia shows the following Adams:

Adams Jonathan 1 tithable 3 horses
Adams Nathaniel 2 tithables 7 horses
Adams Nathaniel Jnr. 1 tithable

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-PSSH-1

The 3 Apr 1799 personal property tax list for Harrison County, Virginia shows the following Adams:

Adams Nathaniel 1 tithable 6 horses
Adams Nathaniel Jnr. 1 tithable 3 horses
Adams Jonathan 1 tithable 2 horses

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-PSS8-6

On 12 Sep 1800 in Burlington County, New Jersey, Jonathan Adams and wife Margaret, of Harrison County, Virginia, sold two tracts of land inherited from his father Alexander Adams, to Ezra Adams for 800 pounds "good and lawful money." Jonathan Adams and wife Margaret swore oath and proved the deed on the same day at the Court of Common Pleas in Burlington County, New Jersey.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYQ-927V

The 1800 federal census for Virginia no longer exists.

The 1810 federal census has Jonathan Adams enumerated in Harrison County, Virginia, appearing on the same page as Nathaniel Adams. His household consisted of the following:

1 Male under 10
2 Males 10-16
1 Male 45+
4 Females under 10
2 Females 10-16
1 Female 26-45

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB4-6GX

The 1820 federal census has Jonathan Adams enumerated in Harrison County, Virginia, appearing alongside Nathaniel, Washington and David Adams. His household consisted of the following:

1 Male under 10
1 Male 10-16
1 Male 45+
2 Females under 10
1 Females 10-16
2 Female 16-26
2 Females 26-45
1 Female 45+
2 engaged in agriculture

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYD-Z6J

The 1830 federal census has Jonathan Adams enumerated in Harrison County, Virginia, appearing on the same page as David, George W. and William Adams. His household consisted of the following:

1 Male 5-10
1 Male 15-20
1 Male 60-70
1 Female 15-20
1 Female 30-40
1 Female 60-70

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY1-51D

The 1840 federal census has Margaret Adams enumerated in Harrison County, Virginia, appearing on the same page as Christopher Costilow, George W. Adams, William Costilow and son David Adams. Her household consisted of the following:

1 Male under 5
1 Female under 5
1 Female 5-10
2 Females 10-15
2 Females 30-40
1 Female 40-50
1 Female 70-80

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBM-7C9

On 2 Oct 1843 in Barbour County, Virginia, "Margaret Adams personally appeared in Court and made oath, that the statements made by her in writing contained the truth, and the Court doth hereby certify that they have known the above named Margaret Adams for upwards of Twenty Years (20), and that she was the reputed wife of Jonathan Adams, Deceased who was a pensioner of the United States, and that she resided with him as his wife until his death."

The "statements made by her in writing" refer to Margaret Adams' Revolutionary War pension application, in right of her late husband Jonathan Adams. Within her application she stated she was married to Jonathan Adams in Trenton, New Jersey in the fall of 1791, that they moved to their present residence in Barbour County [then in Harrison County] in 1796, and that he died on 21 Apr 1835.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR7-Z7B8-M
SOURCE: https://revwarapps.org/w5596.pdf

The 1850 federal census has the widowed Margaret Adams enumerated within her son David Adams' household on 21 Sep 1850 in District 5 of Barbour County, Virginia; they were listed immediately above two other Adams households and two Costilow households:

Household 1112
David Adams 52 M Farmer cannot read or write
Nancy 54 F $1300 real estate Virginia cannot read or write
Mary 32 F Virginia cannot read or write
Sarah 26 F Virginia cannot read or write
Delila 24 F Virginia
Edward S. 16 M Virginia
Margaret 78 F Virginia cannot read or write
Eura Cottrill 34 F Virginia cannot read or write
Elijah 11 M Virginia
Benjamin 7 M Virginia
Olive 4 F Virginia

Household 1113
Jackson Costilow 34 M Farmer $150 real estate Virginia
Margaret 31 F Virginia cannot read or write
Mary E. 7 F Virginia
James 5 M Virginia
John 1 M Virginia

Household 1114
William Adams 22 M Farmer Virginia cannot read or write
Lydia 18 F Virginia

Household 1115
Hiram Adams 22 M Farmer Virginia cannot read or write
Delila 28 F Virginia cannot read or write
Abram 2 M Virginia
Elizabeth 11/12 F Virginia

Household 1116
Alpheus Costilow 25 M Farmer Virginia cannot read or write
Malinda 31 F Virginia cannot read or write

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DR43-481

The 1860 federal census again has the widowed Margaret Adams enumerated within her son David Adams' household on 6 Aug 1860 in Barbour County, Virginia. Their household consisted of the following:

David Adams 63 M Farmer $3000 real estate $404 personal estate Virginia
Nancy 65 F Domestic Virginia
Delila 34 F Domestic Virginia
Hiram A. 31 M Laborer Virginia
Abraham 12 M Virginia
Jane 8 F Virginia
Isaac 5 M Virginia
Jerusha? 3 F Virginia
Elijah Cottrill 21 M Labourer Virginia
Uray Costlow 44 F Virginia
Aaron Costlow 3 M Virginia
Margaret Adams 90 F Virginia

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSN-9CBF