Monthly Archives: February 2015

Richard Wilson Aiken (2 Aug. 1807-[30 Dec.?] 1865)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Jean L. Cooper

Born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, Richard Aiken was the son of Pleasant Aiken (1769-1847), a War of 1812 veteran, and the owner of Varina Plantation, which he purchased from Thomas Mann Randolph. [N.b. The name is also spelled Aikin and … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Lawrence Adams (28 Sep.1851-13 Mar. 1889)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Jean L. Cooper

Jonathan L. Adams’s father was Abram B. Adams (b. 1818), a “warehouse and commission agent” (i.e., a cotton merchant); his mother was Henrietta Hollingsworth (1830-13 Sep. 1889). The family lived in Macon, Georgia. (1860-1880 U.S. Censuses) Abram Adams states in … Continue reading →

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