Transcribed by Timothy R.
Meador, Jr.
This
Article Appeared In The Times
But
Was Not Actually Titled Cal’s Column
December 13, 1951
AN INTERESTING LETTER
December 10, 1951
Rev. Calvin Gregory,
Editor, Macon County Times,
Lafayette, Tennessee
Dear Sir:
You may recall that while in search of information
relative to the Joshua Draper family, I visited your office March, 1948.
Great-grandfather Joshua, a blacksmith and soldier of the War of 1812, had
removed his family from Gallatin, in Sumner County, to “Hardscratch Hill,”
about three miles west of Meadorville in Macon County, some years after the
war. Here he and his wife reared a large family of children.
I am
prompted to write the above by having read your article, entitled “Some Old
Papers,” in the Times of December 6th in which the name of Elijah
Adams, whose identity you did not know, was mentioned.
One
Elijah Adams of Macon County, and perhaps the same person, married Brunetta
Draper, born October 30, 1822, and daughter of the above Joshua Draper and
wife, Nancy (Lane) Draper. A son, William G. Adams, later became a resident of
Gallatin County, Illinois. Elijah Adams has a brother, Thomas, who married Lucy
Ann, a sister, of Brunetta. Thus two brothers married sisters. Two surviving
children of the latter marriage are Andrew Adams, proprietor of a country store
one mile south of Westmoreland, Tennessee; and Thomas J. Adams, youngest of the
family, who now resides with his daughter, Mrs. Nova Brown, 1213 East Iowa Street,
Evansville, Ind.
If the
above data helped to identify the unknown Elijah Adams or offers a working
clue, the purpose of this letter will have been served. From time to time I
find valuable information pertaining somehow to my forebears who once lived in
Middle Tennessee as I read “Cal’s Column” in the Times. I enclose check for
renewing my subscription.
Very
sincerely,
N.
W. Draper
(Editor’s note. We appreciate this information quite
highly and we are of the opinion that the Elijah Adams mentioned in the “Old
Papers” was the same man referred to by our good friend, Mr. Draper. We are on
the track of additional information relative to the Adams family, and will try
to publish it an early date. In the meantime, we would like to request that Mr.
Draper furnish the paper with any historical items he may have that concern our
people. Thanks, friend Draper, for your nice words about the paper.)