Brooks-Thomas-Lowndes County GaArchives Biographies.....Adams, Cason F. 1853 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   CASON F. ADAMS. Industriously engaged in one of the most useful and
independent callings to which a man may devote his energies, Cason P. Adams, of
the Tallokas district, is carrying on general farming with much success,
performing his full share in rendering this district one of the finest
agricultural regions of Brooks county. A son of the late Lasa Adams, he was born
September 12, 1853, in Madison county, Florida.

   His paternal grandfather, Dennis Adams, migrated from one of the Carolinas to
Florida at an early day, when that portion of our country was almost entirely a
wilderness, the red skins being much more plentiful than white men. Purchasing a
tract of land, he erected a set of buildings, and began to clear a homestead.
One old Indian, "Sam," was a frequent caller at his house, and proved his
friendship for the newcomer by telling him that the Indians were that night to
make a raid on the white settlers. The family made preparations to receive the
savages when they attempted to drive away the stock. One of the sons, Lasa
Adams, started out with his gun, the other members of the family being likewise
armed, and when the battle that ensued was over there were three dead Indians
lying upon the ground. The following day, Dennis Adams, believing discretion to
be the better part of valor, came with his wife and children to Georgia, which
was much further from the Indians' headquarters, and where the protections
against the dusky savages were much better, and here spent his remaining days.
He was twice married, his second wife surviving him about twenty years. By his
two marriages he was the father of ten children, as follows: Joshua, Lasa,
Dennis, Caswell, Cason, Sally, Rachel, Irene Louisa, and Jane. Born in one of
the Carolinas, Lasa Adams was but a small boy when the family settled in
Florida, where he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life,
and where he had his first scrimmage with the Indians. On coming to Georgia he
joined the force organized for protection against the wily red man, and took an
active part in the engagement at Brushy creek, in 1836, when the Indians took
their last stand in Georgia against the advance of civilization. On attaining
his majority, Lasa Adams bought a tract of timbered land in Madison county,
Florida, and on the farm which he improved spent a few seasons. He subsequently
lived for four years in Jefferson county, Florida, from there coming to Georgia,
and settling first in Thomas county, and later in Brooks county. Here purchasing
a grist mill, he operated it with water power a number of years, the mill then,
and now, being known as Adams's Mill. He did much to develop the industrial
resources of this part of the country, and was here a resident until his death,
at the age of eighty-three years, one month, and fourteen days.

   Lasa Adams married Orpha Lee Holloway, who was born in what is now Brooks
county, Georgia, where her father, William Holloway, a native of Bulloch county,
Georgia, settled in pioneer times, and was afterwards extensively engaged in
agricultural pursuits, operating his plantation with slave labor. She died
September 28, 1887, aged sixty-five years. She reared four children, namely:
Rhoda ; Jane; James C., of whom a brief sketch appears elsewhere in this volume;
and Cason F.

   Commencing as a boy to assist his father on the farm, Cason F. Adams remained
beneath the parental roof-tree until twenty-seven years of age. In the meantime
he had visited Brooks county in his search of a permanent place of location, and
had purchased a part of the land now included in the farm he owns and occupies,
it being situated in lot number three, Tallokas district. Here Mr. Adams has a
fine farm of two hundred and fifty acres, which he is managing successfully, as
a general farmer being quite prosperous. He has a comfortable set of farm
buildings, which are amply shaded by fine forest trees, which add much to the
attractiveness and picturesque value of the place.

   Mr. Adams married, at the age of twenty-six years, Texas Smith. She was born
in Lowndes county, Georgia, where her father, J. R. M. Smith, located on coming
to Georgia from Arkansas. Her mother, whose maiden name was Martha Smith, was
born in Lowndes county, a daughter of Owen Smith, a well-known pioneer of that
county. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have lost one child, Claon, who died at the age of
sixteen years, and have four children living, namely: Leila, wife of Harris J.
McGraw, has two children, Alwilda and Eugene; Olivia; John B.; and William Lasa.
Politically Mr. Adams is a straightforward Democrat, and religiously he and his
family attend the Bethel Baptist church.


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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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