Birth: Circa 1852 Leakesville, Greene, Mississippi, USA
Father: James Adams c1828-1856
Mother: Elizabeth Cowart c1812-1880
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 15 July 1880 Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Husband: Andrew (Drew) Jackson Moffett 1853-1927
Death: Before 1892 Burial: Rocky Creek Cemetery, George, Mississippi, USA
Three or four who all died about the same time as Margaret before 1892.
There are two submitted entries in the IGI for the birth of Margaret Adams in Leakesville, Greene, Mississippi in 1852, parents James Adams and Elizabeth Cowart.
Her father died in 1859.
In the 1860 census as Margret Adams aged 8 and living with her mother (Elizabeth), brother (James) and sister (Susan) in Greene, Mississippi.
In the 1870 census as Margret Adams aged 14 and living with her mother (Betsey), brother (James) and sister (Susan) in Police District 5, Greene, Mississippi.
Her mother died in 1880.
In the 1880 census as Margret Addams aged 27, born in Mississippi, father born in Alabama, single, and living with her brother-in-law and sister Tomas and Susan Branan and their two daughters (Ella and Julia) in Vernal, Greene, Mississippi.
Marriage of Margaret Adams and Andrew J Moffett in the IGI on 15 July 1880 in Jackson, Mississippi.
There is an entry in the Ancestral File for Margaret Adams born about 1852 and her marriage to Andrew Jackson (Drew) Moffett on 15 July 1880 in Jackson, Mississippi.
There is an entry in the Goodwin Family History for Margaret Adams born about 1852 in Mississippi, father James Adams, her mariage to Andrew Jackson Moffett on 15 July 1880 in Jackson County, Mississippi, and her death with all three or four children in an epidemic before 1892. All are said to be buried in Rocky Creek Cemetery, George, Mississippi, in unmarked graves.
There are seven entries in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Margaret Adams born about 1852, parents James Adams and Elizabeth Cowart and her marriage to Andrew Jackson Moffett or Moffitt.
There are ten entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees with similar information, one of which locates her birth in Leakesville, Greene, Mississippi.
Margaret Adams was my fourth cousin twice removed.
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