Simon ADAMSON, JR

                   Buried in Todd's Chapel cemetary, West of Richmond, Missouri
                  

                   She puchased simon adamson, Jr's land from his widow , Weleanor and Martha's Eleven brothers and sisters( and their wives and husbands.) The land consisted of about 125 acreas in Knox county tennessee.
                  

                   the town of Jacksonville, Missouri, was the second town in Platte county. It was named by Jacob Adamson, who was one of five trusetees of incorporation. Joacob was from Tennessee and an admirier of general Jackson and insisted that the town be named Jacksonville in  honor of the general. But when a post office was  about to be established, it was found out that there already was a jacksonville post office in Missouri. therefore, they had to change the name and changed it to New market. It waould be a good guess that Jacob named it after newe market Tennessee, where the adamsons lived before they moved to Missouri.

During the California gold rush, Jacob Adamson and his son-in-law, William Borden, decided to go to California to get rich. They left in a covered wagon and it took them three months to make the trip. They were in California two years and like many others, didn't find their fortune. They stated back home on a sailing boat with about 200 other men and their provisions. the captain of the vessel became drunk on the trip back, and the ship was carried off in a calm to south america. They were on the water 74 days without seeing land. they had eathen all their food, and the only thng they could do was to eat the mules and hard tack to stay alive. after these were gone, they talked of casting lots and eating one of the men. William boren told them he would shoot it out with them before he would be eaten. finally a little breeze came up and they were able to sail the ship to land, saving themselves from starvation or from canibalism.
                  

                   During the civil war, was sent to Illinois by her husband, Eli Wilson, for safety. She was blind and died in Illinois.
                  

                   Note: No children in 1850 or later censuses.
                  

                   Levi L. adamson was the eleventh of twelve children born to Simon adamson Jr. and Eleanor routh adamson. the records indicate all of their children were born in tennessee some in jefferson county some in cannon county the exact location for some is unknown.


Levi born in 1810 moved probably with the rest of the simon adamson jr. family to ray county missouri some time before 1836. It was on april 28, 1836 that Levi and mary ann benton were married in ray county missouri. Mary was born in 1817 in tennessee.

Levi worked as a tailor while living in Weston, platte county missouri and owned property along side his siblings land outside weston.

sometime before 1852, Levi, Mary and their family along with appears to be a large number of the adamson clan. moved to east texas. They settled in the beautiful green rolling hills, north of Dallas in Collin county. It was there where they founded the town of Weston, Texas, named after Weston, Missouri.

there is strong indication,though no proof that Levi is buried in the chambersville cemtary in Weston texas along with his sister Esther adamson wilson and his brother larkin adamson and other family members.