Jacob ADAMSON

                   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.