1800 He was probably living in Harris Creek area of Wilkes co., NC. (SV-404 pg 662 & SV-1031)
1809 Stephen Adams exempted from pmt of the levy of 1807 since he proved that he paid it in the state of North Carolina. (SV-404 pg 660 & SV-1031)
1815 (Floyd co., KY Deed Book A): Stephen Adams paid $48 for 48 acres of land on the North fork of the Kentucky River in Floyd co., KY. (SV-404 pg 660 & SV-1031)
1816 David Bentley; William Isaacs; Stephen Adams; Mathew Caudill; James Caudill and Peter Sullivan each proved they were actually settled on the lands they now live. (SV-404 pg 660)
1817 (Floyd co., KY Deed Book A) Stephen Adams sold 48 acres on the North Fork of the Kentucky River to Jesse Adams for $350. Attested by Stephen Hogg and Randel Holbrook. (SV-404 pg 660)
1818 He and Mason Williams were recommended to the Executive as fit persons for the office of Justice of the Peace (in Floyd co., KY). (SV-404 pg 660 & SV-1031)
1819 (Deed book B) Stephen Adams pd $500 for 124 acre on the North Fork of the Kentucky river in Floyd co., KY to Benjamin Ellis. (SV-404 pg 660)
1819 Grandfather, John Adams’ estate left $100 to Stephen Adams. (SV-404 pg 660)
Floyd Co., KY Deed Book B, 4 Sep. 1819: “Received of Letty Adams, widow of John Adams, deceased, the sum of $100 it being in full satisfaction of his part and interest of his grandfather’s estate, Intated (sic) to his mother, Nancy Adams, deceased, until the youngest of the heirs of the said John Adams, decd. shall arrive at lawful age and at that time to receive an equal portion of the estate with the rest of the said heirs. signed Stephen Adams. (SV-1031)
1820 Floyd co., KY census: pg 3: Males/Females: 1; 1; 0; 1; 1; 0; 2; 1; 0; 1; 0; 0; 3. Next door is Peter Crace. (Ancestry.com)
May 1821, Floyd Co., KY County Court B ook 4: The court recommended the following as fit persons to fill the office of Justice of Peace, ..., to replace John and Spencer Adams. Note: Perry Co., KY was formed in 1820 from Clay & Floyd Co. which suggests that the Adams and Crace families were living in the part of Floyd Co. which became Perry Co. (SV-1031)