Adam Paulus (Powlass, Paulis)
Father: Johan Nicholas Paulus (Powlas) *
Mother: Catherine (Paulus) *
- Married Elizabeth Cook on BEF 1818
Notes: Cook vs. Cook--O. S. 304; N. S. 108--Bill, 6th December, 1819, by Jacob Cook, son of Jacob Co ok of Rockingham, who died 25th December, 1818, intestate, leaving children, viz: Orator, Val entine; Elizabeth, wife of Adam Powlass (Paulis), living in Augusta; John, living in Botetour t; Barbara, wife of Henry Frezner, living in Ohio; Catharine, wife of James Hanna, living i n the Genessee; Polly, wife of Jacob Deal, living in Ohio. Defendants claim that plaintiff wa s born before marriage of father and mother. 10th October, 1820, John Widick, aged 41, depose s, in Robertson County, Tenn., he lived near neighbor of Cooks in Rockingham. Jacob, Jr., evi dently moved to the Western Country. 12th June, 1821, John Boyers deposes, in Rockingham, Joh n, son of Cook, Sr., married a daughter of John Rine of Keezletown. 12th June, 1821, Michae l Earman deposes, he knew Cook and wife before their marriage in Pennsylvania. She lived in Y ork County, Penna. She was sister of John Rine. Jacob Shirey deposes, Peter Barnhart was a sc hool teacher as was also Jacob's father. 27th June, 1821, Jacob Shirey, Jr., deposes, his (? ) sister Ann lived near Cook, Sr., and married John Aldaffer. Old man Cook told deponent tha t his son Jacob who lived out on Cumberland River had sent him a bottle full of oil that wa s procured from a spring in the river and said it would be a good thing for every kind of com plaints, pains, &c., &c. John Rine deposes, that he lived with his father's family in York Co unty, Penna. His sister returned from Baltimore in company with Cook (after her confinement ) and they were married. He understood that Cook had been purchased by a Mr. Sly, a sort of r elation, to serve for his passage from Europe. His sister was pregnant by Nicholas Trorobaugh .
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