(NOTE: There is NO PROOF that William Adair or his son Bozeman shared names like "William Bozeman." Ancestry is full of these assertions and yet every document found for each man only names the father William and the son Bozeman. There is, however, a Revolutionary War era soldier in the same area as William whose name IS Bozeman Adair. The son is too young to be this man. Who is he??? A relation of sorts maybe, but nothing else has been found so far on him. William, however, does not go by this name so please stop combining them to "fit documents" you find. There appears to be no man called William Bozeman....for now, they are two separate men)

Bozeman Adair, William's son:
During the American Revolution, WILLIAM ADARE/ADAIR, Bozeman's father, served as a Soldier in the Battalion of Minute Men from GA under Col. Elijah Clark, which entitled him to land. He served for about 60 days in 1781. His son Bozeman states on the 1850 census he was born in Virginia. If that is a true statement, then they lived in Virginia in 1771, and Bozeman's move to Georgia would have been as a young boy during his first 10 years.

Bozeman received a good education and was a lawyer, Justice of Peace and Judge of the Inferior Court in Jackson Co, GA. He served as a State Troop Soldier in 1811, and fought in the Indian Wars. With a birthdate of 1771, references to Bozeman having served in the American Revolution are unlikely. Unless you can prove definitively that he served as a boy-soldier or musician, such as a drummer, he would have been only 10 years old in 1781 when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. There is a GA listing for a soldier named Bozeman Adair which has lead family genealogists (not particularly good ones!) to state that his father's name may be a combination of William-Bozeman Adair. There appears to be no other Bozeman Adairs in GA at this time. I would not take the leap of faith and state that William's middle name is Bozeman...nor would I state that this Bozeman is his young son. I would more likely think it is a relative of William's generation - possibly a brother or cousin. Please PROVE anything you post on the Internet.

Bozeman and his wife, Sarah (last name unknown and not proved), were among the first to join old New Hope Baptist Church in Carroll Co. (now in Douglas Co) He was one of the delegates to the Tallapoosa Baptist Association on 22 May 1835. While living in Villa Rica, his wife Sarah died. She does not appear on the 1850 census and some sites give her death as 6 Aug 1842 - based on WHAT??? (post proof of that) She is "supposedly" buried in a now unmarked grave in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Carroll Co but a ground search found nothing. After Sarah's death, Bozeman moved to Paulding Co. with his son James Lee Adair and his wife, Caroline Evans. Bozeman can be found on the 1850 census next to them, age 79. Bozeman died in Paulding Co. at the age of 86 in Apr 1857.

Known children (all dates approximate) who presumably would have all been born in Georgia except Whitmill. He appears to have been born in Montgomery Co, NC on a family trip to sell land in 1794. FindAGrave incorrectly lists Whitmill's birth as SC. (Possible major hint as to origins of this family prior to William being in Wilkes????)

Judah (Judith)1790-1823 m. Elijah Williams
William Andrew 1792-1869 m. Mary Merony
Whitmill Harrington 1794-c1874 m, Sarah Sorrells (16468248)
Sarah 1798- m. John Bone
Lucy 1800- m. Jonathan Sanders
John Bluett 1802-1868 m. Pheriba Anderson
James Lee 1804-1864 m. Caroline Evans
Permelia 1805-c1865 m1. Allen Tolbert, m2 Elijah Williams
Mitchell S. 1810-1857 m. Rebecca Walker

The name Adair can variously be spelled Adair, Adare, Odear, Odair and Odare on some older records. The 1784 bounty certificate for his father William gives his name as William Odair. The Bozeman listed in the book mentioned in para 2 of the bio is a different man until proved otherwise.

Bozeman can be found on the following census records:
1820 - Madison Co
1830, 1840 - Carroll Co
1850 (his last) - Paulding Co

Bozeman and Sarah are my 3 Great-Grandparents, and I descend through their lines twice - through son James Lee Adair and through daughter Judith Adair Williams. If you are a male descendant of Bozeman still carrying the last name ADAIR, please have your DNA tested. We need to figure out who his father, William Adair, really is!! (I have done the Y37 dna and it is posted on WikiTree)