found: Burr, A. A full statement of the trial and acquittal of Aaron Burr, 1807:p. 16 (Gen. John Adair) p. 17 (late Senator of Congress for the state of Kentucky)
found: NUC pre-56(Adair, John, 1759-1840)
found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1898(Adair, John; senator and representative from Ky.; served in American Revolution; 1788 moved to Ky. where he continued military career; member Ky. House; served in War of 1812; governor of Ky. 1820-24; b. 1/9/1757 in Chester County, S.C.; d. 5/19/1840 in Ky.)
found: Adair, J.B. Adair history and genealogy, 1924:p. 54, etc. (John Adair; b. 1/9/1757; d. 5/19/1840, age 83 years)
found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Adair, John, 1757-1840; usage: John Adair; General Adair; note: not to be confused with another John Adair, ca. 1759-1812, who was also from S.C. and served in American Revolution)
found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed August 30, 2018(Adair, John, a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born in Chester District, Chester County, S.C., January 9, 1757; attended the public schools in Charlotte, N.C.; served in the Revolutionary War; member of the South Carolina convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States; moved to Kentucky in 1788; major of volunteers in an expedition against the Indians under General Wilkinson in 1791 and 1792; was a lieutenant colonel under General Scott in 1793; member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention in 1792; member of the State house of representatives 1793-1795, 1798, and 1800-1803, serving as speaker in 1802 and 1803; register of the United States land office in 1805; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Breckinridge and served from November 8, 1805, to November 18, 1806, when he resigned, having been an unsuccessful candidate for reelection; aide to Governor Isaac Shelby in the Battle of the Thames in 1813; commander of the Kentucky rifle brigade which served under General Andrew Jackson in 1814 and 1815; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1817; appointed adjutant general with the brevet rank of brigadier general; Governor of Kentucky 1820-1824; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for reelection in 1832; died in Harrodsburg, Ky., May 19, 1840; interment in State Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky., where a monument to his memory was erected by the State)
found: Wikipedia, viewed February 20, 2019(John Adair; governor of Kentucky August 29, 1820-August 24, 1824)
