McAdams
McAdams was on the path of present Farm Road 1696 fourteen miles
northwest of Huntsville in eastern Walker County. It was probably named
for John McAdams, Jr., an early settler in the area, who served as a
member of the St. Augustine Volunteers under Captain Bradley in the
Texas revolutionary army. The McAdams home became the center of a rural
community, and the village soon supported a church and school. Sam Houston
is reported to have been a frequent visitor in the McAdams home. A
McAdams post office opened in 1888 with Mary Frances McAdams, second
wife of John McAdams, Jr., as postmistress. The Texas Gazetteer
estimated the 1896 population of McAdams to be near fifteen; in 1914
the community had a population of sixty, two cotton gins, and three
general stores. The post office closed in 1917. In 1936 a schoolhouse, a
church, and a cemetery remained. County maps of 1990 indicate only a
cemetery at the site.TSHA
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