GASTON COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Adam Springs Cemetery

                        ADAM SPRINGS CEMETERY
                          Gaston County, NC
                            By John Helms
                           SHELMSJ@aol.com

If you take I-85 to the McAdenville Exit and go down Main St. in
McAdenville when you cross the River Bridge if you look to the left
there is a large pipe in the water that creates a waterfall if you stop
at the end of the bridge there you find the remainder of an old road if
you follow the old road until you are in line with the waterfall then
turn right and climb the big hill you come across a large area
surrounded by large rocks some weighing over 500 pound inside this area
Adam Springs lays in an unmarked grave.

Info on Adam Springs:

The land surrounding modern McAdenville used to be owned by James
Henderson in the 1800's the land was purchased by Adam Springs.  Adam
Alexander Springs belonged to a long line of Springsteens who came from
Holland and would be known as Springsteens until John Springs, Jr.
(1717-????) dropped the Steen some time during his lifetime.  Thirteen
years before George Washington became President and the same year that
the Declaration of independence was signed Adam Alexander Springs was
born in the dead of winter in the Providence town ship of Mecklenburg
county on Jan. 9 1776.  Son of John Springs and Sarah Alexander Springs
he and his siblings were 7 generation out of Holland.  When he lay dying
in 1840 supposedly, two of his servents, Uncle Moses and Aunt Margret,
wanted to get the preacher; to which Adam replied - hang the preacher
and burry me standing up with my musket in my hand so I can guard my
fish traps against thieves and vandals.  And they did.  In the center of
the rocks is the grave of Adam and his best friend.  On the outside of
the square are aproxmately 7 to 8 more unmarked graves.  It has been
said that Adam wore the garb of the Quakers.  This land was later
purchased by the McAdens in 1880.  Adam Springs graduated with honors,
in the 1st graduating class of the University of North Carolina July 10,
1798 at the age of 22.

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