Adams is a city in Robertson County, Tennessee, United States. It is near the Kentucky state line. The population was 624 at the 2020 census.
The old Bell School building, now city hall
THC marker along US 41 in Adams recalling the Bell Witch haunting
The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertson County, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell Sr. resided
Adams, Tennessee
…construction of Interstate 24 and Interstate 65 (which drew much of the automobile traffic away from US 41). Adams is the site of an infamous haunting, the Bell Witch. The first manifestations of the Bell Witch haunting supposedly occurred in 1817 through 1820 on a farm owned by John Bell. A memorial to the Bell…
An artist's sketching of the Bell home, originally published in 1894
An artist's drawing of Betsy Bell, originally published in 1894
The death of John Bell, December, 1820. Illustration first published in 1894.