I already cited the sources in my previous reply. They were:

* "Registrations of Free Negroes" p4,14,71 by PROVINE;

* 1777-1778 NC,Orange-Co Court Minutes part#1 1780/12/19&23;

* "The Black Experience in Revolutionary North-Carolina" by CROW, 68;

* 1800 Census#2 of MD,Prince-George's-Co
as John ADAMS with 8 "other free" [MD:268];

* 1810 Census#3 of MD,Prince-George's-Co
as J. B. ADAMS of 8 "other free" [MD:22];

NICOLE
Administrator of the REDMOND & variant surnames DNA Project at
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/redmond