George Madison Adams, Jr.

Birth Date

1837-12-20

Death Date

1920-04-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Knox County, Kentucky, student, clerk, farmer, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Richardson Adams and Jane Banten Adams. Student in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Knox County in 1850. Studied law at Centre College in Danville from 1854 to 1855. Clerk of the Knox Circuit Court in Knox County in 1860. Farmer in Knox County in 1863. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from September 22, 1861, to his resignation on January 24,1863. Served as paymaster of volunteers (U.S.A.) with the rank of major in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barboursville, p. 396A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barboursville, p. 189.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barboursville, p. 28.
"Adams, George Madison," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed July 17, 2021, bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000035.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Knox County, KY, June 1863, p. 13.
"George Madison Adams (1837-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial #6404656, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6404656 (accessed July 17, 2021).
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #10827.
Letters Received by the Commission Branch of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1863-1870 NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1064, Roll 0068.
"Prominent Figure in Politics Passes,” Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY), April 7, 1920.
"Rendered Union Gallant Service,” Mountain Advocate (Barbourville, KY), August 18, 1916.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort:
Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 763.

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