Melissa Bailey

Birth Date

1833-04-10

Death Date

1890-02-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Magoffin County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Daughter of Wallis and Polly Bailey. Married to Wiley Adams in Magoffin County, Kentucky, on August 15, 1861. Mother of Franklin Adams, Harrison Adams, Maude J. Adams, Newton P. Adams, Lucinda Adams, and Jane Adams. Resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Magoffin County in 1860. Charged with adultery in the Floyd Circuit Court in January 1861. Remitted by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 26, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Floyd County, My District, p. 456B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Licking Station, p. 441.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, District 1, p. 332A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Magoffin County Marriages, Film 001843052.
"Melissa Adams (1833-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 148045201, accessed January 25, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148045201.
KYR-0001-020-0514.

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