Person

Alexander Ewing Adams (Letcher County, Kentucky, resident, clerk, and merchant)

b. 1835-08-15 d. 1909-04-09

Letcher County, Kentucky, resident, clerk, and merchant. Virginia native. Son of William Adams and Elizabeth Adams. Married to Georgia Anna Dills Adams in Boyd County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1863. Farmer in Lee County, Virginia, in 1850. Clerk in Letcher County, Kentucky, in 1860. Merchant in Letcher County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Lee County, District 31, p. 399B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Letcher County, p. 725.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville, p. 23B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film 000344011.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 94286, State 1962.

Citation

Adams, Alexander Ewing. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200995 (November 12, 2026).

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