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Hugh White Adams (Knox County, KY, clerk and lt thru maj 7th KY Inf USA)

b. 1843-03-27 d. 1916-08-06

Knox County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of George Madison Adams and Amelia White Adams. Student in Barbourville, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Barbourville in 1850. Clerk in Barbourville in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant, sergeant major, adjutant, and major from September 22, 1861, to August 5, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 396A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 189.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 28.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 351B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0209.

"The Mountain Advocate, 1916-08-18," Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program, https://www.newspapers.com/image/71244343/ (accessed August 13, 2020).

Find A Grave, "Maj Hugh White Adams (1843-1916)," Memorial #15930453, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15930453 (accessed August 13, 2020).

Citation

Adams, Hugh White. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202725 (November 12, 2026).

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