Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Ballard County, Kentucky, student and farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of Bryson Adams and Elizabeth Adams. Student in Carroll County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmhand in Ballard County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 207A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Picketts District, pp. 600-601.

Citation

Adams, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207363 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
James L. Henderson to James F. Robinson
1862-12-01

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