Person

David Adams (Hancock County farmer)

b. 1800-09-09 d. 1894-04-07

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Eliza Adams. Father of John Adams, Nancy G. Adams, Robert C. Adams, Patsy Adams, Sally Adams, Margaret Adams, Mary A. Adams, Florence Adams, and Rebecca Adams. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 18.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 2.

Citation

Adams, David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208952 (November 12, 2026).

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