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William Adams (Hancock County farmer)

b. 1798-02-07 d. 1888-02-07

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Bright Adams. Father of William C. Adams, Sarah G. Adams, Georgetta Adams, John Q. Adams, and Jesse D. B. Adams. Owned twenty enslaved persons in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860.

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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. 36.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 2-3.

Find A Grave, "William Adams (Birth-Death)," Memorial #89299846, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89299846 (accessed April 11, 2017).

Citation

Adams, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211416 (November 12, 2026).

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