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Sylvester Adams (Carter County, Kentucky, teamster and pvt 22nd and 7th Ky Inf. USA)

b. 1833?

Carter County, Kentucky, teamster and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Pleasant Adams and Eleanor Adams. Married to Jane Bays Adams in Carter County, Kentucky, on October 8, 1852. Father of William Adams, Green Adams, Lizzie Adams, and Daniel Adams. Laborer in Carter County in 1850. Teamster in Carter County in 1860. Served in the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from December 12, 1861. Reported as deserted January 21, 1863. Sentenced by court martial and transferred to the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.), serving as private until February 27, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 1, p. 270A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, p. 279.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Carter County Marriages, Film #000344061, p. 25.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0209, 0345.

Citation

Adams, Sylvester. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211479 (November 12, 2026).

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