Person

Wiley Adams (Magoffin County, Kentucky, magistrate and soldier)

b. 1828-08-12 d. 1902-06-09

Magoffin County, Kentucky, magistrate and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel Adams and Jane Adams. Married to Melissa Bailey Adams in Magoffin County, Kentucky, on August 15, 1861. Father of Franklin Adams, Harrison Adams, Maude J. Adams, Newton P. Adams, Lucinda Adams, and Jane Adams. Resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Magistrate in Magoffin County in 1860. Charged with adultery in the Floyd Circuit Court in January 1861. Remitted by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 26, 1861. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from December 10, 1861, to January 31, 1865.

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Floyd County, My District, p. 456B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Licking Station, p. 441.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, District 1, p. 332A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Magoffin County Marriages, Film 001843052.

“Adams, Wiley,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0270.

"Wiley Adams (1828-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial 148045149, accessed January 25, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148045149.

KYR-0001-020-0514.

Citation

Adams, Wiley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213238 (November 12, 2026).

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