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George Washington McAdams (Hancock County, KY, boatman, merchant, & home guard soldier)

b. 1815?

Hancock County, Kentucky, boatman and merchant. Indiana native. Married to Dorcas Comstock McAdams in Hancock County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1840. Father of Josephine McAdams, Hester McAdams, Eugene P. McAdams, Sam L. McAdams, Celeste McAdams, and John C. McAdams. Boatman in Hancock County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Employed two enslaved persons owned by Mrs. Carder and Mr. Woodfolk in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 267B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 268.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1031.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 10.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 179B.

"Hon. G. W. M'Adams Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 2, 1889.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. 23.

KYR-0002-022-0048.

Citation

McAdams, George Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215213 (November 12, 2026).

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