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William D. Adams
~1829 - ~April 1865
William D. Adams remains a bit of a mystery. Family sources indicate that he may be the brother of Benjamin Franklin Adams and Andrew Jackson Adams but documentation has not yet been located to confirm this.
Regimental records show he enlisted with company H in Houston on September 7, 1861. His age is listed as 33, his home county as Fort Bend, and his birthplace as Georgia. He was elected to 3rd Lieutenant (jr. 2nd Lieutenant). Has absent on sick furlough in August 1862. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant by February 1863. On July 9, 1863 he was absent on sick leave. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant by January 1864. Assumed command of Company H in 1864. He resigned in July 1864 after having been discharged with "hemoptysis with profuse hemorrhaging" in May 1864. (Hemoptysis is the coughing up of blood from the respiratory tract.) Claiborne records that he died in April 1865 while on the way home.
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| ??? 1850 Census - AL, Marengo, p , Dwelling 1115,
Family 1119, (149/180) This is a few homes away from that of Andrew Jackson Adams & Benjamin Franklin Adams. |
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| Thomas J Adams |
25
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Farmer
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| Wm. D. |
23
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| Jon B. |
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| Richard B. Baker |
27
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| Jas. C. Adams |
57
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| Margaret |
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| Andrew J. |
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| Joseph Mays |
24
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| ??? 1850 Census - Anderson County, TX, p54 The name is a very good possibility but county, nativity, and age don't match military records. |
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| William D. F. Adams |
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| Sarah A, Adams |
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| Bill Adams | 42 | M | W | Farmer | 2000 | 600 | TN | |||
| Sarah Adams | 26 | F | W | LA | ||||||
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research.
Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Sowell, A.J. History of Fort Bend County. Richmond,
TX: Fort Bend Historical Museum, 1974. |
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| (offsite) ALGenWeb
Project (Marengo County,
AL) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Marengo County, AL) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Fort Bend County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Fort Bend County, TX) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Anderson County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Anderson County, TX) |
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