Lieut. Col. James Adams served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: 1861 Mustered out: 1865 Side: CSA Regiment(s): 26th Regiment, 26th Infantry Confederate Army
An article in November 1912 edition of Confederate Veteran Magazine provides considerable detail about family and military service. Located via Confederatevets.com[1] Informative obituary in April 1918 edition of Confederate Veterans Magazine[2]
Residence 1850: Wake County, North Carolina as DT, male age 10 in household of James Adams (45) with E Adams (42), D C Adams (male, 20), MW Adams (female, 18), AA Adams (female, 15), S A Adams (female, 8), B Avery (male, 6), C Page (male 19), A Page (male 18). Viewing the image of the census page, one could make the case for a "J T" Adams age 10 (line 20). [3]
Residence 1860: Southern Division, Wake County, North Carolina as Theophilus Adams (20) in household of James Adams (55) with Elizabeth Adams (53), Civil Adams (18) and Bryant Adams (17).[4]
Joined 26th Regiment, 26th Infantry in 1861; wounded at Malvern Hill and Gettysburg; present with regiment at Appomattox.[5]
Marriage: 1863 to Lucy Ann Beckwith; Perquimans County Record [6] and Wake County License: [7]
Residence 1870: Buckhorn Township, Wake County, North Carolina as head of household James T Adams (30) with Lucy Ann Adams (25), Anna Lee Adams (3), Remilus M Adams (2) and Wailon Adams (5 months). [8]
Residence 1880: Middle Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina as head of household J T Adams (40) with wife Lucy A Adams (34), daughter Anna L Adams (13), son Romulas Adams (11), son Waylon G Adams (9), son James C Adams (7), daughter Florence Adams (5), son Corlas V Adams (3) and daughter Maggie Adams (9 months) [9]
Residence 1910: Holly Springs, Wake County, North Carolina as head of household James T Adams (69) with wife Lucy A Adams (65). [10]
Burial: Holly Springs Cemetery, Wake County, North Carolina. The Find a Grave Online Memorial has a brief biography [12] for him.
Additional References
Cited with spouse in marriage record of son Carl V Adams 1906) [13].
Cited with spouse in death record of son Carl Vestus Adams (1941) [14]; cited with spouse in death record of son Ramulus Marion Adams (1935) [15]; cited with spouse in death record of daughter Maggie Adams Oldham (1958) [16]; cited with spouse in death record of daughter Maude Adams Holleman (1968)[17]; cited with spouse in death record of daughter Annie Lee Adams (1940) [18]; cited with spouse in death record of son James Clovis Adams (1944)[19]
↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4B2-QHH : accessed 19 March 2015), James Adams, Wake county, part of, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing family 165, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Also viewed copy of microfilm online: Year: 1850; Census Place: Western Division, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: M432_647; Page: 182B; Image: 368.
↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD6C-Y6N : accessed 19 March 2015), Theophilus Adams in household of James Adams, Southern Division, Wake, North Carolina, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 47, household ID 362, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,916. Also viewed copy of microfilm online:Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: M653_916; Page: 47; Image: 51; Family History Library Film: 803916.
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZQ-42RS : 28 November 2018), Jas T Or James T Adams and Lucy Ann Beckwith, 28 Sep 1863; citing Perquimans, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 833,353.
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJQ-61LG : 4 November 2017), James T Adams and Lucy Ann Beckwith, 28 Sep 1863; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,242,683.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXY-469 : 19 August 2017), J T Adams, Middle Creek, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 261, sheet 140B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,984.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSS-L7W : accessed 30 September 2020), James T Adams, Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 96, sheet 3B, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1135; FHL microfilm 1,375,148.
↑ "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F36H-PV8 : accessed 19 March 2015), James T. Adams, 19 Feb 1918; citing Holly Springs, Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina, reference 408, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,194.
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-MWQT : 6 November 2017), J T Adams in entry for Carl V Adams and Flossie J Stephens, 04 Jan 1906; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. 112, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,312,519.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWBH-V9MM : 14 February 2020), James T. Adams in entry for Ramulus Marion Adams, 1935.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPQD-RYW : 10 February 2018), James Adams in entry for Maude Adams Holleman, 21 May 1968; citing Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, v 18A cn 18475, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,983,200.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPK5-NDB : 17 July 2017), J. T. Adams in entry for Annie Lee Adams, 16 Mar 1940; citing Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina, no 262, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,182.
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