Brig Gen
John
Adams
Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Patton Adams
and Anne (Tennant) Adams
Brother of
Nathan Adams, Nathan Adams, William Stothart Adams, Martha (Adams) Eldridge, Thomas Patton Adams, Anne Adams, Thomas Patton Adams, George Crockett Adams and Thomas Patton Adams
Husband of
Georgiana (McDougall) Adams
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Patton Adams, John Adams, Francis Joseph Adams, Georgiana (Adams) Pallen and Emma Portis (Adams) Dickson
Died
at age 39
in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jul 2019
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Biography
John Adams, Brigadier General, Confederate States Army. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Dragoons and was brevetted for gallantry during the Mexican–American War. Adams resigned his commission in the United States Army in early 1861 and joined the Confederate Army not long afterward as a Captain in the Cavalry. He was commissioned a Colonel in 1862, and a Brigadier General in December of that same year. Adams was killed at the Second Battle of Franklin in 1864.[1]
Husband of Georgiana McDougall. Final resting place in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee.[2] Adams left Georgina with four sons and two daughters when he died.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Adams, Wikipedia.org, accessed July 2, 2019.
- ↑ John Adams, Find A Grave: Memorial #10814, accessed July 2, 2019.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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Categories: Confederate States Army Generals, United States Civil War | United States Military Academy | Atlanta Campaign | Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales | 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), United States Civil War | Confederate Army, United States Civil War | 1st Regiment of Dragoons, United States Army, Mexican-American War | Killed in Action, Confederate States of America, United States Civil War | Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee