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Adams, Benjamin

Male 1794 - 1855  (61 years)


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  • Name Adams, Benjamin 
    Birth 1794  Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Nov 1855  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2790  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2009 

    Father Adams, John Hobbs Jr.,   b. 1747, Fairfax, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1815, Pine Creek (Historic), Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Simpson, Lydia,   b. Abt 1771, Surry, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845, Pine Creek, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 10 Aug 1789  Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Holbrook, Nancy,   b. 1799, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1816  Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
    +1. Adams, John Isom,   b. 10 Jan 1818, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1863, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    +2. Adams, Jesse B.,   b. 25 Dec 1821, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1886, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +3. Adams, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1824, Perry (Now Letcher), Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1880, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)
     4. Adams, Stephen,   b. 1825, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1862 (Age 37 years)
    +5. Adams, Benjamin,   b. May 1828, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1901, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    +6. Adams, Letitia,   b. Abt 1829, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Adams, William M.,   b. Between 1830 and 1840   d. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Adams, Simpson,   b. Apr 1831, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
    +9. Adams, Randolph,   b. 30 Nov 1834, Perry (Now Letcher), Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1910, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     10. Adams, Nancy Jane,   b. 1836, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1857, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    +11. Adams, Henrietta,   b. 22 May 1840, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1907 (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F1082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1794 - Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Feb 1816 - Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Nov 1855 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ben was a deacon in the Old Regular Baptist Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Floyd County, KY Marriages, 1808-1822, Marriage Bond book 1, p. 68.

    2. [S330] Book:Floyd County KY Annals (Wells), p. 298.