Stephen "Shank Steve" Adams b 5
Aug 1804 Elizabethton, Carter Co TN d about 1875 Letcher Co KY s/o
Moses Adams and Mary
Garland. Stephen "Shank Steve" Adams m. 25 Sept 1823 to Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitaker
b 17 Apr 1803 Ashe Co NC d about 1843 Letcher Co KY d/o Isaac
Whitaker and Susannah Harris. Children of Stephen "Shank Steve" Adams and
Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitaker;
1. Cecilia "Selah"
"Callie" Adams b 30 Aug 1824 Rockhouse, Perry Co (now Letcher) KY d 16 Mar
1914 m. 4 Mar 1846 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to
Elihu Blair b 25 Apr
1825 KY s/o John Robinson
Blair (aka Robertson) and Elizabeth Harrison.
2. Jesse "Colly Jesse" Adams b 8 Dec 1827 Perry Co KY d 18 Jan 1912 Letcher
Co KY buried Adams Cemetery, Crafts Colly Creek, Letcher Co KY m. 24 Jul 1845
Letcher Co KY to Mary "Polly" Craft b 1828 Perry Co KY d 1903 Letcher Co KY
buried Adams Cemetery, Crafts Colly Creek, Letcher Co KY d/o
Archelous "Cheed"
Craft and Nancy Jane Polly.
3. Allen Adams (twin
to Esquire) b 25 Jul 1830 Perry Co KY d 21 Jan 1907 Letcher Co KY
m. 23 Aug 1849 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to
Cynthia Ann Thornsberry b 1832
Floyd Co KY d 15 Jan 1913 Letcher Co KY d/o Isaac Thornsberry and Eleanor
McCubbins.
4. Esquire "Squire" Adams (twin
to Allen) b 25 Jul 1830 Perry Co KY d 21 Jan 1909
Aurora, Stone AR, He was a Union soldier, Company L, 14th Kentucky Cavalry, in
the Civil War; m. 12 Nov 1849 Letcher Co KY to
Elizabeth Craft b about
1830 d 1904, d/o William Craft and Rachel Parker.
5. William Morgan Adams b 14 Jul 1832 Perry Co KY d 27 Jun 1904 Letcher Co
KY m. 1852 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to
Rebecca Blair b 9 Dec 1838 Letcher Co
KY d 27 Apr 1881 Letcher Co KY d/o
John Robinson Blair
and Elizabeth Harrison. William Morgan Adams m. 21 Nov 1881 Letcher Co KY to Rebecca Ann Day b 6
May 1834 Scott Co VA d/o John Nathan Day and Letitia Blair. Rebecca Ann Day m.
13 Oct 1856 Letcher Co KY to Stephen Fields. William Morgan Adams m. 8 Dec
1895 to Mary Jane Inman.
6. Jane Adams b 2 Jan
1834 d 24 Jan 1928 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY buried Samuel Blair Cemetery,
Letcher Co KY m. about 1857 KY to
John Hugh Hart b 10 Sept
1830 Ashe Co NC d 18 Jun 1909 Letcher Co KY buried Samuel Blair Cemetery,
Letcher Co KY; occupation, farmer, s/o Edward "Ned" Hart and Nancy Susan
Baker.
Stephen "Shank Steve" Adams
and
Stephen "Shank Steve" Adams b 5
Aug 1804 Elizabethton, Carter Co TN d about 1875 Letcher Co KY s/o
Moses Adams and Mary
Garland. Stephen "Shank" Adams m. after 1844
to 2nd Sarah Sallie Adams b 1826 d after 1886 Letcher Co KY, d/o William Green "Billy Grit" Adams and Mary
Polly Adams. Children of Stephen "Shank Steve" Adams and Sarah Sallie Adams;
1. John S "Tobacco" Adams b about 1845 Letcher Co KY
2. Lydia Adams b about 1847 Letcher Co KY
3 Daugherty Adams b 10 Apr 1853 Letcher Co KY
