William Green Adams
and Mary "Polly" Webb
William Green Adams b 21 Jan 1820 Jellico River, Whitley Co,
KY, d 29 Jun 1862 Wise Co, VA s/o
William Green "Billy Grit" Adams and Mary
Ann "Polly" Adams. William Green
Adams m. 25 Apr 1840 Hazard, Perry Co KY to Mary "Polly" Webb b 14 Mar 1818
Floyd Co KY d Feb 1890 Mayking, Letcher Co KY d/o
Benjamin Webb and Jane
"Jennie" Adams. William Green Adams was one of Letcher County's foremost
farmers and a miller as well as an elder of the Baptist church. When the Civil
War broke out, he was commissioned a captain in the Union Army. However, he was
shot by snipers and killed on June 29, 1862, on Pound River in Wise County, VA.
Children of William Green Adams and Mary "Polly" Webb;
I. Benjamin F Adams b 4 Jul 1840 m.
Susannah Holbrook b 1834
Perry Co KY d/o William B Holbrook and Sarah "Sally" Adams.
II. Sarah Adams b 7 May 1850
III. Lettie Jane Adams b 23 Jan 1853 Letcher Co KY
d 8 Sept 1883 buried Thornton Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; m.
20 Mar 1873 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to
Archelous Hammonds b 19
May 1856 d 22 Oct 1910 Knott Co KY buried Hale Cemetery, Wolfpen, Knott Co KY;
s/o Ephraim Thomas
Hammonds and Drucilla Craft.
IV. Miles Mayo Adams b 18 Jul 1855
V. Simpson Evans Adams b
29 Oct 1857 Letcher Co KY d 6 Apr 1935 buried Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co
KY m. 23 Feb 1880 Letcher Co KY to
Sarah Webb b 20 Jan 1863 Bottom Fork, Letcher Co KY d 8 Mar
1942 Letcher Co KY buried Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY d/o
Edward T Webb and Elizabeth
Elizabeth "Betty" Adams.
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