ADAMSON, William[1]
Abt 1816 - 1863 (47 years)-
Name ADAMSON, William Birth Abt 1816 Cannon County, Tennessee, United States [1] Gender Male Residence 17 Jul 1860 Cotton Gin, Freestone, Texas, United States [2] Farmer - Also listed with the family was Dorothea Adamson, six months, and the census indicated that she was a "stray child."
Death 1863 Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States [1] - On page 6 of the same reference, it says that he died 1862 in Vicksburg.
Person ID I10372 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 23 Jan 2014
Father ADAMSON, William, b. Abt 1782, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States d. Aft 1816, Cannon County, Tennessee, United States (Age > 35 years) Mother WILSON, Mary, b. Abt 1791, Wilson County, Southwest Territory, United States d. Cannon County, Tennessee, United States Marriage Aft 1810 Cannon County, Tennessee, United States [3] Family ID F3000 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 HANCOCK, Hannah, b. 1820, Cannon County, Tennessee, United States d. 4 Jul 1857, Freestone, Texas, United States (Age 37 years) Marriage Bef 1839 Tennessee, United States Residence 25 Oct 1850 Springfield, Limestone, Texas, United States [4] Farmer - Listed as William and Hannah Adamson
Children 1. ADAMSON, Cynthia J., b. Abt 1839, Tennessee, United States d. Yes, date unknown 2. ADAMSON, Matilda Frances, b. 5 Oct 1839, Tennessee, United States d. 22 Apr 1902, Texas (Age 62 years) 3. ADAMSON, Bluford Wells, b. 7 Nov 1841, Missouri d. 15 Nov 1904, Texas (Age 63 years) 4. ADAMSON, Elizabeth, b. 7 Sep 1844, Missouri d. 6 Dec 1915, Limestone County, Texas, United States (Age 71 years) 5. ADAMSON, Olivia, b. 20 Nov 1846, Missouri d. 29 Apr 1925, Freestone County, Texas, United States (Age 78 years) 6. ADAMSON, Mary G., b. 6 Mar 1850, Limestone County, Texas, United States d. 6 Mar 1936, Freestone County, Texas, United States (Age 86 years) 7. ADAMSON, William Lewis, b. 18 May 1851, Freestone County, Texas, United States d. 13 Jan 1926, Mexia, Limestone, Texas, United States (Age 74 years) 8. ADAMSON, Laura Ann, b. 18 May 1854, Freestone County, Texas, United States d. 29 Jan 1934, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States (Age 79 years) Family ID F3001 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
Family 2 ABBOTT, Margaret d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1863 [1] Family ID F3003 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Notes - "William Adamson, born in Cannon Co, Tenn. in 1816; died at Jackson, Miss. in 1863. Married first to Hannah Hancock, daughter of Lewis R. and Frances Adams Hancock. She was born in Cannon Co. in 1820 and died at New Hope, Freestone, TX, four miles east of Mexia on July 4, 1857. (Ancestry of this Hannah Hancock is in "The Hopkins of Virginia" by Walter Lee Hopkins, Richmond, VA. 1931.) By his first wife he had two sons and six daughters, the third child and eldest son by his first wife being Bleuford Wills Adamson.
William was then married 2nd about 1863 to Margaret Abbot (sister of Texas Congressman, Joseph Abbott) who may have been the daughter of William and Mary E. Abbott. By his second wife he had one son"
- "William Adamson, born in Cannon Co, Tenn. in 1816; died at Jackson, Miss. in 1863. Married first to Hannah Hancock, daughter of Lewis R. and Frances Adams Hancock. She was born in Cannon Co. in 1820 and died at New Hope, Freestone, TX, four miles east of Mexia on July 4, 1857. (Ancestry of this Hannah Hancock is in "The Hopkins of Virginia" by Walter Lee Hopkins, Richmond, VA. 1931.) By his first wife he had two sons and six daughters, the third child and eldest son by his first wife being Bleuford Wills Adamson.
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Sources - [S429] Adamson Ancestors of William Wayne Adamson, Jr., Pages 2 and 3.
- [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Cotton Gin, Freestone, Texas, Page 16, Dwelling 103.
- [S429] Adamson Ancestors of William Wayne Adamson, Jr., Page 2.
- [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Springfield, Limestone, Texas, Ancestry Page 2 of 2, Dwelling 280.
- [S429] Adamson Ancestors of William Wayne Adamson, Jr., Pages 2 and 3.