Family Group Sheet
NameWilliam “Uncle Billy” Adams
Birth16 Sep 1802, Wilkes Co,. North Carolina
Death22 Jul 1881, Magoffin Co., Kentucky
FatherStephen Adams (~1780-1858)
MotherMary “Mollie” Webb (~1775-1860)
Notes for William “Uncle Billy” Adams
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, Edition 8-B Johnson Co.
WILLIAM ADAMS, a native of Wilkes County, N. C., was born September 16, 1802, and came to Kentucky in 1810 and settled in Letcher County, where he remained ten years and then moved to Magoffin County. His father was Stephen Adams, of North Carolina, a farmer. William Adams was reared on a farm and his educational advantages were those of the common schools only; he also learned the blacksmith's trade.
He was the founder of Magoffin County, where he engaged in blacksmithing and merchandising. He owns about 2,500 acres of land, and donated the land for the church and public school building of Salyersville, Johnson County. He first married a Miss Williams, of Magoffin County, who died, leaving three children, viz, Cynthia, Lucinda and W. S.
Mr. Adams next married Nancy A. Fuller, a native of Virginia, but a resident of Morgan County, Ky., a daughter of Hosea and Darcia (Cyphus) Fuller of Virginia. They had four children, viz., H. N., who married Amanda Prater; Green F., Jennie, wife of W. C. Kendall, of Morgan County, and George B.
H. N. Williams [sic] has three children: Richard M., G. W. and C. B. Jennie has one child, William.
William Adams, the subject of this sketch, died July 22, 1881; he was a Republican politically.
WILLIAM ADAMS, a native of Wilkes County, N. C., was born September 16, 1802, and came to Kentucky in 1810 and settled in Letcher County, where he remained ten years and then moved to Magoffin County. His father was Stephen Adams, of North Carolina, a farmer. William Adams was reared on a farm and his educational advantages were those of the common schools only; he also learned the blacksmith's trade.
He was the founder of Magoffin County, where he engaged in blacksmithing and merchandising. He owns about 2,500 acres of land, and donated the land for the church and public school building of Salyersville, Johnson County. He first married a Miss Williams, of Magoffin County, who died, leaving three children, viz, Cynthia, Lucinda and W. S.
Mr. Adams next married Nancy A. Fuller, a native of Virginia, but a resident of Morgan County, Ky., a daughter of Hosea and Darcia (Cyphus) Fuller of Virginia. They had four children, viz., H. N., who married Amanda Prater; Green F., Jennie, wife of W. C. Kendall, of Morgan County, and George B.
H. N. Williams [sic] has three children: Richard M., G. W. and C. B. Jennie has one child, William.
William Adams, the subject of this sketch, died July 22, 1881; he was a Republican politically.
