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PVT Smith Adams

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PVT Smith Adams

Birth
Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
Death
21 Jan 1865 (aged 18–19)
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Site 3445
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Smith Adams was the son of George Adams, and his wife Mariah Smith, spelled Maria in a different record. His U.S. Army enlistment record shows that he was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1846. The 1850, U.S. Census records show that he is with his family in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on the date of that census recording. His father has personal property valued at $1,800.00, a large sum for anyone, especially a black family during that period. The following is an extraction of the U.S. Census Record.

1850 Federal Census, Wayne, Pickaway, Ohio.
George Adams 50 M B Farmer $1,800 property VA birth
Mariah 40 F B DE birth
Isaac 21 M B OH
Henry 18 M B OH
George W. 17 M B OH
Nancy 15 F B OH
James 13 M B OH
Otaway 9 F B OH
Jane 6 F B OH
Smith 4 M B OH
John W 2 M B OH


Military Information: Private, U.S. Army Colored Infantry
Smith Adams was the son of George Adams, and his wife Mariah Smith, spelled Maria in a different record. His U.S. Army enlistment record shows that he was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1846. The 1850, U.S. Census records show that he is with his family in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on the date of that census recording. His father has personal property valued at $1,800.00, a large sum for anyone, especially a black family during that period. The following is an extraction of the U.S. Census Record.

1850 Federal Census, Wayne, Pickaway, Ohio.
George Adams 50 M B Farmer $1,800 property VA birth
Mariah 40 F B DE birth
Isaac 21 M B OH
Henry 18 M B OH
George W. 17 M B OH
Nancy 15 F B OH
James 13 M B OH
Otaway 9 F B OH
Jane 6 F B OH
Smith 4 M B OH
John W 2 M B OH


Military Information: Private, U.S. Army Colored Infantry

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Smith Adams
U.S.C.T.
3445

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