Reverend John D. Adams Jr. was born in Elbert Co, Ga, in 1827. He was the son of John Adams and Nancy Davis Adams. In 1850 he married Flora A. E. Reynolds.
During the War Between the States, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company I, ,"McIntosh Volunteers, 15th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry," on July 15th, 1861. He was appointed 2nd Corporal April 4, 1863. Towards the end of the war, his unit was engaged in a fierce battle with a unit of African American troops, led by a white officer. The white officer was captured and a group of Confederate soldiers proposed he immediately be shot for leading black troops in battle against Confederate soldiers. Corporal Adams recognized the white officer was flashing a Masonic symbol of distress, and he also being a Mason, convinced the other soldiers to spare his life and take him prisoner. Corporal Adams took charge of the prisoner and captured his sword, which till this very day reposes in the Elberton Masonic Lodge as a relic of that great struggle. Corporal Adams fought throughout the war and was with General Robert E. Lee when the surrendered came at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 9, 1865.
Reverend Adams and his wife raised a large family of nine children. He died in 1915 at the age of 87. He is buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, in Elbert County, Georgia.
During the War Between the States, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company I, ,"McIntosh Volunteers, 15th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry," on July 15th, 1861. He was appointed 2nd Corporal April 4, 1863. Towards the end of the war, his unit was engaged in a fierce battle with a unit of African American troops, led by a white officer. The white officer was captured and a group of Confederate soldiers proposed he immediately be shot for leading black troops in battle against Confederate soldiers. Corporal Adams recognized the white officer was flashing a Masonic symbol of distress, and he also being a Mason, convinced the other soldiers to spare his life and take him prisoner. Corporal Adams took charge of the prisoner and captured his sword, which till this very day reposes in the Elberton Masonic Lodge as a relic of that great struggle. Corporal Adams fought throughout the war and was with General Robert E. Lee when the surrendered came at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 9, 1865.
Reverend Adams and his wife raised a large family of nine children. He died in 1915 at the age of 87. He is buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, in Elbert County, Georgia.
Reverend John D. Adams Jr. was born in Elbert Co, Ga, in 1827. He was the son of John Adams and Nancy Davis Adams. In 1850 he married Flora A. E. Reynolds.
During the War Between the States, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company I, ,"McIntosh Volunteers, 15th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry," on July 15th, 1861. He was appointed 2nd Corporal April 4, 1863. Towards the end of the war, his unit was engaged in a fierce battle with a unit of African American troops, led by a white officer. The white officer was captured and a group of Confederate soldiers proposed he immediately be shot for leading black troops in battle against Confederate soldiers. Corporal Adams recognized the white officer was flashing a Masonic symbol of distress, and he also being a Mason, convinced the other soldiers to spare his life and take him prisoner. Corporal Adams took charge of the prisoner and captured his sword, which till this very day reposes in the Elberton Masonic Lodge as a relic of that great struggle. Corporal Adams fought throughout the war and was with General Robert E. Lee when the surrendered came at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 9, 1865.
Reverend Adams and his wife raised a large family of nine children. He died in 1915 at the age of 87. He is buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, in Elbert County, Georgia.
During the War Between the States, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company I, ,"McIntosh Volunteers, 15th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry," on July 15th, 1861. He was appointed 2nd Corporal April 4, 1863. Towards the end of the war, his unit was engaged in a fierce battle with a unit of African American troops, led by a white officer. The white officer was captured and a group of Confederate soldiers proposed he immediately be shot for leading black troops in battle against Confederate soldiers. Corporal Adams recognized the white officer was flashing a Masonic symbol of distress, and he also being a Mason, convinced the other soldiers to spare his life and take him prisoner. Corporal Adams took charge of the prisoner and captured his sword, which till this very day reposes in the Elberton Masonic Lodge as a relic of that great struggle. Corporal Adams fought throughout the war and was with General Robert E. Lee when the surrendered came at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 9, 1865.
Reverend Adams and his wife raised a large family of nine children. He died in 1915 at the age of 87. He is buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, in Elbert County, Georgia.
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