Benjamin F. Adams
Benjamin F. Adams was born around 1822 in Tennessee. He married a woman named Armagila in March 1848, and they had at least four children: Mary, born around 1853; Laura, born around 1858; Isabell, born around 1861; and Benjamin, born around 1863. By 1860, he was working as a ranger in Gatesville, Texas, and he owned $150 of real estate and $175 of personal property.
In May 1861, he petitioned Governor Edward Clark “for permission to raise [a company] to protect frontier from Indians.” He later enlisted in the Confederate army, and he mustered in as a private in the 2nd Texas Cavalry (Arizona Brigade). He died on June 29, 1864.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3539) | Adams, Benjamin F. | 1822 | 1864-06-29 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3887) [writer] ~ Benjamin F. Adams to (?) Grier, 3 January 1863
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (838) [enlisted] ~ 2nd Texas Cavalry
SOURCES
1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Texas Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Benjamin F. Adams, available from Fold3.com; Alabama, Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, available from Ancestry.com
