Tallapoosa County Alabama .....Pinkney Jackson Adamson
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PINKNEY JACKSON7 ADAMSON  
(JOHN COATES6, GREENBERRY5, BASIL4, JOHN BALDWIN3, ALEXANDER2, ARCHBALD1) 
was born May 22, 1840 in Tallapossa Co., AL, and died February 15, 1915 
in Preston, Kemper Co., MS.  
He married MARTHA REBECKA WOOD December 15, 1866 in Chambers Co., AL, 
daughter of J. WOOD and EMILY COATES.  
She was born April 1849 in Alabama, and died Aft. July 1900.

 

Notes for PINKNEY JACKSON ADAMSON:

Pinkney Jackson Adamson was a member of Company E (Loomis Battery) of 
1st Alabama Artillery Battalion, CSA.  
This command was organized at Fort Morgan, Alabama in February, 1861, 
recruiting at Mobile, Montgomery, Selma and Eufaula, as part of the "Army of Alabama" 
and entered Confederate service in March.  The command was transferred to the 
Confederate government as "regulars."   It served in or near Mobile throughout 
the war and was placed under the command of Generals Shoup, Higgins, and Page.   
Stationed at Fort Morgan and its dependencies, the battalion attained a high 
degree of discipline, in so much that the federal (Yankee) General Granger, 
pronounced it the most perfect body of either army.  Detachments of it manned 
the heavy artillery at Forts Gaines and Powell, and rendered effective service.  
During the terrific bombardment of Fort Morgan, in August 1864, the battalion, 
"moved by no weak fears" handled the guns till they were all knocked out of position, 
losing 150 killed and wounded of about 500.  More than 400 men were captured when 
Forts Gaines and Morgan fell, but a detachment continued to fight at Spanish Fort 
and Fort Blakely.  Those captured were sent to Elmira (Hell-mira), NY, where fully 
half died of smallpox.  In March, 1865, a small number moved to Choctaw Bluff and 
were included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and 
East Louisiana.  

 

Jack Adamson is shown on the 1870 Tallapoosa, AL as 28 years old in "Gold Branch BT"

 

More About PINKNEY JACKSON ADAMSON:

Burial: Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church, Kemper Co., MS

Military service: Co E, 1 Alabama, Artillery Batallion, CSA

 

Marriage Notes for PINKNEY ADAMSON and MARTHA WOOD:

Handwritten record:

 

"This certifies that Mr. P.J. Adamson and Miss Martha Rebecka Wood was married Dec. 15th, 1866.  
Chambers Co. Ala.  at D.A. Wood's by ______ Clifton, Justice of Peace.  Witness  Lizzie Wood  

                                                                                                                                        "Weavers"

        

Children of PINKNEY ADAMSON and MARTHA WOOD are:

i. DORA LAMAR8 ADAMSON, b. December 05, 1867, Tallapoosa Co. AL d. October 06, 1955, Kemper Co. Ms 
   m. JAMES HUGH ALEXANDER, January 11, 1883; b. January 28, 1861; d. December 31, 1941.

          More About DORA LAMAR ADAMSON:
          Burial: Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church, Kemper Co., MS

ii. WILLIAM SEABORN ADAMSON, b. March 18, 1869, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. Dec 23, 1930, Tallapoosa Co AL; 
    m. IDA ONA DEAN, Feb 05, 1897, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 
    b. Nov 03, 1880 Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co AL d. Nov 04, 1963 Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co AL.

iii. JOHN COATS ADAMSON, b. January 15, 1871, Tallapoosa Co. AL; 
     m. BARCIE C. MILAM, December 11, 1892; b. May 1877, Alabama.

iv. SUSAN LENA ADAMSON, b. October 18, 1872, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. October 11, 1912; 
    m. WILLIAM IVEY MILAM, January 09, 1895; b. September 10, 1872, Alabama.

v. LULAH ADAMSON, b. July 18, 1874, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. September 06, 1875.

vi. CHARLES GRAVES ADAMSON, b. June 24, 1876, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. 1962; 
    m. SARAH JANE "JENNIE" DEAN, December 23, 1900, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 
    b. Apr 07, 1882 Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co AL d. Mar 13, 1966 Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co AL.

vii. JAMES REUBEN ADAMSON, b. Nov 17, 1878, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. Mar 1936, Tallapoosa Co. AL; 
     m. MATTIE PARKS, November 1909.

viii. JACKSON COLEY ADAMSON, b. February 13, 1880; d. March 1936, Tallapoosa Co. AL; 
      m. MARTHA LOUISA "MATTIE" DEAN, December 18, 1899; 
     b. Apr 23, 1875 Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co AL d. Dec 04, 1925 Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co AL.

ix. MATTIE PEARL ADAMSON, b. January 28, 1882, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. December 30, 1966, Sarasota, FL; 
    m. HOUSTON MCARTHUR, December 25, 1907, Kemper Co. MS; 
    b. Aug 24, 1887, Preston, Kemper Co. MS; d. Mar 03, 1933, Philadelphia, Neshoba Co. MS.

            More About MATTIE PEARL ADAMSON:
            Burial: Sarasota Memorial Gardens, Sarasota, FL

            More About HOUSTON MCARTHUR:
            AKA (Facts Pg): Pronounced "House"ton
            Burial: Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church, Kemper Co., MS

 
x. OLA CARDELIAH ADAMSON, b. April 28, 1884, Tallapoosa Co. AL; d. April 17, 1961, Neshoba Co. MS; 
   m. JOHN ARTHUR MADISON; b. August 28, 1876; d. August 19, 1964, Neshoba Co. MS.

           More About OLA CARDELIAH ADAMSON:
           Burial: Cooks Chapel United Methodist Church, Neshoba Co., MS

           More About JOHN ARTHUR MADISON:
           Burial: Cooks Chapel United Methodist Church, Neshoba Co., MS

xi. MARY FANNIE ADAMSON, b. November 08, 1888.

xii. GEORGE TAYLOR ADAMSON, b. September 05, 1892.