Biography of Zachery Taylor Adams (1845-1916)

Memoirs of Georgia
CARROLL COUNTY. (page 409)

Z.T. ADAMS, farmer, Temple, Carroll Co., Ga., son ofAbsalom and Elizabeth (Reid) Adams, was born in Carroll county in 1845. His grandparents, Adams,were Virginians,and moved thence to Tennessee, whence they subsequently came to Carroll county, where they died. Mr. Adams' father came from Tennessee to Georgia and settled in Carroll county in 1829, where he cleared a farm. He was a soldier in the Indian war of 1838. His great-grandfather on his mother's side, Reid, was a soldier in the war of 1812, during which he was shot in the stomach, the ball passing through the body. A silk handkerchief was drawn through the oriface afterward and he recovered and lived many years. His maternal grandparents, Reid, were early settlers in this part of the state. Mr. Adams was reared on the farm and received a common country school education. Being too young to enter the Confederate service he enlisted, in 1863, in Company F (Capt. Long), Georgia regiment, state troops. Mr. Adams was married in 1864 to Miss Rebecca C. Coleman, daughter of H.A. and Sarah Ann (Barnes) Coleman, old settlers of this part of the state. When he was married he had nothing---was very poor. He has always been a plain farmer; has now a nice improved farm of nearly 200 acres with a comfortable house on it, within the corporate limits of Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have had six children born to them: William M., born Nov. 14, 1865; Henry T.,born Jan. 16, 1868, a teacher in Texas; David N., born July 11, 1869; Gilbert E., born Oct. 30, 1872; Z.T. ,born Nov. 22, 1876; and Bessie, born Feb. 10, 1884. Himself and wife are devoted and exemplary members of the Missionary Baptist church. (End.)

Note: Z.T. Adams also saw Confederate service with Company D, 10th Georgia Cavalry, State Guard.

Biography: Zachery Taylor Adams; published in the "Memoirs of Georgia, Historical And Biographical Illustrated," copyrighted, 1895 By The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, GA.(Edited for correctness & transcribed by E. Coleman,Jr)