Dr. MacTavish says his parents were William Adams and Christina Crase. (SV-624)
1830 KY census: Living in Perry co. with parents and 3 siblings. (SV-714)
1850 KY census: Living in Pike co. aged 26 with Pricilla 20; William 3 and James 3. (SV-714)
He obtained land in south-central Logan Co., VA. (SV-1536)
1860 Pike Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): John Adams, 36, with: Prisciller (30); James (14); Wm (14); Susan (8); Emma (7); Madison (6); America (4); John (4/12) and Wm Adams (69) and Christina Adams (60).
During the Civil War he served in the Confederacy. (SV-1536)
During the Civil War he joined the Confederacy, killed a fellow soldier, deserted and joined the Union Army. (SV-1536)
1870 Pike Co., KY Census: Not listed with family.
According to Book: Adams Families of Southeast KY, after 1860 he moved to Morgan Co., VA which later became Logan Co., WV. (SV-1536)