Family: Thomas Adams / Retha Walker (F458)

• Father | Male Thomas Adams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1803	Virginia, USA
  Died	2 Nov 1859	Arkansas, USA
  Buried
  Married	Between 1823-1850  [1, 2]
  Father	Sylvester Adams | F1367 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rebecca Boyd | F1367 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Retha Walker

  
  

  Born	Abt 1799	Georgia, USA
  Died	Aft 1850
  Buried
  Other Spouse	[Unknown] Turner | F457
  Married	Bef 1820	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
  Father	(Progenitor) Walker | F1130 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth (--?--) | F1130 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Susan Adams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1833	Tennessee, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Sterling Price | F2084
  Married	3 Aug 1854	Dallas County, Arkansas, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + William T. Adams

  
  

  Born	10 Aug 1834	Tennessee, USA
  Died	19 Dec 1882
  Buried		Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA
  Spouse	Mary Jane Benson | F2243
  Married	18 Dec 1856	Dallas County, Arkansas, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Mary J. Adams

  
  

  Born	Nov 1838	Tennessee, USA
  Died	21 Oct 1901	near Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
  Buried		Watson Gum Grove Cemetery, Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
  Spouse	Thomas A. Atkinson | F2138
  Married	2 Mar 1854	Dallas County, Arkansas, USA
  Spouse	John R. Ledbetter | F2224
  Married	18 Jan 1866	Bradley County, Arkansas, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Martha E. Adams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1841	Tennessee, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Ritha was "Ritha Turner" in 1823. She could have married Thomas Adams any time after that date and prior to the enumeration in 1850 Dallas County, Arkansas. If Thomas's children in the 1850 census were also Ritha's children, they were probably married prior to 1833, and they could have had an older child, as well. The family group sheet prepared by Esther Pratt has a notation that appears to indicate Retha's marriage to Thomas Adams in Humphreys County, in 1843. If this is the case, the children were Thomas's by a previous marriage. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts. [S1405] 1850 U.S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Saline township, p. 42 (penned, recto), p. 21 (stamped, verso), dwelling 287, family 287, Thos. [Thomas] Adams household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 Jan 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 26. [S1427] Esther Pratt (Nashville, Tenn.), [Unknown] Walker-Elizabeth Walker of Dickson County, Family Group sheet; from Walker file folder, Dickson County Archives, Charlotte, Tennessee; no sources cited on the sheet.