Frederick Adams
A farm hand living in Clarke County, Virginia, who married Emma Walker on January 6, 1881, as Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register records.
What the sources support
Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register records that Frederick Adams, 26, single, a farm hand born and living in Clarke County, Virginia, married Emma Walker on January 6, 1881, at the bride's residence.
See the source and its limits
Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register records that Frederick Adams, 26, single, a farm hand born and living in Clarke County, Virginia, married Emma Walker on January 6, 1881, at the bride's residence.
What the source supports
That Frederick Adams, a farm hand living in Clarke County, Virginia, married Emma Walker in 1881.
Uncertainty
Read from this project's OCR of a scan of Duncan's printed abstract, not from the page image or from the register kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clarke County. Duncan's abbreviations are expanded using her key. The entry marks both him and his wife "(col)", Duncan's abbreviation, which her key defines as "colored". Nothing about Frederick Adams beyond this entry is recorded here, and his parents and his wife get no records.
Source
Evidence role: supports. Duncan's entry for the marriage.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1836-1886 (Heritage Books, 2008)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2008 (publication)
Locator: Page 53, register entry for the marriage of Frederick Adams and Emma Walker
Relevant passageADAMS, Frederick (col); s/o Edmund & Ella ADAMS; 26y; sgl; farm hand; b. & res. ClrkVA; m. 6 Jan 1881 at bride's residence to WALKER, Emma (col); d/o Paul & Judy WALKER; 21 y; sgl; b. Nelson Co. Va; res. ClrkVA
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: ADAMS, Frederick. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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