Adam Martin, a.k.a. Adam Elliott
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Adam Elliott was a former slave belonging to Richard Elliott of Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky. His mistress, Emily Elliott, the daughter of Richard Elliott, brought Adam Elliott to Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. When Emily married Ellington Martin of Greenville, Adam assumed the alias Adam Martin and kept this name until the abolition of slavery.
Adam Elliott, as a slave, was used as a "breeder." In the early 1920s Adam told Mr. C.J. Vaught Sr. that he fathered some 64 children, and this was his only job while a slave.
Adam served in the Union Army while enslaved to Ellington W. Martin. Ellington Martin was compensated for the time that Adam Martin served in the military. (Ellington also had to make a vow of allegiance to the United States as a slave owner who "allowed" Adam to serve in the Union Army.)
Following the war, Adam returned to Greenville and married Ella Wing, a former slave of Charles Fox Wing. Adam and Ella had nine children: Henretta, Robert, Emily, Wateman, Harry, John, Adam, Susie, and Walter.
Adam was about 107 years of age when he died in 1925. He was reported to have fathered about 73 children. One of his children was Samuel Spicer Elliott, the great-uncle of Dorothy Martin.
Adam Elliott was the great-grandfather of John Gene Elliott; and the great-great-grandfather of Georgia Elliott, Clarice Elliott Willis, Marion Elliott Broadnax, John Elliott, and Larry Elliott.
This information was gathered in 1991 by Larry Elliott, who was a great-great-great-grandson of Adam Elliott, and submitted by Thomas S. Brizendine, of Greenville, KY.
Citation: Kentucky Explorer, Vol. 19, no. 3, July/Aug 2004, p.4.
Subjects:
Elliott, Adam, 1816-1925.
1900s.
Adam Martin, a.k.a. Adam Elliott
Text:
Adam Elliott was a former slave belonging to Richard Elliott of Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky. His mistress, Emily Elliott, the daughter of Richard Elliott, brought Adam Elliott to Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. When Emily married Ellington Martin of Greenville, Adam assumed the alias Adam Martin and kept this name until the abolition of slavery.
Adam Elliott, as a slave, was used as a "breeder." In the early 1920s Adam told Mr. C.J. Vaught Sr. that he fathered some 64 children, and this was his only job while a slave.
Adam served in the Union Army while enslaved to Ellington W. Martin. Ellington Martin was compensated for the time that Adam Martin served in the military. (Ellington also had to make a vow of allegiance to the United States as a slave owner who "allowed" Adam to serve in the Union Army.)
Following the war, Adam returned to Greenville and married Ella Wing, a former slave of Charles Fox Wing. Adam and Ella had nine children: Henretta, Robert, Emily, Wateman, Harry, John, Adam, Susie, and Walter.
Adam was about 107 years of age when he died in 1925. He was reported to have fathered about 73 children. One of his children was Samuel Spicer Elliott, the great-uncle of Dorothy Martin.
Adam Elliott was the great-grandfather of John Gene Elliott; and the great-great-grandfather of Georgia Elliott, Clarice Elliott Willis, Marion Elliott Broadnax, John Elliott, and Larry Elliott.
This information was gathered in 1991 by Larry Elliott, who was a great-great-great-grandson of Adam Elliott, and submitted by Thomas S. Brizendine, of Greenville, KY.
Citation: Kentucky Explorer, Vol. 19, no. 3, July/Aug 2004, p.4.
Subjects:
Elliott, Adam, 1816-1925.
1900s.