Terms of Service

• House, 18th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/9/1883 - 3/15/1883
  Democrat
  

(1) John L. Galt, in special election 12/4/1883, sworn 1/8/1884, succeeded Abner L. Adams, died 3/15/1883. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(3) News of Adams' death announced, 3/15/1883. Resolutions - Memorial .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 18th Legislature, R.S., resolution providing for memorial committee and memorial page 3/15/1883, memorial resolution 3/16/1883, pp. 316-319. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. A.L. Adams, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Captain, Company D, 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Randal's) (1st Texas Lancer's), enlistment date 5/3/1862 in Wood County, Texas. A.L. Adams, Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1880 - Abner L. Adams, Wood County, age 51, born circa 1829 in Tennessee, farmer. FamilySearch .
• A.L. Adams, birth date 10/10/1827, death date 3/15/1883, burial in Kay Cemetery, Hawkins, Wood County. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, A.L. Adams, p. 271. Birth date 10/10/1828, death date 3/15/1882 [sic]. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
• Biographical sketch, "Early Settlers Came From Many States," 12/3/1942, p. 1. "He served in the Texas Legislature in 1882 and 1883 . . ." Wood County Democrat (Quitman, Texas) .

Committee Information

• 18th R.S. - 1883
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Insurance and Statistics  
• Stock and Stockraising