Henderson Adams Explained

Henderson Adams was an American politician. He was a state senator who also served as Auditor of North Carolina from 1868 until 1873.^[1] Serving during the Reconstruction era, he was a Republican.

He was a peace and convention advocate who was also reputed to have been a possible founder of the Heroes of America group.^{[2] [3]}

An act of the U.S. Congress relieved Adams of "disabilities" resulting from his role in serving the Confederacy during the American Civil War.^[4] He was elected to the state senate from Davidson County, North Carolina, in 1862.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of the Office. 2020-07-08. Office of the State Auditor.
2. Book: Auman, William T.. Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt: The Confederate Campaign Against Peace Agitators, Deserters and Draft Dodgers. 2014. McFarland. 978-0-7864-7663-3. 148. en.
3. Auman. William T.. Scarboro. David D.. 1981. The Heroes of America in Civil War North Carolina. The North Carolina Historical Review. 58. 4. 336. 23538671. 0029-2494.
4. Book: United States Congress. The Congressional Globe. 1868. Blair & Rives. 579. en.
5. Book: Tussey, William Glenn. Gersham Tussey and His Kin: A History of the North Carolina Branch of the Tussey Family and Their Descent from New Sweden, the Swedish Colony Founded in the Delaware Valley, 1638. 1992. Halcyon House. en.