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Adams Name in Watauga Founder in Lafayette Army
Rebecca Dougherty Hyatt recalls in Russellville Tenn a pioneer named John Adams who joined the Marquis de Lafayette’s army as a drummer boy of seventeen. He sailed with French forces, endured hardships, and stood with French troops at Yorktown as Cornwallis surrendered.
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Adams
Watauga
U.S
Army of
Leah Adams Dougherty
John and Easter Adams
Rebecca Dougherty
Rebecca Dougherty Hyatt
John Adams
Marquis de Lafayette
France
America
Washington
George III
England
Count d’Estaing
Delaware Bay
Sandy Hook
Rhode Island
LaFayette
Yorktown
Cornwallis