History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 719. [Harrison County] [Leesburg Precinct] LUKE ADAMS, farmer, P. O. Connersville; a native of Bourbon County, born in 1816. His father was Francis Adams who came from North Carolina. His mother was America Brennen, daughter of Mr. T. Brennen, who died in Georgetown. Mr. Adams has been three times married, first to Miss Frances Jane Furnish, in 1844. She died in 1857, leaving six children, viz: Wm. F., America Courtney, T. L, Rebecca E., who died in 1875, Anna and McKenney. Then in 1863, he married Emily Courtney. She died in 1865 and in 1866 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Goodnight of Harrison. He is the owner of 235 acres of land two miles west of Connersville. He is a member and ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Beards, in Scott County, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church at White Oaks in Harrison County. Adams Furnish Brennen Courtney Goodnight = Scott-KY Bourbon-KY NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/adams.l.txt