Son of unknown parents, Jesse Adams and Lettice Christian Collier-Adams, Franklin Epp Adams was born about 1836 in Carnesville (Franklin County), Georgia.

Franklin Epp Adams married Mary Elizabeth Brown (born May 13, 1842 in Franklin County, Georgia - died Oct. 23, 1910 in Stephens County Georgia).¹⁾

Franklin Epp Adams served in the Georgia Volunteer Infantry, 34th Regiment, Company G (along with Anderson Smith Randal). He was wounded and captured during the “Battle of Champion Hill” on May 16, 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS. He died that same day, and was buried in the “Champion Hill Burial Ground” located in Champion Hill (Hinds County), Mississippi.²⁾