An annual commemoration in Riley Township is a little extra special this year for Joanne Ziolkowski. Her sixth great-grandfather, Heman Adams, will be recognized for his service during the Revolutionary War.
“He is a descendant of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower, and he is a fourth cousin to John Quincy Adams,” Ziolkowski tells WVXU. “He was 16 years old when he first enlisted for the Revolutionary War.”
Adams will be recognized along with Thomas Boone — cousin of the famed frontiersman Daniel Boone — during the 63rd annual Salute to Pioneers at the historic Indian Creek Pioneer Church and Burial Ground in Riley Township near Oxford…