Samuel Barnard Adams (September 8, 1853 – March 20, 1938) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1902.
[2][1] After gaining admission to the bar in 1873, Adams entered the practice of law in Savannah, serving as a city attorney there for over twenty years.
Neither man was harmed in the exchange of shots; they both signed a settlement apologizing to each other.
[2]Due to his involvement in the duel, Adams was forced to leave his church, and join a different one.
[2] In 1902, Adams was appointed by Governor Allen D. Candler to fill an unexpired term on the Supreme Court of Georgia,[2] created by the resignation of Justice Henry T.