Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Adams, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Bill Adams registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Bill Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Adams
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Brazos County
- Calvin Adamsreached Texas about 1863
- James Adamsreached Texas about 1858
- Nathan Adamsreached Texas about 1846
Adamses elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 25 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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