Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Adams, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Henry Adams registered to vote in Nueces County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 2 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Henry Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Adams
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsHenry Adams reported 22 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
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 11 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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