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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Nueces County
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

1845186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Henry Adams reported 22 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

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.

African American genealogy in Nueces County, Texas

Nueces County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Nueces CountyThe Adams name in TexasBorn in TexasSearch Nueces County by name