Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Adams, Austin County, Texas, 1867
David Adams registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 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 Austin County
David Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Adams
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Austin County
- Aaron Adamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Jacob Adamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- James Adamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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