Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesly Adams, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Wesly Adams registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Illinois as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Illinois
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Wesly Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesly Adams
- Place of birth
- Illinois
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWesly Adams reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Adams in Fayette County
- Abram Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Daniel Adamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
- Eason Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Ellis Adamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Henry Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
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 8 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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