Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellis Adams, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ellis Adams registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ellis Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellis Adams
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Henry Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- John Adamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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