Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jones Adams, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Jones Adams registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 1, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jones Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jones Adams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Van Zandt County
- Frank Adamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- John Adamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
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 10 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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