Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Adams, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
John Adams registered to vote in Van Zandt County on September 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Adams
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Van Zandt County
- Frank Adamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Jones Adamsborn in Kentucky, 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 17 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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