Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elisha Adams, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
Elisha Adams registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 22, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
Elisha Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elisha Adams
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 17 years
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsElisha Adams reported 17 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Other freedmen named Adams in Jefferson County
- Douglas Adamsreached Texas about 1863
- Samuel Adamsreached Texas about 1852
- Samuel Adamsreached Texas about 1859
- William Adamsreached 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 1 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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