Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Adkins, Davis County, Texas, 1867
John Adkins registered to vote in Davis County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Davis County
John Adkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Adkins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Davis County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adkins in Davis County
- Harrison Adkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Henry Adkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Joe Adkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Adkinses 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 18 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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