Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Adkins, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Henry Adkins registered to vote in Davis County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry Adkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Adkins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Davis County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adkins in Davis County
- Harrison Adkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Joe Adkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- John Adkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
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 65 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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