Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Adams, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
John Adams registered to vote in Wilson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Adams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Adams reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 11 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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