Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Adams, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Adams registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
James Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Adams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Adams."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJames Adams reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Adams in Harrison County
- Albert Adamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Adamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Jacob Adamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Robin Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Squire Adamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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