Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Adams, Newton County, Texas, 1867
James Adams registered to vote in Newton County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Adams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Newton County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "James, his x mark, Adams"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJames Adams reported 17 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Adams in Newton County
- Jack Adamsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1850
- Samuel Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Simon Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
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 Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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