Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Adams, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Simon Adams registered to vote in Newton County on August 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 9 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Simon Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Adams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Newton County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simon, his x mark, Adams"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSimon Adams reported 9 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Adams in Newton County
- Jack Adamsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1850
- James Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Samuel 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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