Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Adams, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Albert Adams registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Albert Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Adams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Harrison County
- Henry Adamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Jacob Adamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- James Adamsborn in Georgia, 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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