Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robin Adams, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robin Adams registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Robin Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robin Adams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsRobin Adams reported 9 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
- James Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 34 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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