Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Adams, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Adams registered to vote in Harrison County on September 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Adams
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "K. L. Adams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Harrison County
- Albert Adamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 83 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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