Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cuff Adams, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Cuff Adams registered to vote in Madison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Cuff Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cuff Adams
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Jeff. Adams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsCuff Adams reported 8 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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