Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel McAdams, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Daniel McAdams registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Daniel McAdams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel McAdams
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Walker County
17 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Daniel his X mark McAdams"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Daniel McAdams reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

McAdamses elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named McAdams 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 5 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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