Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Adams, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
James Adams registered to vote in Bexar County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Adams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Bexar County
- John Adamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Sammuel Adamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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 20 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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