Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Adams, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Adams registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Joseph Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Adams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jos. X his mark Adams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Walker County
- William Adamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
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 15 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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