Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Adair, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Charles Adair registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Charles Adair
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Adair
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Chas Adam"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearCharles Adair reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Adair in Walker County
- Aaron Adairborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Adairs 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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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