Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Orgain, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Adam Orgain registered to vote in Williamson County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Adam Orgain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Orgain
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Naturalized, when
- "Sid his x mark Hamilton"
- Signature, as written
- "William his x mark Organ"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Orgain in Williamson County
- George Orgainborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Ike Orgainborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Wesley Orgainborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 7 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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