Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jr., Joseph Adams, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Jr., Joseph Adams registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 2, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
Jr., Joseph Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jr., Joseph Adams
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Josiah Adams Jr"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Lavaca County
- Alfred Adamsreached Texas about 1853
- Charles Adamsreached Texas about 1853
- Daniel Adamsreached Texas about 1854
- Felix Adamsreached Texas about 1864
- Sr., Joseph Adamsreached Texas about 1853
Adamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Adams
- Addams 8
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 3 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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