Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Felix Adams, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867

Felix Adams registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 5, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Lavaca County, Texas
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Lavaca County

Felix Adams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Felix Adams
County of registration
Lavaca County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 5, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Lavaca County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Signature, as written
"P. M. Adams"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lavaca County highlighted
Lavaca County on the 1870 county map

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Variations of Adams

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 4 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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