Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Adkins, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Wesley Adkins registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Lamar County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lamar County

Wesley Adkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley Adkins
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Lamar County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Lamar County
2 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Lamar County
1 year
Signature, as written
"J. G. Armstrong"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lamar County highlighted
Lamar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Wesley Adkins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Lamar County.

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 18 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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