Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Adkins, Cameron County, Texas, 1867

Abram Adkins registered to vote in Cameron County on July 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Cameron County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cameron County

Abram Adkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Adkins
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Cameron County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Cameron County
2 years
Years in the precinct
0.75 months
Years in Texas before Cameron County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cameron County highlighted
Cameron County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Abram Adkins reported 3 years more in Texas than in Cameron 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 3 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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