Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

David Adams, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

David Adams registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 20 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

David Adams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
David Adams
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Colorado County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

David Adams reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Adams in Colorado County

Adamses elsewhere in Texas

All 94 freedmen named Adams in Texas

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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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