Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Adams, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Adams registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
James Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Adams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Adams reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Adams in Colorado County
- Charles Henry Adamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
- David Adamsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1841
- Edward H. Adamsborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Adamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- John Adamsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1832
Adamses elsewhere 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 23 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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