Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Henry Adams, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Charles Henry Adams registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Charles Henry Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Henry Adams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Adams in Colorado County
- 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
- James Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- 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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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