Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Adams, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Adams registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
John Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Adams
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsJohn Adams reported 25 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
- James Adamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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