Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Adams, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Henry Adams registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Henry Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Adams
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 53 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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