Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Drake, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869
John Drake registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Drake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Drake
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Drake reported 1 year more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Drakes 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 10 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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