Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Houston Philips, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Houston Philips registered to vote in Freestone County on July 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Freestone County

Houston Philips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Houston Philips
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 22, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Philips in Freestone County

Philipses elsewhere in Texas

All 20 freedmen named Philips in Texas

Variations of Philips

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 Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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