Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Houston Ross, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869

Houston Ross registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 4 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Atascosa County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In Atascosa County

Houston Ross

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Houston Ross
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Atascosa County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Atascosa County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Atascosa County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Atascosa County highlighted
Atascosa County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Houston Ross reported 19 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.

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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