Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Vanhook, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Willis Vanhook registered to vote in Freestone County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Willis Vanhook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Vanhook
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 2 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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