Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Freestone County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Freestone County
- Alexander Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Charles Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- George Washingtonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- S. P. Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
Washingtons 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 24 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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