Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Elam, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
John Elam registered to vote in Freestone County on August 1, 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 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Elam
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Elam
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 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. Freestone County's entries fill 45 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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