Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Washington, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Charles Washington registered to vote in Freestone County on August 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Charles Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Washington
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Freestone County
- Alexander Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- George Washingtonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1867
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 19 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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