Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Kelow Philips, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Kelow Philips registered to vote in Freestone County on July 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Freestone County
Texas
Birthplace

What the register records

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In Freestone County

Kelow Philips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Kelow Philips
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 23, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

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Variations of Philips

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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