Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Young, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Washington Young registered to vote in Freestone County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Washington Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Young
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Young in Freestone County
- Adam Youngborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- James Youngborn in Texas
- Solomon Youngborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Youngs 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 21 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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