Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Beckweth, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1868
John Beckweth registered to vote in Guadalupe County on January 27, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
John Beckweth
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Beckweth
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- 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. It sits on page 26 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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