Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Forster, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Mack Forster registered to vote in Karnes County on July 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Karnes County
Mack Forster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Forster
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- 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 4 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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