Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Rabb, Karnes County, Texas, 1868

Jacob Rabb registered to vote in Karnes County on January 29, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 15 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Karnes County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Karnes County

Jacob Rabb

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Rabb
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Karnes County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Karnes County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Karnes County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Karnes County highlighted
Karnes County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Jacob Rabb reported 5 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.

Rabbs elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Rabb 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 6 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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