Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Theodore Blanks, Kerr County, Texas, 1867
Theodore Blanks registered to vote in Kerr County on August 9, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Kerr County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kerr County registered 18 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Kerr County
Theodore Blanks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Theodore Blanks
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Kerr County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Kerr County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blanks in Kerr County
- Robert Blanksborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1867
Blankses 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 1 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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