Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Phelps, Kerr County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Phelps registered to vote in Kerr County on August 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Kerr County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kerr County registered 18 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Ephraim Phelps
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Phelps
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kerr County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Kerr County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Kerr County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsEphraim Phelps reported 19 years more in Texas than in Kerr County.
Phelpses 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 2 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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