Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Singleton, Kerr County, Texas, 1868
Charles Singleton registered to vote in Kerr County on January 31, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Charles Singleton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Singleton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kerr County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Kerr County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Kerr County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsCharles Singleton reported 6 years more in Texas than in Kerr County.
Singletons 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 4 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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