Blanco County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Hines, Blanco County, Texas, 1867

Charles Hines registered to vote in Blanco County on July. 22 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Blanco County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Naturalized by being a soldier in 1863 in Brownsville, Texas" beside his name. Blanco County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Blanco County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Blanco County

Charles Hines

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Hines
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Blanco County
Precinct
1
Registered
July. 22 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Blanco County
2 years
Years in Texas before Blanco County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Naturalized by being a soldier in 1863 in Brownsville, Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Blanco County highlighted
Blanco County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Charles Hines reported 14 years more in Texas than in Blanco County.

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. Blanco County's entries fill 5 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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