Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Amos, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
John Amos registered to vote in Nueces County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Nueces County
John Amos
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Amos
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Amoses 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 12 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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