Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Troy Eggleston, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Troy Eggleston registered to vote in Nueces County on June 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
40 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1827
Reached Texas
39 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1827 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Troy Eggleston

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Troy Eggleston
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 25, 1867
Years in Texas
40 years
Years in Nueces County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Nueces County
39 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

39 years

Troy Eggleston reported 39 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

Egglestons elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Eggleston 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 3 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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