Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Fields, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Fields registered to vote in Nueces County on June 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Fields
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsThomas Fields reported 3 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 1 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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