Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Loyd Folson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Loyd Folson registered to vote in Nueces County on June 20, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. 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 Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Loyd Folson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Loyd Folson
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
5
Registered
June 20, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Nueces County
3 months
Years in the precinct
3 months
Years in Texas before Nueces County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Loyd Folson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Nueces 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. It sits on page 2 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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