Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Huffpower, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
John Huffpower registered to vote in Nueces County on September 16, 1867. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 15 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John Huffpower
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Huffpower
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn Huffpower reported 10 years 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 6 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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