Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Milstead, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Milstead registered to vote in Nueces County on June 20, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 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 Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Samuel Milstead

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Milstead
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 20, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Nueces County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Nueces County
9 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

9 years

Samuel Milstead reported 9 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 2 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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