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.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSamuel 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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