Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James K. Polk, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
James K. Polk registered to vote in Nueces County on June 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Nueces County
James K. Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James K. Polk
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Polks elsewhere in Texas
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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