Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses H. Sinclair, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Moses H. Sinclair registered to vote in Nueces County on September 24, 1867. He reported New York as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 5 of them in Nueces County. 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 New York and Texas marked
Born in New York, registered in Nueces County, Texas
New York
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Moses H. Sinclair

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses H. Sinclair
Place of birth
New York
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
September 24, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Nueces County
5 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Nueces County
5 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

5 years

Moses H. Sinclair reported 5 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

Sinclairs elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Sinclair 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 6 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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