Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel West, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Samuel West registered to vote in Nueces County on June 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Nueces County
Samuel West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel West
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wests 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 1 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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