Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas White, Nueces County, Texas, 1869

Thomas White registered to vote in Nueces County on November 26, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Thomas White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas White
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Nueces County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Nueces County
11 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

11 years

Thomas White reported 11 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

Whites elsewhere in Texas

All 150 freedmen named White 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 14 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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