Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Whitlock, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Whitlock registered to vote in Nueces County on June 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Joseph Whitlock
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Whitlock
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJoseph Whitlock reported 6 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 3 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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