Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Willett, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Emanuel Willett registered to vote in Nueces County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Emanuel Willett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Willett
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsEmanuel Willett reported 19 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Willetts 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 13 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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