Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Hamilton, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Hamilton registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSamuel Hamilton reported 2 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Hamiltons 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 29 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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