Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rhewben Norton, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Rhewben Norton registered to vote in Parker County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Parker County
Rhewben Norton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rhewben Norton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Parker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Nortons 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 Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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