Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Pickard, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Willis Pickard registered to vote in Parker County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Parker County
Willis Pickard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Pickard
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Parker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Pickard in Parker County
- Allen Pickardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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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