Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Nelson Glenn, Parker County, Texas, 1867
John Nelson Glenn registered to vote in Parker County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Nelson Glenn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Nelson Glenn
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Parker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Nelson Glenn reported 5 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
Glenns 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 2 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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