Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Pollard, Parker County, Texas, 1867

John Pollard registered to vote in Parker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

John Pollard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Pollard
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Parker County
5 months
Years in the precinct
5 months
Years in Texas before Parker County
4 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

John Pollard reported 4 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 6 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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