Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Barber, Parker County, Texas, 1867
John Barber registered to vote in Parker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Parker County
John Barber
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Barber
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Parker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Barbers 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 12 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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