Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Vonn, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Vonn registered to vote in Parker County on September 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Elijah Vonn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Vonn
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Parker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsElijah Vonn reported 2 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 13 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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