Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Young, Parker County, Texas, 1869
Abraham Young registered to vote in Parker County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Abraham Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Young
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Parker County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAbraham Young reported 1 year more in Texas than in Parker County.
Youngs 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 21 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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