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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Parker County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Abraham Young reported 1 year 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 21 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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