Hidalgo County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Singletery, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Singletery registered to vote in Hidalgo County on July 18, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Hidalgo County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hidalgo County registered 11 freedmen in 1867, 11% 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 Hidalgo County
Samuel Singletery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Singletery
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hidalgo County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hidalgo County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 1 of the Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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