Hidalgo County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Maglove, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1867

John Maglove registered to vote in Hidalgo County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hidalgo County registered 11 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hidalgo County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Hidalgo County

John Maglove

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Maglove
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hidalgo County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 23, 1867
Years in Texas
14 months
Years in Hidalgo County
14 months
Years in the precinct
14 months
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hidalgo County highlighted
Hidalgo County on the 1870 county map

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 2 of the Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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