Hidalgo County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James M. Webber, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1868
James M. Webber registered to vote in Hidalgo County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hidalgo County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hidalgo County registered 11 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
James M. Webber
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James M. Webber
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hidalgo County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Hidalgo County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Hidalgo County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJames M. Webber reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hidalgo 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 2 of the Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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