Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abraham Clinton, Angelina County, Texas, 1867

Abraham Clinton registered to vote in Angelina County on August 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 22 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Angelina County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Angelina County

Abraham Clinton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abraham Clinton
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Angelina County
Precinct
Homer
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Angelina County
22 years
Years in Texas before Angelina County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Angelina County highlighted
Angelina County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Abraham Clinton reported 3 years more in Texas than in Angelina 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 4 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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