Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Preston, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
Houston Preston registered to vote in Angelina County on August 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Angelina County
Houston Preston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Preston
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Nelson
- Place of residence
- Angelina County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Prestons elsewhere in Texas
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 7 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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