Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Windham, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Windham registered to vote in Angelina County on August 17, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 12 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Joseph Windham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Windham
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Homer
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Angelina County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJoseph Windham reported 8 years more in Texas than in Angelina County.
Other freedmen named Windham in Angelina County
- George Windhamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Wesley Windhamborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
Windhams 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 3 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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