Refugio County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Sylvester, Refugio County, Texas, 1867
Charles Sylvester registered to vote in Refugio County on August 14, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Refugio County registered 39 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Sylvester
- County of registration
- Refugio County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sylvesters 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 4 of the Refugio County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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