Refugio County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emmanuel Willet, Refugio County, Texas, 1867
Emmanuel Willet registered to vote in Refugio County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in Refugio County. The registrar wrote "Colored - Certf sent to Nueces" beside his name. Refugio County registered 39 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Emmanuel Willet
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emmanuel Willet
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Refugio County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Refugio County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Refugio County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored - Certf sent to Nueces"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsEmmanuel Willet reported 24 years more in Texas than in Refugio County.
Willets 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. Refugio County's entries fill 6 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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