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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Refugio County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Refugio County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Refugio County highlighted
Refugio County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Emmanuel Willet reported 24 years more in Texas than in Refugio 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. Refugio County's entries fill 6 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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