Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Durrough, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Jack Durrough registered to vote in Van Zandt County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jack Durrough
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Durrough
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Durrough in Van Zandt County
- Charles Durroughborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Durroughborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Louis Watson Durroughborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
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 Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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