Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Durrough, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1869
Charles Durrough registered to vote in Van Zandt County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles Durrough
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Durrough
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsCharles Durrough reported 11 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
Other freedmen named Durrough in Van Zandt County
- Henry Durroughborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Jack Durroughborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 21 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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