Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hargraves, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1869
John Hargraves registered to vote in Van Zandt County on November 18, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Hargraves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hargraves
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Hargraves reported 3 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt 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. It sits on page 19 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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