Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Kennedy, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
William Kennedy registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Kennedy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Kennedy
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWilliam Kennedy reported 3 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
Kennedys 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. It sits on page 11 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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