Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Sullivan, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
William Sullivan registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Sullivan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Sullivan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sullivans 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 13 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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