Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Towles, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1868
Richmond Towles registered to vote in Van Zandt County on January 27, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Richmond Towles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Towles
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 17 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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