Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jake Wideman, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Jake Wideman registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 1, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jake Wideman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jake Wideman
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- 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 9 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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