Starr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Stafford, Starr County, Texas, 1867
Albert Stafford registered to vote in Starr County on July 23, 1867. He reported Stafford Point, Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Starr County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Naturalized by Annexation 1846" beside his name. Starr County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Stafford Point, Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Albert Stafford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Stafford
- Place of birth
- Stafford Point, Texas
- County of registration
- Starr County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Starr County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Starr County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter. Naturalized by Annexation 1846"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsAlbert Stafford reported 21 years more in Texas than in Starr County.
Staffords 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 1 of the Starr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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