Montague County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Vincin, Montague County, Texas, 1867
Henry Vincin registered to vote in Montague County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 5 of them in Montague County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Montague County registered 5 freedmen in 1867, 2% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Henry Vincin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Vincin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Montague County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Montague County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Montague County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsHenry Vincin reported 21 years more in Texas than in Montague County.
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 3 of the Montague County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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