Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Overton Hunt, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Overton Hunt registered to vote in Wilson County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Overton Hunt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Overton Hunt
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hunts 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 Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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