Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jessey Forward, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Jessey Forward registered to vote in Newton County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 9 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jessey Forward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jessey Forward
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Newton County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry, his x mark, Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJessey Forward reported 8 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Forwards 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 Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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