Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Primas Blinett, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Primas Blinett registered to vote in Newton County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 8 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Primas Blinett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Primas Blinett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Newton County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Prince, his x mark, Elliott"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsPrimas Blinett reported 11 years more in Texas than in Newton 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 1 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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