Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerrey Hines, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Jerrey Hines registered to vote in Newton County on August 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jerrey Hines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerrey Hines
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry, his x mark, Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJerrey Hines reported 13 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Hines in Newton County
- Lewis Hinesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
Hineses 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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