Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marion White, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Marion White registered to vote in Newton County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Marion White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marion White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Newton County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harrison, his x mark, White"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMarion White reported 2 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named White in Newton County
- Anderson Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Whites 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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