Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Price, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Alford Price registered to vote in Newton County on September 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 15 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Alford Price
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Price
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Newton County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert, his x mk, Price"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsAlford Price reported 20 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Prices 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 2 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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