Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prentice Wingate, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Prentice Wingate registered to vote in Newton County on September 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Prentice Wingate
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prentice Wingate
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Newton County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "A. J. Cochran"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 3 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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