Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Emanuel Hardin, Newton County, Texas, 1867

Emanuel Hardin registered to vote in Newton County on September 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Newton County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Newton County

Emanuel Hardin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Emanuel Hardin
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Newton County
Precinct
2
Registered
September 9, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Newton County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Newton County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Emanuel his x mark Hardin"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Newton County highlighted
Newton County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Emanuel Hardin reported 6 years more in Texas than in Newton County.

Hardins elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Hardin 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 4 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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