Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Booker, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Booker registered to vote in Newton County on September 10, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Newton County
Thomas Booker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Booker
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Newton County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas his x mark Foster"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Booker in Newton County
- Debo Bookerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1842
Bookers 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 4 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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