Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas McMaland, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Thomas McMaland registered to vote in Newton County on September 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Thomas McMaland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas McMaland
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas his x Mc Leland"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsThomas McMaland reported 19 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named McMaland in Newton County
- Benjamin McMalandborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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 5 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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