Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Blacksher, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Blacksher registered to vote in Newton County on September 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 5 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Samuel Blacksher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Blacksher
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Newton County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel his x Blackshear"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsSamuel Blacksher reported 25 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
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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