Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Georg Higins, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Georg Higins registered to vote in Newton County on September 11, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Newton County
Georg Higins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Georg Higins
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Newton County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "George his x Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Variations of Higins
- Higgins 12
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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