Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford McQueen, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Alford McQueen registered to vote in Newton County on September 11, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Newton County
Alford McQueen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford McQueen
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alford his x C. Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named McQueen in Newton County
- Henry McQueenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1846
- Wesley McQueenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
McQueens 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 5 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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