Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Scarbrough, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Scarbrough registered to vote in Newton County on September 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Newton County
Jerry Scarbrough
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Scarbrough
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Newton County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry his x Scarbrough"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Scarbroughs 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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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