Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jobe Filgan, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Jobe Filgan registered to vote in Newton County on September 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jobe Filgan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jobe Filgan
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Newton County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jake his x Flynn"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJobe Filgan reported 4 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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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