Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Langston, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Langston registered to vote in Newton County on September 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Newton County
Samuel Langston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Langston
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Newton County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel his x Langston"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Langston in Newton County
- Stephen Langstonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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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