Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshuary Farr, Newton County, Texas, 1869
Joshuary Farr registered to vote in Newton County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Newton County
Joshuary Farr
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshuary Farr
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Newton County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Joshua Dixon Johnston Newton"
- Signature, as written
- "bold"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Farr in Newton County
- Benjamin Farrborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Berry Farrborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- David Farrborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Isaac Farrborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
Farrs 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 8 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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