Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Roan, Newton County, Texas, 1869
Henry Roan registered to vote in Newton County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 4 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henry Roan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Roan
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Newton County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 10 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Georgia"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenry Roan reported 10 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Roan in Newton County
- Cornelas Roanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
Roans 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 9 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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