Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cornelas Roan, Newton County, Texas, 1869

Cornelas 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Newton County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Newton County

Cornelas Roan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cornelas 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
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Newton County highlighted
Newton County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Cornelas Roan reported 10 years more in Texas than in Newton County.

Other freedmen named Roan in Newton County

  • Henry Roanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855

Roans elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Roan 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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