Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel McCaine, Newton County, Texas, 1869
Samuel McCaine registered to vote in Newton County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Newton County
Samuel McCaine
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel McCaine
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Newton County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Texas"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named McCaine in Newton County
- Frank McCaineborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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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