Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmon Weekis, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Edmon Weekis registered to vote in Newton County. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Newton County. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmon Weekis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Newton County
- 21 years
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. Newton County's entries fill 9 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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