Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Van, Maverick County, Texas, 1867

John Van registered to vote in Maverick County on August 20, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Maverick County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Maverick County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Maverick County

John Van

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Van
County of registration
Maverick County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Maverick County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Maverick County
8 years
Signature, as written
"John his X mark Van"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Maverick County highlighted
Maverick County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

John Van reported 8 years more in Texas than in Maverick County.

Other freedmen named Van in Maverick County

Vans elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Van 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 1 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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