Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Freeman, Limestone County, Texas, 1867
John Freeman registered to vote in Limestone County on July 15, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Limestone County
John Freeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Freeman
- County of registration
- Limestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Limestone County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Freeman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Freemans 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 1 of the Limestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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