Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Box Phillips, Limestone County, Texas, 1867
Box Phillips registered to vote in Limestone County on July 15, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 1 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Box Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Box Phillips
- County of registration
- Limestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Limestone County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Limestone County
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ace Phillips"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsBox Phillips reported 27 years more in Texas than in Limestone County.
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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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