San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Polk, San Augustine County, Texas, 1867
Henry Polk registered to vote in San Augustine County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Polk
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Post"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Polk in San Augustine County
- Moses Polkborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Reuben Polkborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Polks 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 San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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