Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George White, Houston County, Texas, 1867
George White registered to vote in Houston County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Houston County. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Houston County
George White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George White
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Houston County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "George White"
Other freedmen named White in Houston County
- Peter Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Whites 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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Houston County, Texas
Houston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Houston CountyThe White name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Houston County by name