Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel West, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Daniel West registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Daniel West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel West
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Houston County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel his X mark West"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDaniel West reported 1 year more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named West in Houston County
- Tom Westborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
Wests 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 2 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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