Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo Ewin, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Jo Ewin registered to vote in Houston County on July 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jo Ewin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo Ewin
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Houston County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. C. L. Ervin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJo Ewin reported 13 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Ewin in Houston County
- Lewis Ewinborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
Ewins elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Ewin
- Ewing 12
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 3 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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