Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Pennington, Houston County, Texas, 1867
George Pennington registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Houston County
George Pennington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Pennington
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Houston County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Pennington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pennington in Houston County
- Richard Penningtonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1865
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 5 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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