Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Buckner, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Bob Buckner registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Bob Buckner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Buckner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Houston County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Rob his x mark Buckner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Buckners 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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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