Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phil Buggs, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Phil Buggs registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Phil Buggs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phil Buggs
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Phil Buggley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsPhil Buggs reported 3 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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