Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Larue, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Willis Larue registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Willis Larue
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Larue
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Houston County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Willis James"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWillis Larue reported 10 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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