Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom West, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Tom West registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in precinct half a year, not full year" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Tom West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom West
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Houston County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Claiborne Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in precinct half a year, not full year"
Other freedmen named West in Houston County
- Daniel Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Wests 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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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