Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo Patridge, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Jo Patridge registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Jo Patridge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo Patridge
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Houston County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Patrigo"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJo Patridge reported 10 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Patridges 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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