Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Findley, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Findley registered to vote in Madison County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Jack Findley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Findley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. S. Page"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsJack Findley reported 24 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Findleys 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 1 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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