Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack McAfee, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Jack McAfee registered to vote in Madison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jack McAfee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack McAfee
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Mc Gee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJack McAfee reported 7 years more in Texas than in Madison 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 4 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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