Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wright Pigford, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Wright Pigford registered to vote in Madison County on August 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Wright Pigford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wright Pigford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Madison County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wright Oxford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsWright Pigford reported 8 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 5 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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