Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hunley, Houston County, Texas, 1867
John Hunley registered to vote in Houston County on August 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Hunley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hunley
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Henley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJohn Hunley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Houston 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 10 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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