Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Hambleton, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Hambleton registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jack Hambleton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Hambleton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Madison County
- 20 months
- Years in the precinct
- 20 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Hamilton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJack Hambleton reported 13 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Hambletons 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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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