Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Micah Hutten, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Micah Hutten registered to vote in Madison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Micah Hutten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Micah Hutten
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Howard Scutter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMicah Hutten reported 3 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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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