Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Frost, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Robert Frost registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Robert Frost
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Frost
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Madison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur Priest"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsRobert Frost reported 12 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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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