Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned McCoy, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Ned McCoy registered to vote in Madison County on November 23, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Madison County
Ned McCoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned McCoy
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Madison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nick Mc Coy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McCoy in Madison County
- Anderson McCoyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
McCoys 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 15 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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