Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Polk, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Harry Polk registered to vote in Madison County on November 24, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Harry Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Polk
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 16 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By the County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "Decr. 1849"
- Naturalized, where
- "Preston N. Y."
- Signature, as written
- "Harry Polk"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsHarry Polk reported 16 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Polk in Madison County
- Benjamin Polkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
Polks 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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