Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Porter Laws, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Porter Laws registered to vote in Hunt County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Porter Laws
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Porter Laws
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Vaws " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPorter Laws reported 10 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Lawses 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 2 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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