Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Ventus, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

John Ventus registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

John Ventus

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Ventus
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Hunt County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 months
Years in Texas before Hunt County
9 years
Signature, as written
"John X Venter Witness M C Constant"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

John Ventus reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hunt 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 4 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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