Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George White, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
George White registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "George X White " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsGeorge White reported 20 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named White in Hunt County
- Charles Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Robert Whiteborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Whites 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 4 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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