Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathaniel Patilla, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Nathaniel Patilla registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 7 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Nathaniel Patilla
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathaniel Patilla
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nathaniel X Patilla " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsNathaniel Patilla reported 14 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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