Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles White, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Charles White registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Charles White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles White
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Hunt County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hunt County
20 years
Signature, as written
"Charles X White " ""
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Charles White reported 20 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Other freedmen named White in Hunt County

Whites elsewhere in Texas

All 150 freedmen named White 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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