Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Douglass, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Douglass registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Born in South Carolina, registered in Hunt County, Texas

South Carolina
Birthplace: 3 years
In Texas: 3 years
In the county: about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Samuel Douglass

Texas

Name: Samuel Douglass
Place of birth: South Carolina
County of registration: Hunt County
Precinct: 2
Registered: July 20, 1867
Years in Texas: 3 years
Years in Hunt County: 3 years
Years in the precinct: 3 years
Signature, as written: "Daniel x Douglas"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Douglasses elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named Douglass in Texas

Variations of Douglass

Douglas 17

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 5 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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