Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Slack, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
William Slack registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 14 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Slack
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Slack
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "William x Mack Attest W. S. Graham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilliam Slack reported 7 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Slacks 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 5 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Hunt County, Texas
Hunt County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Hunt CountyThe Slack name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch Hunt County by name