Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bradley Preston, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Bradley Preston registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 4 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Bradley Preston

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bradley Preston
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Hunt County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Bradley x Preston"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Bradley Preston reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Prestons elsewhere in Texas

All 12 freedmen named Preston 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.

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