Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Demps Rattan, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Demps Rattan registered to vote in Hunt County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 15 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Hunt County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Demps Rattan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Demps Rattan
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Hunt County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Nemps Ratan"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Demps Rattan reported 6 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 7 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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