Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Drake, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Drake registered to vote in Hunt County on July 27, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Thomas Drake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Drake
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Dratts"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Drakes 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 9 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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