Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Polk, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Henry Polk registered to vote in Hunt County on July 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Henry Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Polk
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hunt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Post"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Polks 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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