Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Reed, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Jacob Reed registered to vote in Hunt County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Hunt County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Jacob Reed

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Reed
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Hunt County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hunt County
12 years
Signature, as written
"Jacob Reed"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Jacob Reed reported 12 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Other freedmen named Reed in Hunt County

Reeds elsewhere in Texas

All 70 freedmen named Reed 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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