Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Reed, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Reed registered to vote in Hunt County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- 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
Alexander Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Reed
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- 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
- "Alex Reed"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAlexander Reed reported 12 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Hunt County
- Jacob Reedborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Reeds 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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