Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Israel Dean, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Israel Dean registered to vote in Hunt County on July 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Israel Dean

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Israel Dean
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Hunt County
2 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hunt County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Isaac Dean"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Israel Dean reported 1 year 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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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