Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ansalom Wortham, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Ansalom Wortham registered to vote in Hunt County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Ansalom Wortham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ansalom Wortham
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Hunt County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Anselmo Marsans"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Ansalom Wortham reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Worthams elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Wortham 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 13 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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