Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brenam Pruitt, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Brenam Pruitt registered to vote in Hunt County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Brenam Pruitt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brenam Pruitt
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Benam Pruitt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pruitts 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 13 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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