Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Templeton, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Prince Templeton registered to vote in Hunt County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Prince Templeton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Templeton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Prince x Templeton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsPrince Templeton reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Templetons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Templeton
- Temple 5
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 18 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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