San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Horton, San Augustine County, Texas, 1867
Sam Horton registered to vote in San Augustine County on August 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Sam Horton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Horton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Horton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Horton in San Augustine County
- Ned Hortonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Hortons 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 10 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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