San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Jonatan, San Augustine County, Texas, 1869
Willis Jonatan registered to vote in San Augustine County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Jonatan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Jonatan
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Willis Jonatan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 17 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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