Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ned Halls, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Ned Halls registered to vote in Jasper County on August 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ned Halls
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 22, 1867
Signature, as written
"Sid his x mark Pauls"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Hallses elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Halls in Texas

Variations of Halls

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 7 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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