Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Overton Hunt, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Overton Hunt registered to vote in Bexar County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Overton Hunt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Overton Hunt
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsOverton Hunt reported 17 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Hunts 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 51 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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