Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Howard Tolbert, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Howard Tolbert registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Howard Tolbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Howard Tolbert
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Howard Colbert"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHoward Tolbert reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Tolberts 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 6 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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