Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Canada, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Isam Canada registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 13, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Isam Canada
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Canada
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 13, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Candy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearIsam Canada reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Canadas 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 7 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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