Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Noble, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Noble registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Joseph Noble

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Noble
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
17 years
Signature, as written
"Joseph Noble"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Joseph Noble reported 17 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Nobles elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Noble in Texas

Variations of Noble

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 16 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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