Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marcus Valentine, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Marcus Valentine registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Marcus Valentine
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marcus Valentine
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Marcus Valentine"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMarcus Valentine reported 20 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Valentines 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 16 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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