Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Parker, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
John Parker registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 30, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Parker
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Parker reported 5 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Parker in Kaufman County
- Presly Parkerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
Parkers 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.
African American genealogy in Kaufman County, Texas
Kaufman County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Kaufman CountyThe Parker name in TexasBorn in District of ColumbiaSearch Kaufman County by name