Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward White, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Edward White registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Edward White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward White
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edward White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsEdward White reported 2 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named White in Kaufman County
- Henry Whiteborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1866
- Jim Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Whites 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 17 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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