Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Huston, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Jim Huston registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 30, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jim Huston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Huston
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jim Hilton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hustons 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 18 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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