Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack McKinney, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Jack McKinney registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Jack McKinney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack McKinney
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob Mc Kinney"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McKinneys 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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