Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Huff, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Huff registered to vote in Kaufman County on September 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Samuel Huff
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Huff
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- September 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Huff"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSamuel Huff reported 7 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Huff in Kaufman County
Huffs 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 19 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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