Trinity County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Truskate, Trinity County, Texas, 1867
John Truskate registered to vote in Trinity County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Trinity County registered 204 freedmen in 1867, 26% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Trinity County
John Truskate
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Truskate
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Trinity County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 months
- Years in Trinity County
- 12 months
- Years in the precinct
- 12 months
- Signature, as written
- "Ch Johns"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Trinity County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Trinity County, Texas
Trinity County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Trinity CountyThe Truskate name in TexasBorn in LouisianaSearch Trinity County by name