Upshur County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Beasely, Upshur County, Texas, 1867

Jack Beasely registered to vote in Upshur County on June 27, 1867. He reported 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Upshur County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Upshur County registered 764 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Upshur County, Texas
2 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Upshur County

Jack Beasely

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Beasely
County of registration
Upshur County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 27, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Upshur County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Upshur County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Upshur County highlighted
Upshur County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Jack Beasely reported 1 year more in Texas than in Upshur County.

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 Upshur County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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