Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Odem, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
William Odem registered to vote in Victoria County on June 29, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
William Odem
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Odem
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, when
- "July 28th 1857"
- Signature, as written
- "Christian Diehlman"
- 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 8 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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