Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ker, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
John Ker registered to vote in Victoria County on July 9, 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
John Ker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ker
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Citizen by due Spanish becoming naturalized"
- Signature, as written
- "John M. Dier"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ker in Victoria County
- Robert Kerreached Texas about 1851
Kers 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 14 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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