Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Bates, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Charles Bates registered to vote in Victoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Charles Bates
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Bates
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Victoria County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Clay his X mark Nelson"
Other freedmen named Bates in Victoria County
- Lewis Batesreached Texas about 1866
Bateses 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 18 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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