Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Thorn, Victoria County, Texas, 1869
Albert Thorn registered to vote in Victoria County on November 16, 1869. He reported 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Time for each category is noted as "almost 2 years."" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Albert Thorn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Thorn
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Victoria County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Dist. Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "1859"
- Naturalized, where
- "Amite Co. Miss"
- Signature, as written
- "William Kecher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Time for each category is noted as "almost 2 years.""
Thorns 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 19 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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