Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard McClain, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Richard McClain registered to vote in Liberty County on August 26, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard McClain
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew his x mark McLellan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McClains 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 10 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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