Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Hanks, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Hanks registered to vote in Liberty County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Hanks
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Abraham, his x mark, Banks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hankses 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 15 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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