Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Down, Caldwell County, Texas, 1868
Joe Down registered to vote in Caldwell County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Joe Down
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Down
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Down in Caldwell County
- Will. Downborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
Variations of Down
- Downs 9
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. Caldwell County's entries fill 27 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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