Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Montgomery, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Montgomery registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Aaron Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Montgomery
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Montgomery in Caldwell County
- Governor Montgomeryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jerry Montgomeryborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
Montgomerys 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 2 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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