Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Pounds, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Pounds registered to vote in Caldwell County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Stephen Pounds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Pounds
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Poundses 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 Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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