Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Redd, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867

John Redd registered to vote in Cherokee County on Sep. 23 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Cherokee County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Cherokee County

John Redd

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Redd
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Cherokee County
Precinct
4
Registered
Sep. 23 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Cherokee County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cherokee County highlighted
Cherokee County on the 1870 county map

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. Cherokee County's entries fill 59 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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