Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry White, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Jerry White registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 23 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Jerry White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- Aug. 23 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Collin County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJerry White reported 4 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named White in Collin County
- D. W. Whiteborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
Whites 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 33 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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