Comanche County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Black, Comanche County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Black registered to vote in Comanche County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Comanche County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Comanche County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 4% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alfred Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Black
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Comanche County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Comanche County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Blacks 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 3 of the Comanche County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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