Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John O. Houston, Denton County, Texas, 1867
John O. Houston registered to vote in Denton County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Denton County
John O. Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John O. Houston
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Denton County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
Houstons 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. Denton County's entries fill 28 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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