Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham White, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Abraham White registered to vote in Denton County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Abraham White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Denton County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Denton County
- 11 years
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAbraham White reported 11 years more in Texas than in Denton County.
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 15 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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